Church (surname)
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Church is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert T. ChurchAlbert T. ChurchVice Admiral Albert Thomas Church III is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. Church served as the Naval Inspector General and then Director of the Navy Staff until his retirement from active duty in 2005....
(born 1947), Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy - Alonzo ChurchAlonzo ChurchAlonzo Church was an American mathematician and logician who made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. He is best known for the lambda calculus, Church–Turing thesis, Frege–Church ontology, and the Church–Rosser theorem.-Life:Alonzo Church...
(1903–1995), logician, famous for the Church-Turing thesis and lambda calculus - Captain Benjamin Church (1639–1718), colonial officer during King Philip's War
- Benjamin ChurchBenjamin ChurchDr. Benjamin Church was effectively the first Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, serving as the "Chief Physician & Director General" of the Medical Service of the Continental Army from July 27, 1775 to October 17, 1775. He was also active in Boston's Sons of Liberty movement in the years before the...
(1734–1776), first Surgeon General of the Continental Army and grandson of Captain Benjamin Church - Benjamin F. ChurchBenjamin F. ChurchBenjamin F. Church was a pioneer carpenter and builder in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, listed among the city's first settlers of 1835. He helped construct one of the city's first two big hotels, and built a Greek Revival temple-style house for his family that today is a public museum in Estabrook Park,...
(1807-1887), American pioneer and builder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Bill ChurchBill ChurchWilliam 'Bill' Church , started out playing bass in a band called Sawbuck in 1969, with Mojo Collins, Starr Donaldson, Ronnie Montrose and Chuck Ruff. As the band was beginning to record their first album, Montrose and Church left Sawbuck to join Van Morrison on his Tupelo Honey album...
, American musician - Brad ChurchBrad ChurchBrad Church is a former Canadian ice hockey forward who played two games for the Washington Capitals and ten years of professional hockey in the minor leagues. Chosen first by the Capitals in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, Church spent most of his time in the minors and never quite reached his...
(born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player - Charlotte ChurchCharlotte ChurchCharlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...
(born 1986), Welsh soprano singer and talk show host - Doug ChurchDoug ChurchDoug Church is an American computer game designer and producer. He attended MIT in the late 1980s, but left and went to work with Looking Glass Studios, when they were making primarily MS-DOS-based first-person adventure/shooter/roleplaying games, including Ultima Underworld, Ultima Underworld II,...
, video-game designer - Ellen ChurchEllen ChurchEllen Church was the first female flight attendant in America .-Biography:Born in Cresco, Iowa on September 22, 1904, Church was a pilot and a nurse. Boeing Air Transit wouldn't hire her as a pilot, but did take her suggestion to hire nurses as stewardesses in order to calm passengers' fear of...
(1904 - 1965), first airline stewardess - Eric ChurchEric ChurchKenneth Eric Church is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Capitol Records in 2006, Church released his debut album Sinners Like Me that year...
(born 1977), American country music singer - Forrester ChurchForrester ChurchFrank Forrester Church IV was a leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian...
(born 1948), American minister, son of Senator Frank Church - Francis Pharcellus ChurchFrancis Pharcellus ChurchFrancis Pharcellus Church was an American publisher and editor. He was a member of the Century Association.-Biography:...
(1839–1906), American writer (famous for the editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus) - Frank ChurchFrank ChurchFrank Forrester Church III was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981....
(1924–1984), four-term U.S. Senator from Idaho. - Frederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter born in Hartford, Connecticut. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters...
(1826–1900), landscape painter - Frederick Stuart ChurchFrederick Stuart ChurchFrederick Stuart Church was an American artist, working mainly as an illustrator and especially known for his depiction of animals.-Biography:...
(1842–1924), American artist. - George W. Church, Sr.George W. Church, Sr.George W. Church, Sr. was the founder of Church's Chicken. He founded the business on April 17, 1952 and willed the business to his son, George W. Church, Jr., upon his death in 1956. Prior to his retirement, he was an incubator salesman....
(? - 1956), founder of Church's ChickenChurch's ChickenChurch's Chicken is a US-based chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken, also trading outside North America as Texas Chicken. The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To Go by George W. Church, Sr., on April 17, 1952, in San Antonio, across the street from The Alamo...
