Hicks (surname)
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Hicks, also spelt Hickes and Hix might be the name of one of the people below:
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Hicks, also spelt Hickes and Hix might be the name of one of the people below:
- Adam HicksAdam HicksAdam Paul Neilson Hicks is an American actor. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms. He is most notable for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther and starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth as Wendell "Wen" Gifford...
, American actor - Andre Hicks, dead west-coast rapper known by pseudonym 'Mac Dre'
- Andy HicksAndy HicksAndy Hicks is an English professional snooker player currently from Cornwall. Hicks, nicknamed "The Cream of Devon", has been a World Snooker Championship semi-finalist and was ranked within the worlds top 32 for many seasons but has never broken into the top 16.-Career:Although a professional...
, English snooker player - Artis HicksArtis HicksArtis Hicks is an American football guard for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
, American football player - Barbara Hicks, British actress
- Beatrice HicksBeatrice HicksBeatrice Alice Hicks was an outstanding engineer, helping to found the Society of Women Engineers in 1950.Born in Orange, New Jersey, she attended Orange High School...
, American engineer - Benjamin HicksBenjamin Hicks-Life:He was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly, from Rensselaer Co. in 1792-93, 1794 and 1795; and from Otsego Co. in 1800-01....
, 18th century New York assemblyman - Betty Hicks, American golfer
- Bill HicksBill HicksWilliam Melvin "Bill" Hicks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His material largely consisted of general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy, and personal issues. Hicks' material was often controversial and steeped in dark comedy...
, 1961–1994, American comedian - Bonny HicksBonny HicksBonny Hicks was a Singapore Eurasian model who gained her greatest notoriety for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works. Her first book, Excuse Me, are you a Model?, is recognized as a significant milestone in the literary and...
, 1968–1997, Singaporean model and novelist - Barbara Hicks, 1961-, British actress
- Catherine HicksCatherine HicksCatherine Mary Hicks is an American stage, film, television actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Annie Camden on the long-running television series 7th Heaven and as Karen Barclay in Child's Play.-Personal life:...
, American actress - Chris Hicks, Australian rugby league footballer
- Chris HicksChris Hicks (record executive)Christopher Hicks is an American record industry executive, artist manager, and publisher. He has worked with a plethora of artists, songwriters and producers including Justin Bieber, Mary J Blige, Letoya Luckett, Aaliyah, Johnta Austin, Bryan-Michael Cox, The-Dream, T.I., Timbaland, Lil Wayne,...
, American record company executive - Clifford Hicks (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Clifford B. HicksClifford B. HicksClifford B. Hicks was an American writer and magazine editor, best known for his children's books chronicling the adventures of Alvin Fernald.-Biography:...
(b.1920), American writer - Cliff HicksCliff HicksClifford Wendell Hicks, Jr. is a former professional American football defensive back who played for four NFL teams from...
, former NFL player
- Clifford B. Hicks
- Dan Hicks (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Dan Hicks (singer)Dan Hicks (singer)Dan Hicks , is an American singer-songwriter working at the intersection of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music...
, singer and musician - Dan Hicks (sportscaster)Dan Hicks (sportscaster)John Daniel "Dan" Hicks is an American sportscaster for NBC. His primary duties for the network include play-by-play commentary for golf, but he also does occasional play-by-play commentary for The AFL on NBC and Notre Dame football...
, sportscaster - Dan Hicks (archaeologist)Dan Hicks (archaeologist)Dr Dan Hicks FSA, MIfA is a British archaeologist and anthropologist based at the University of Oxford. Hicks was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Birmingham, where he was taught by R. F. Langley. He read Archaeology and Anthropology at St John's College, Oxford, gaining a first class...
, British historical archaeologist
- Dan Hicks (singer)
- David HicksDavid HicksDavid Matthew Hicks is an Australian who was convicted by the United States of America Guantanamo Military Commission under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, on charges of providing material support for terrorism...
, one of several people including:- David Matthew Hicks, born 1975, convicted terrorism supporter, held at Yatala Prison South Australia
- David Hicks (chaplain)David Hicks (chaplain)Chaplain David Hewitt Hicks, USA is a retired American Army officer who served as the 21st Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 2003 to 2007....
