Flood (surname)
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Flood is a traditional Irish
and Scottish
family name
and may refer to:
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
and Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
family name
Family name
A family name is a type of surname and part of a person's name indicating the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is widespread in cultures around the world...
and may refer to:
- Ann FloodAnn FloodAnn Flood is an American actress.She is most known for her work as journalist/author Nancy Pollock Karr on the soap opera The Edge of Night, a role she played from 1962 to 1984...
(born 1930), American actress - Anthony FloodAnthony FloodAnthony 'Anto' Flood , is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Bohemians in the Airtricity League of Ireland, Flood plays as a striker.-St Patrick's Athletic:...
(born 1984), Irish footballer - Chris FloodChris FloodChris Flood is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for Dublin South West constituency. Flood was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1987 general election and retained his seat until retiring at the 2002 general election.In February 1991 he was appointed a Minister of...
(born 1947), Irish politician - Clare FloodClare FloodClare Flood is a female badminton player from Ireland.She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she lost in the first round to Ella Karachkova of Russia 0-11, 0-11.-References:**...
, Irish badminton player - Curt FloodCurt FloodCurtis Charles Flood was a Major League Baseball player who spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. A defensive standout, he led the National League in putouts four times and in fielding percentage twice, winning Gold Glove Awards in his last seven full seasons...
(1938 - 1997), American baseball player - Daniel J. FloodDaniel J. FloodDaniel John "Dan" Flood was a flamboyant and long-serving Democratic United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He was censured for bribery and resigned from the House in 1980.-Early life and career:...
(1903 - 1994), American politician - Dennis FloodDennis FloodDennis Flood, a Republican, was a mayor of the Village of Irvington, New York from 1994 to 2006. Before his election to mayor in 1994, Flood served on the village board from 1991 and formerly served as the chief financial officer for a local law firm....
, American politician - Edward FloodEdward FloodEdward Flood was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1851 and 1856 and again from 1879 until his death. He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1856 and 1872...
, Australian politician - Gerald FloodGerald FloodGerald Flood was a British actor of stage and television.Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire but lived for most of his life in Farnham, Surrey, where he regularly appeared on stage at the Castle Theatre...
(1927 - 1989), British actor - Henry FloodHenry FloodHenry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics...
(1732 - 1791), Irish statesman and MP - Hulda FloodHulda FloodHulda Flood was a Swedish politician , feminist and trade union worker....
(1886-1968), Swedish politician - Jenny FloodJenny FloodJennyfer Anne Flood OAM is a recipient of the Order of Australia medal for her efforts related to work with the blind, particularly in relation to sports.-References:...
, Australian philanthropist - Liam FloodLiam FloodLiam Flood is an Irish bookmaker and professional poker player who is a former European poker champion.-Poker career:Flood began playing poker tournaments in the 1980s in Ireland. He won the Irish Poker Open in 1990 and 1996, becoming one of only four players to have won that tournament multiple...
, Irish bookmaker and poker player - Lisa FloodLisa FloodLisa Flood is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Canada, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain...
(born 1971), Canadian swimmer - Martin FloodMartin FloodMartin Flood is an Australian quiz show contestant who competed in the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and participated in the short-lived program The Master. Flood was an I.T. analyst for Westpac bank at the time of winning 'Millionaire'...
(born 1964), Australian quiz–show winner - Maurice Flood (1941-1991) American Gay Rights ActivistLGBT social movementsLesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements share inter-related goals of social acceptance of sexual and gender minorities. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is generally called LGBT rights, also called gay...
- Michael FloodMichael FloodMichael G Flood is an Australian sociologist at the University of Wollongong. Flood gained his doctorate in gender and sexuality studies from the Australian National University...
, Australian sociologist - Mike FloodMike FloodMike Flood is a Nebraska state senator from Norfolk, Nebraska in the Nebraska Legislature and also a broadcaster and a lawyer. In 2007, he was elected Speaker of the Legislature. -Personal life:...
(born 1975), American politician - Philip FloodPhilip FloodPhilip Flood AO, is a senior Australian diplomat. He has served as Australia's Ambassador to Indonesia, Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.-Early life and diplomatic career:...
, Australian diplomat - Robert L. FloodRobert L. FloodRobert Louis Flood , British organizational scientist, and Professor of Management Sciences at the University of Hull, UK. He is a recognized authority on applied systemic thinking in the areas of strategic management, organizational behavior and organizational improvement.- Biography :Flood...
(born 1955), British management scientist - Sonny FloodSonny Flood-Background:Born in Blackpool, Lancashire, Flood was educated at Rossall School, near Fleetwood. In 2006 Flood passed ten GCSE exams all at either A or A*. In 2007, he achieved 4 'A's at AS level, in English Literature, History, Media Studies and Philosophy, and in 2008 he achieved a grade 'A' in...
(born 1989), British actor - Toby FloodToby FloodTobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" Flood is an English rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half or inside centre for Leicester Tigers, having signed from Newcastle Falcons, and England.-Background:...
(born 1985), English rugby union player - W. H. Grattan FloodW. H. Grattan FloodChevalier William Henry Grattan Flood , renowned musicologist and historian, was born in Lismore in 1857. As a writer and ecclesiastical composer, his personal contributions to Irish musical form produced enduring works. As an historian his output was prolific on topics of local and national...
(1857 - 1928), Irish musicologist, historian, and author - Willo FloodWillo FloodWilliam "Willo" Flood is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Scottish Premier League club Dundee United. He has also won 15 caps for his country at under-20 and under-21 levels....
, Irish footballer - Sarah Flood-BeaubrunSarah Flood-BeaubrunSarah Flood Beaubrun is a Saint Lucian lawyer and politician. She is married with two children.Flood Beaubrun was educated at the Castries Comprehensive Secondary School and Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St. Lucia and subsequently at the University of Hull where she obtained a Bachelor of...
(born 1969), Saint Lucian lawyer and politician - Flood (producer) (Mark Ellis), British record producer