, a chain of franchised fried chicken restaurants - James E. ChurchJames E. ChurchJames Edward Church, Jr. is best known for having developed the , the first instrument for measuring snow water content. It is still in use today. He was also active in promoting the then nascent sciences of snow hydrology and water supply forecasting.Dr...
(1869 - 1959), pioneered the techniques used to measure snow and forecast seasonal water supplies - John A. ChurchJohn A. ChurchDr. John A. Church is an expert on sea level and its changes. He was Co-convening Lead Author for the Chapter on Sea Level in the IPCC Third Assessment Report and a member of the Joint Scientific Committee of the WCRP. He is currently a project leader at CSIRO .- Biography :Dr. Church is a...
, an expert on sea-level and its changes - Johnny Church, a well-known spoken word artist
- Judith ChurchJudith ChurchJudith Church is a politician in the United Kingdom.She was the Labour member of Parliament for Dagenham since winning the seat in 1994 at a by-election, and stood down at the 2001 election.-Early life:...
(born 1953), a politician in the United Kingdom - Louis K. ChurchLouis K. ChurchLouis Kossuth Church was a New York Supreme Court justice, a member of the New York Legislature, and the eighth Governor of Dakota Territory.-Biography:...
(1845 - 1898), New York Supreme Court justice - Mary Church TerrellMary Church TerrellMary Church Terrell , daughter of former slaves, was one of the first African-American women to earn a college degree. She became an activist who led several important associations and worked for civil rights and suffrage....
(1863–1954), American writer and civil-rights activist - Mike ChurchMike ChurchMike Church is a radio talk show host, and singer/songwriter. In 2006 Church was named to Askmen.com's list of the "Top Ten Shock Jocks in America . He has been called the "American Badass of Talk Radio" and has been called the "The King Dude" by listeners since 2001.The Mike Church Show was the...
(born 1962) , a Southern United States radio commentator - Richard Church (general)Richard Church (general)Sir Richard Church KCH, CB ,For the date of death see relevant Section of the article explaining the discrepancy of sources was a military officer in the British Army and general in the Greek army during the last stages of the Greek Revolution after 1827 and elected politician in Greece, member of...
(1784–1873), a British military officer and general in the Greek army - Richard William ChurchRichard William ChurchRichard William Church was an English churchman and writer. He was son of Christopher Church, brother of Sir Richard Church, a merchant, was born in Newport, his early years being mostly spent in Bulwark, part of Chepstow, Monmouthshire...
(1825–1890), an English divine, nephew of the general - Richard Church (poet)Richard Church (poet)Richard Thomas Church was an English writer, known as poet and critic; he also wrote novels and verse plays, and three well-received volumes of autobiography.-Life:...
(1893–1972), an English poet and man of letters - Robert Reed ChurchRobert Reed ChurchRobert Reed Church was an African-American entrepreneur and landowner who lived most of his adult life in Memphis, Tennessee. His father, Captain Charles B. Church was a white steamship owner. His mother was Emmeline, a slave owned by his father...
(1839–1912), the first African-American millionaire - Ryan Church (born 1978), an American baseball player
- Simon ChurchSimon ChurchSimon Richard Church is a Wales international footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Reading as a striker.-Club:Church was spotted as a youngster while playing at a youth tournament and joined hometown club Wycombe Wanderers Centre of Excellence as a nine-year-old upon...
(born 1988), Welsh international footballer - Thomas Dolliver ChurchThomas Dolliver ChurchThomas Dolliver Church , called "Dolliver" by his family and "Tommy" by his friends, was a landscape architect.- Life :...
(1902–1978), American landscape architect - Thomas Haden ChurchThomas Haden ChurchThomas Haden Church is an American actor. After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings, Church became well known for his film roles, including his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways and his role as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3.-Early life:Church, the fourth of six children, was born...
(born 1961), American actor in television and film - Thomas Langton ChurchThomas Langton ChurchThomas Langton "Tommy" Church was a Canadian politician.After serving as Mayor of Toronto from 1915 to 1921, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1921 election as a Conservative from the riding of Toronto North...
(1870–1950), Canadian politician - Walter G. Church, Sr.Walter G. Church, Sr.Walter Greene Church, Sr. is a former Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly who represented the state's eighty-sixth House district, including constituents in Burke County. A banker from Valdese, North Carolina, Church served seven terms in the state House. In November 2008,...
, member of the North Carolina General Assembly - William Church (c. 1778–1863), American inventor who patented a typesetting machine in 1822