, born 1942, US Army Chief of Chaplains
- Dolores Hicks, American actress and nun Dolores Hart
- Doug HicksDoug HicksDouglas Allan Hicks was a professional ice hockey defenceman who had a reputation as an "iron man" early in his NHL career, missing only one game his first three seasons in the league with the Minnesota North Stars...
, Canadian Hockey Player - Dwight HicksDwight HicksDwight Hicks is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts in 1978, the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to 1985, and for the Indianapolis Colts in 1986.-High school and college:...
, American football player - Dwone HicksDwone HicksKenneth Dwone Hicks is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2003 and was also a member of the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State...
, American football player - Edna HicksEdna HicksEdna Hicks was an American blues singer and musician. She is best remembered for her recordings of "Hard Luck Blues" and "Poor Me Blues"....
, American blues musician - Edward HicksEdward HicksEdward Hicks was an American folk painter, a distinguished minister of the Society of Friends, and he also became a Quaker icon because of his paintings.-Early life:...
, 1780–1849, American Quaker and naive painter - Elias HicksElias HicksElias Hicks was an itinerant Quaker preacher from Long Island, New York. He promoted doctrines that embroiled him in controversy that led to the first major schism within the Religious Society of Friends...
, 1748–1830, American Quaker minister - Eric Hicks (basketball), American basketball player
- Eric Hicks (American football), American football player
- Esther HicksEsther HicksEsther Hicks is an American inspirational speaker and best-selling author. She has co-authored nine books with her husband Jerry Hicks, presented workshops on the Law of Attraction and appeared in the first release of the film The Secret...
, American medium and motivational speaker - George HickesGeorge HickesGeorge Hickes was an English divine and scholar.-Biography:Hickes was born at Newsham, near Thirsk, Yorkshire, in 1642...
, English scholar - George Hickes (politician)George Hickes (politician)George Hickes, MLA is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He has served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba since 1990, and has been the Speaker of the Assembly since 1999...
, Canadian politician - George Elgar HicksGeorge Elgar HicksGeorge Elgar Hicks was an English painter during the Victorian era. He is best known for his large genre paintings, which emulate William Powell Frith in style, but was also a society portraitist.-Biography:...
, 1824–1914, British Victorian genre painter - Granville HicksGranville HicksGranville Hicks was an American Marxist as well as an anti-Marxist novelist, literary critic, educator, and editor.-Life:...
- H.L. Hix, American poet and academic
- Helen HicksHelen HicksHelen L. Hicks was an American professional golfer and one of 13 founders of the LPGA in 1950.Hicks was born in Cedarhurst, New York. She had a successful amateur career, reaching the finals of the U.S. Women's Amateur twice. She beat Glenna Collett Vare in 1931 and lost to Virginia Van Wie in 1933...
, American golfer - Henry HicksHenry HicksHenry Davies Hicks was a lawyer, university administrator, and politician in Nova Scotia.He was born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Hicks and Annie Kinney. Hicks was educated in Bridgetown and at Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University and Oxford University. He was admitted to...
, Canadian politician - Henry Hicks (geologist)Henry Hicks (geologist)Henry Hicks, MRCS, FRS was a Welsh physician, surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons , geologist, President of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Royal Society...
, 1837–1899, Welsh Physician, Surgeon, MRCS, Geologist, President of Geological Society, and FRS - Hilly HicksHilly HicksHilly Gene Hicks is an American character actor, born May 4, 1950 in Los Angeles, California.-Biography:The role for which Hicks is perhaps best known is Lewis Moore in the TV mini-series Roots...
, American actor - Hinda HicksHinda HicksHinda Hicks is a Tunisian born singer, with British nationality having moved to West Sussex as a child.-Introduction:Hicks originally sang with an R&B band called the Fabulous Fug Band and at one time sent a demo of her vocals alongside Aretha Franklin's "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" to Phil...
, British singer - Ian HicksHixxyHixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....
, British DJ Hixxy - India HicksIndia HicksIndia Amanda Caroline Hicks is a former fashion model, 521st inline to the line of succession to the British Throne.-Early life:...
, British fashion model, daughter of Lady Pamela Hicks - Jack HicksJack HicksHarold Jon "Jack" Hicks was a sculptor, who worked in the later part of the twentieth century. He was trained in ceramics and photography but excelled in metal sculpture.-Biography:...
