Turk (surname)
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Turk or Türk is a surname
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Those bearing it include:
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"...
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Those bearing it include:
- Ahmet TürkAhmet TürkAhmet Türk is a Kurdish politician in Turkey. He was the chairman of the former pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party in Turkey and was a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. On December 11, 2009, the Constitutional Court of Turkey voted to ban the DTP, accusing it of connection with PKK...
(born 1942), Turkish politician - Alex TürkAlex TürkAlex Türk is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Nord department. He does not align himself with any political party.-References:*...
(born 1950), French politician - Alexander TurkAlexander TurkAlexander Turk was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958....
(1906–1988), Canadian politician - Brian TurkBrian TurkBrian D. Turk is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gabriel in the award-winning HBO television series Carnivàle.-Filmography:*Saved by the Bell: The New Class as Spike...
, American actor - Dan TurkDan TurkDaniel Anthony Turk was an American football center in the National Football League from 1985 to 1999 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins. Turk was mainly used as a long snapper and reserve center...
(1962–2000), American football player - Daniel Gottlob TürkDaniel Gottlob TürkDaniel Gottlob Türk was a notable composer, organist, and music professor of the Classical Period.Born in Claußnitz, Saxony, Türk studied organ under his father and later under Johann Adam Hiller. It was Hiller who recommended Türk for his first professional position at Halle University, in...
(1756–1813), German musician - Danilo TürkDanilo Türk- Early life :Türk was born in a lower middle class family in Maribor, Slovenia . His father died when he was a child. He attended the prestigious II. Gymnasium High school in Maribor. In 1971 he enrolled to the University of Ljubljana where he studied law...
(born 1952), Slovenian politician - Frank TurkFrank TurkFrank Turk was an American jurist and entrepreneur. He was noted as a pioneer of the city of San Francisco, California, and Turk Street there was named after him....
(c. 1818–1887), American jurist & entrepreneur - Gavin TurkGavin TurkGavin Turk is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists . He often uses his own image in life-size sculptures of famous people.-Life and work:...
(born 1967), British artist - Gerd TürkGerd Türk- Biography :Gerd Türk received his first musical training as a choir boy at the cathedral of Limburg. He studied in Frankfurt and then at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Richard Levitt and René Jacobs, continuing in master classes with Ernst Haefliger and Kurt Equiluz.In the field of...
, German singer - Godwin TurkGodwin TurkGodwin Lee Turk is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for the New York Jets and the Denver Broncos .- High school and college :...
(born 1950), American football player - Greg TurkGreg TurkGreg Turk is an American-born researcher in the field of computer graphics and a Professor at the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology...
, American-born computer scientist & academic - Gordon TurkGordon TurkGordon Turk is a prominent American concert organist. He has played throughout the United States, made two concert tours in Japan, and performed frequently in Europe, including the Ukraine and Russia, both as solo organist and with orchestra....
, American musician - Hanan TurkHanan TorkHanan Tork is an Egyptian actress and former ballerina. She was born as: Hanan Hassan Mohamed Abd El Karim , and is sometimes credited as Hanane Turk and Hanan Turk. She is a sister to two brothers: Hussein and Hossam...
(born 1971), Egyptian actress & dancer - James Clinton TurkJames Clinton TurkJames Clinton Turk is a United States federal judge.Born in Roanoke County, Virginia, Turk was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received an A.B. from Roanoke College in 1949. He received an LL.B. from Washington and Lee University School of Law...
(born 1923), American jurist - John TurkJohn TurkJohn Turk is an American model, bodybuilder, personal trainer, former Chicago police officer, and actor.He has three siblings...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
2000s), American model & actor - Matt TurkMatt TurkMatthew Edward Turk is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1993...
(born 1968), American football player - M. K. TurkM. K. TurkM. K. Turk is a retired college basketball coach. He was head coach of the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles from 1976 to 1996.-External links:*...
(born 1942), American basketball coach - Neil TurkNeil TurkNeil Richard Keith Turk is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed specialist batsman with occasional right-arm medium-pace bowling, as well as a FIFA approved referee....
(born 1983), English cricketer - Rifaat Turk (born 1954), Israeli football player
- Roy TurkRoy TurkRoy Kenneth Turk was an American songwriter. A lyricist, he frequently collaborated with composer Fred E. Ahlert – their popular 1928 song "Mean to Me" has become a jazz standard. He worked with many other composers, including for film lyrics...
(1892–1934), American songwriter - Samuel TurkSamuel TurkRabbi Dr. Samuel A. Turk was an American-born pulpit rabbi whose writings and issues and organizational activism made a mark beyond the congregation he served for 40 years.- Credentials :...
(1917–2009), American religious leader - Tommy TurkTommy TurkTommy Turk was a jazz trombonist from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.He did notable playing for Jazz at the Philharmonic and can be heard on several CDs with Charlie Parker...
(1927–1981), American musician - William TurkWilliam TurkWilliam Turk was an American ragtime pianist, who played in the early 1900s in Texas. He was reputably so obese that he could not put his left hand in front of his stomach. So he invented techniques playing with his left hand to the side...
(fl. c. 1900), American musician - Željko TurkŽeljko TurkŽeljko Turk is the current mayor of Zaprešić, a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. He became the mayor in 2006 and his term ends in May 2009. He is affiliated with the Croatian Democratic Union...
(born 1962), Croatian politician