Garrick (name)
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Garrick is an Old English
name that means "one who governs with a spear" or "spear king". It is common as a masculine
given name
and as a surname
. People with the name Garrick include:
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
name that means "one who governs with a spear" or "spear king". It is common as a masculine
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
and as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. People with the name Garrick include:
Given name
- Garrick DowhenGarrick DowhenGarrick Dowhen is an actor and screenwriter, active as an actor mainly in the 1980s and early 1990s. A dark-haired, chisel-jawed actor, he frequently portrayed a Frenchman. He appeared in series such as Remington Steele , as Yves in General Hospital and as a French actor in Days of Our Lives...
- Garrick HagonGarrick HagonGarrick Hagon is a film, stage, television and radio actor best known for his role as Biggs Darklighter in Star Wars: A New Hope. His many films include Batman, Spy Game, Me and Orson Welles and The Message...
- Garrick IbbotsonGarrick IbbotsonGarrick Ibbotson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League for the Fremantle Football Club.Ibbotson mainly played soccer as a junior and only converted to Australian rules football at school at the age of 14...
- Garrick MorganGarrick MorganGarrick Morgan , is an Australian former rugby footballer, who played for the Australian team from 1992 to 1997. He played second row .In 1993, he was voted the world's best player by the newspaper l'Équipe....
(b. 1970), former Australian rugby footballer - Garrick OhlssonGarrick OhlssonGarrick Ohlsson is an American classical pianist.Ohlsson was the first American to win first prize in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition, in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Competition in Italy and the Montreal Piano Competition in Canada...
- Garrick PalmerGarrick PalmerGarrick Salisbury Palmer is an English painter, wood engraver, photographer and teacher. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers , the Society of Wood Engravers Associate of the Royal Engravers, the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers , and the Royal Society of...
- Garrick TremainGarrick TremainGarrick Tremain is a New Zealand cartoonist and painter living in Queenstown.He has been a professional painter since 1972 and a cartoonist since 1988...
(b. 1941), New Zealand cartoonist and painter - Garrick UtleyGarrick UtleyGarrick Utley is an American TV journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent covering the war on-site.-Early life:...
Surname
- Barbara GarrickBarbara GarrickBarbara Garrick is an American actress who portrayed DeDe Halcyon Day in the three television miniseries based on Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City novels. She was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1999 for Further Tales of the City.Garrick was born in Los Angeles, California and graduated from...
(b. 1965), American actress
- David GarrickDavid GarrickDavid Garrick was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson...
(1717 – 1779), English actor - Francis James GarrickFrancis James GarrickFrancis James Garrick , was a barrister and politician from Christchurch, New Zealand.-Early years:Garrick was the oldest of ten children of James Francis Garrick and Catherine Eliza Garrick...
(1833-1890), New Zealand politicianSt Albans (New Zealand electorate)St Albans was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890, then from 1946 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate was centred on the Christchurch suburb of St Albans.-History:... - Horace GarrickHorace GarrickHorace James Garrick was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he attended state schools and then Swinburne Technical College before becoming a mechanical engineer. Having sat on Collingwood City Council, he was Mayor from 1960 to 1961 and from 1968 to 1969...
(1918 – 1982), Australian politician - Jack Garrick, New Zealand zoologist
- Leon GarrickLeon GarrickLeon Vivian Garrick is a Jamaican cricketer. He played only one Test and three One Day Internationals for West Indies in 2001. Prior to playing Test cricket he played for Jamaica senior and youth teams, most notably in the domestic competition in 1997 he made successive centuries that helped to...
(b. 1976), Jamaican cricketer - Martin GarrickMartin GarrickMartin W. Garrick represents the 74th district in the California State Assembly. He was elected to the Assembly in November 2006. Garrick served in the Reagan Administration and is a small business owner.-Background:...
(b. 1953), American politician - Michael GarrickMichael GarrickMichael Garrick MBE was an English jazz pianist and composer, and a pioneer in mixing jazz with poetry recitations.-Biography:...
(b. 1933), English pianist and composer - Neville GarrickNeville GarrickNeville Garrick is a Jamaican-born Los Angeles-based graphic artist, photographer, filmmaker, and writer.He is best known for creating the art work for many Bob Marley album covers. He has also worked with Burning Spear, Steel Pulse and many others...
, Jamaican graphic artist, photographer, filmmaker, and writer - Richard GarrickRichard GarrickRichard Garrick was a director and actor. He was born Richard Thomas O'Brien in the townland of Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland. His father, James E. O'Brien, was a master tailor in that town, counting among his clients Lord Waterford as well as other nobility and landed gentry. In 1882, James...
(1878 – 1962), American director and actor - Stanley GarrickStanley GarrickStanley David Garrick, Egaibu of Siluko was a senior administrator and courtier to His Royal Highness Oba Akenzua II, the 37th Oba of the Kingdom of Benin, now southern Nigeria. His father was a Sierra Leone Creole catechist called J.D...
(1888 - 1958) Kingdom of Benin senior administrator and courtier - Tom GarrickTom GarrickThomas S. Garrick is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2nd round of the 1988 NBA Draft. He played guard in four NBA seasons, mainly for the Clippers...
(b. 1966), American basketball player