, constructionist steel sculptor - John HicksJohn HicksSir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model , which...
, economist who was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1972 - John Braxton HicksJohn Braxton HicksJohn Braxton Hicks was a 19th century English doctor who specialised in obstetrics.He was born to Edward Hicks in Rye, Sussex. He was educated privately and in 1841 entered Guy's Hospital Medical School. He obtained his MB at the University of London in 1845 and an MD in 1851...
, British physician and obstetrician - John R. HicksJohn R. HicksJohn R. Hicks was a murderer executed by the U.S. state of Ohio. He was executed for the August 3, 1985 murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter, Brandy Green...
, 1956–2005, American murderer - Jon Hicks, one of several people including
- Jon Hicks (designer)Jon Hicks (designer)Jon Hicks is an English designer who owns his own design studio, Hicksdesign. Hicks is best known for designing the Firefox logo, and has worked on numerous other design projects.-Early life:...
, creator of the Firefox logo - Jon Hicks (journalist)Jon Hicks (journalist)Jon Hicks is the editor-in-chief of the UK edition of the Official Xbox Magazine. He wrote the first published review of Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV....
- Jon Hicks (designer)
- Jose Luis Romero HicksJose Luis Romero HicksJosé Luis Romero Hicks is currently a private legal, economic and financial consultant managing Partner of the Law Firm RomeroHicks & Galindo...
, Mexican politician - Juan Carlos Romero HicksJuan Carlos Romero HicksJuan Carlos Romero Hicks was the Director General of the Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología . Prior to this, he was the Governor of Guanajuato...
, Mexican politician - Karen HicksKaren HicksKaren Hicks is a Democratic political operative specializing in campaign field strategy and organization.Hicks attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
, American Democratic Party operative - Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford, British politician
- Laurence Henry HicksLaurence Henry HicksLaurence Henry Hicks was an Australian composer.-National Anthem of Nauru:Hicks is known as the person who composed the music to the national anthem of Nauru, in 1968, in preparation for the independence of that country....
, 1912–1997, Australian composer - Lionel HicksLionel HicksLionel Hicks began his career aged 15 as a drummer for such bands as UFO, Kid Wicked, Balance of Power and Gene Loves Jezebel.After two decades of drumming, Hicks moved into music production, and his credits include United States of Mind , Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Teaser, Lady Luck, Kid Wicked, all...
, drummer and music producer - Louise Day HicksLouise Day HicksAnna Louise Day Hicks was an American politician and lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for her staunch opposition to court-ordered busing in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early life:...
, 1916–2003, American politician and lawyer - Maurice HicksMaurice HicksMaurice Hicks is an American football running back for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He was originally signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
, American football player - Merv HicksMerv HicksMervyn J. Hicks is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s. He played rugby union club football in Wales for the Cross Keys RFC, rugby league club football in Britain for Doncaster, Warrington, St...
, Welsh rugby league footballer - Michael J. HicksMichael J. HicksMichael J. Hicks is an economist and columnist. He is currently the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and Associate Professor of Economics at Ball State University..-Early Life & Military Career:...
, economist - Michael HicksMichael HicksMichael Hicks is an English historian, specialising on the history of late medieval England, in particular the Wars of the Roses. Hicks studied with C. A. J. Armstrong and Charles Ross while a student at the University of Bristol...
, English historian - Michele HicksMichele HicksMichele Hicks is an American screen actress and former fashion model who has worked in both film and television. On television, Hicks's appearances include Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI: NY, Cold Case, The Shield and Heist...
(born 1948), English historian - Lady Pamela HicksLady Pamela HicksLady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks, née Mountbatten is a British aristocrat. She is the younger daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma by his wife, the former Edwina Ashley. Through her father, Lady Hicks is a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.- Family background :Hicks was...
, daughter of Louis Mountbatten - Peggy Glanville-HicksPeggy Glanville-HicksPeggy Glanville-Hicks was an Australian composer.- Biography :Peggy Glanville-Hicks was born Melbourne in 1912. At age 15 she began studying composition with Fritz Hart in Melbourne...
