Pinnock
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Pinnock is 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"...

 and may refer to:
  • Andrew Pinnock
    Andrew Pinnock
    Andrew Pinnock is an American football fullback who last played for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft...

     (born 1980) - American football player
  • Anna Pinnock
    Anna Pinnock
    Anna Pinnock is a set decorator. She has been nominated twice for an Academy Award:* Gosford Park - Nominated* The Golden Compass - Nominated-References:...

     - set decorator
  • Annie Pinnock Malin
    Annie Pinnock Malin
    Annie Pinnock Malin was a Latter-day Saint author and hymnwriter.Malin was born in London, England. At the age of six she moved with her parents to Utah. She married Millard Fillmore Malin and they had five children....

     (1863-1935) - Latter Day Saint author and hymnwriter
  • Arnold Pinnock - Canadian actor
  • Chris Pinnock
    Chris Pinnock
    Chris Pinnock is a Jamaican hurdler.He finished fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round....

     (born 1979) - Jamaican hurdler
  • Clark Pinnock
    Clark Pinnock
    Clark H. Pinnock was a Christian theologian, apologist and author. He was Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at McMaster Divinity College.-Education and career:...

     (born 1937) - Canadian theologian
  • Hugh W. Pinnock
    Hugh W. Pinnock
    Hugh Wallace Pinnock was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1977 until his death....

     (1934-2000) - Latter-day Saint leader
  • J. R. Pinnock (born 1983) - American basketball player
  • James Pinnock
    James Pinnock
    James Pinnock is an English footballer from Dartford, Kent. He currently plays for Isthmian League Division One South side Maidstone United.-Career:...

     (born 1978) - English footballer
  • Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester
    Osbern of Gloucester
    Osbern Pinnock of Gloucester was an English Benedictine monk of St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, and a lexicographical writer.His Panormia, or Derivationes , was a Latin word list compiled from about 1150 to 1180...

     (1123-1200) - English monk and lexicographical writer
  • Pam Pinnock
    Pam Pinnock
    Pam Pinnock is an American author and a renowned celebrity publicist. She is an African American and Native American decent from the Indian tribe Seminole. Her interest in publicity comes from working with actor and comedian Eddie Murphy when she was only fifteen years old...

     (born 1973) - American author and publicist
  • Saint Pinnock
    Winnoc
    Saint Winnoc was an abbot or prior of Wormhout who came from Wales. Three lives of this saint are extant. The best of these, the first life, was written by a monk of St. Bertin in the middle of the ninth century, or perhaps a century earlier.St. Winnoc is generally called a Breton, but the...

     (generally known as Winnoc) (c.640-716/717) - a Breton or Welsh saint, prior of Wormhout
  • Sherene Pinnock
    Sherene Pinnock
    Sherene Pinnock is a Jamaican 400 metres hurdles runner.Her personal best is 56.67 seconds, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing.-Achievements:-External links:...

     (born 1987) - Jamaican hurdler
  • Thomas G. Pinnock
    Thomas G. Pinnock
    Thomas G. Pinnock Was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 33rd Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts.-Footnotes:...

     (died 1914) - Massachusetts politician
  • Trevor Pinnock
    Trevor Pinnock
    Trevor David Pinnock CBE is an English conductor, harpsichordist, and occasional organist and pianist.He is best known for his association with the period-performance orchestra The English Concert which he helped found and directed from the keyboard for over 30 years in baroque and early classical...

     (born 1946) - English harpsichordist and conductor
  • William Pinnock
    William Pinnock
    William Pinnock was a British publisher and educational writer.He was at first a schoolmaster, then a bookseller. In 1817 he went to London and, in partnership with Samuel Maunder, began to publish cheap educational works...

     (1782-1843) - British publisher
  • Winsome Pinnock
    Winsome Pinnock
    -Life:She graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London, and Birkbeck, University of London with an MA in Modern Literature.The Women's Theatre Group, commissioned her work....

     (born 1961) - British playwright


The name can mean little hillock from the Celtic "pennuc" or "pennoc" but also a possibility of a nickname of someone who may have resembled a hedge sparrow from Middle English. It originates from the Gloucestershire area of the United Kingdom and has been recorded as "Pinnok" as far back as 1248. There are variations of this as Pinock, Pinnick, and Pinnocke.

See also

  • Penix (surname)
  • St Pinnock
    St Pinnock
    St Pinnock is a hamlet and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, United Kingdom. The parish is in the Liskeard Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 621....

    , Cornwall
  • Doug Pinnick
    Doug Pinnick
    Doug Pinnick sometimes stylised as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X. He has fourteen albums with King's X, four solo albums, and numerous side projects and guest...

  • Chris Pinnick
    Chris Pinnick
    Chris Pinnick is an American guitarist and songwriter, probably best known for his work with the band Chicago from 1980-1985.Pinnick was born in Van Nuys, California and took up the guitar at the age of seven...

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