, American composer - René HicksRené HicksRené Hicks is an African American comedian. She has appeared on Comedy Central's Comedy Central Presents and in numerous college shows. She was twice named NACA Comedy Entertainer of the Year, in 1995 and 1997. Hicks is also a former accountant and former college athlete.Her television credits...
, American comedian - Robert Hicks (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rosalind HicksRosalind HicksRosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks was the only child of author Agatha Christie, and from the time of Christie's death in 1976 worked to maintain and strengthen the reputation of her mother as a literary figure, and to protect the integrity of her works.-Death:At her death in 2004, Rosalind Hicks...
, daughter of Agatha Christie - Scott HicksScott HicksRobert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the...
, Australian film director - Sheila HicksSheila HicksSheila Hicks is an American fiber artist who presents textile art as an experience situated between sculpture and performance.From 1954 to 1959 she studied at Yale University under Josef Albers and Rico Lebrun...
, American textile artist - Skip HicksSkip HicksBrian LaVell "Skip" Hicks is a former American football running back in the National Football League. In his four seasons, Hicks played for the Washington Redskins and the Tennessee Titans...
, American football player - Stephen M. Hicks, Chief Executive Officer and owner of Southridge Capital.
- Taral HicksTaral HicksTaral Hicks is an actress and musician.-Career:Hicks graduated in 1993 from Grace Dodge Vocational High School in Bronx, New York....
, American singer and actress - Taylor HicksTaylor HicksTaylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who achieved fame in 2006, when he won the fifth season of American Idol. Hicks got his start as a professional musician in his late teens and performed around the Southeastern United States for well over the span of a decade, during which he also released...
, American singer - Thomas Hicks (disambiguation), one of several people including:
- Thomas Hicks (athlete), American athlete who won an Olympics gold medal in 1904
- Thomas Holliday HicksThomas Holliday HicksThomas Holliday Hicks was an American politician from Maryland. He served as the 31st Governor of Maryland from 1858 until 1862, and as a U.S...
, United States Senator and Governor of Maryland - Thomas Hicks (painter), artist
- Tom HicksTom HicksThomas Ollis Hicks, Sr. , is an American 'leveraged buyout' businessman living in Dallas, Texas. Despite Forbes Magazine estimating Hicks' wealth at USD 1 billion in 2009, Hicks was unable to pay off joint loans of circa £200 million the following year...
, American businessman - William HicksWilliam HicksColonel William Hicks , British soldier, entered the Bombay army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in despatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859....
, British Army officer - William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount BrentfordWilliam Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount BrentfordWilliam Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford PC, PC , DL , known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which...
, British politician nicknamed Jix - William Woodbury HicksWilliam Woodbury HicksWilliam Woodbury Hicks , of Pennsylvania, was a student of early postage stamps and postal history of the United States.-Collecting interests:...
(1896–1966), of Pennsylvania - Zachary HickesZachary HickesZachary Hickes was a Royal Navy officer, second-in-command on Lieutenant James Cook's voyage to the east coast of Australia. Hickes spelt his name with an "e", but it has often been written by others as Hicks without the "e".Hickes was 29 and held the rank of lieutenant when appointed to Cook's...
, British Naval officer - Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 9th Baronet, also known as Earl St AldwynEarl St AldwynEarl St Aldwyn, of Coln St Aldwyn in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1915 for the prominent Conservative politician Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Viscount St Aldwyn, known from 1854 to 1907 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet, of Beverston....
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Fictional
- Brian Hicks, fictional private military contractor in the game Army of TwoArmy of TwoArmy of Two is a third person shooter video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on March 4, 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The game is centered upon two mercenaries fighting through war, political turmoil, and a conspiracy from 1993 to 2009...
- Chick Hicks, fictional anthropomorphic race car from Pixar's animated feature film Cars
- Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran), fictional character from Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse
- Corporal Dwayne Hicks (Michael Biehn), United States Colonial Marine from the movie AliensAliens (film)Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and starring Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, and Bill Paxton...
- Gilly HicksGilly HicksGilly Hicks is a lifestyle brand, from American company Abercrombie & Fitch, specializing in women's "knickers from casual to sexy, relaxed PJ's and beauty things." Marketed for the female consumers of its parent brand, Gilly Hicks is officially labeled as "the Cheeky cousin of Abercrombie &...
, fictional founder of the Abercrombie & Fitch brand of the same name