Wilks
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Wilks can be:
A common name for Cittarium pica
, an edible Caribbean sea snail
It can also be a surname, as follows:
A common name for Cittarium pica
Cittarium pica
Cittarium pica, common name the West Indian top shell or magpie shell, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae. This species has a large black and white shell....
, an edible Caribbean sea snail
It can also be a surname, as follows:
- Alan WilksAlan WilksAlan Wilks was a footballer with Queens Park Rangers.He signed in 1965 from Chelsea and made his debut in the 2-2 draw with Brighton in December 1966...
, footballer - Clement WilksClement WilksClement Wilks was a notable Civil Engineer and Architect in colonial Victoria, Australia.-Early days:Clement Wilks was born at Peckham Rye, Surrey, 15 February 1819, the youngest son of the Rev. Mark Wilks, of Paris...
, Australian civil engineer - Eileen WilksEileen WilksEileen Wilks is an American award-winning fiction writer living in Midland, Texas.- Biography :Wilks lives in the West Texas town of Midland, Texas, and has previously, as a child, lived in Canada and Venezuela as well as twelve U.S...
, American author - Ella WilksElla WilksElla Wilks is a New Zealander actress who is best known from her role as Danni in the sci-fi TV series The Tribe, in addition to that she appeared on an episode of The Strip and was in many documentaries and theatre productions.-Acting roles:Short films* Bathtime as Bella Television* The Strip as...
, New Zealand actress - Guy WilksGuy WilksGuy Wilks is a British rally driver. Wilks started rallying at the age of 19 and currently drives for Škoda UK in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge...
, British Rally driver - Hector WilksHector WilksHector Wilks was an English botanist and conservationist. He is perhaps best known for rediscovering the Monkey Orchid in Kent at a site near Faversham and subsequently introducing the species to Park Gate Down near Elham...
, English botanist - Henry WilksHenry WilksHenry Wilks is a fictional character from the popular soap opera Emmerdale played by Arthur Pentelow. He ran the Woolpack Inn, along with Amos Brearly for nearly 20 years....
, fictional character in Emmerdale soap opera - Ivor WilksIvor WilksIvor G. Wilks is a noted British Africanist and historian, with a specialism in Ghana.Wilks is an authority on the Ashanti Empire in Ghana. He has also written on Chartism in Wales, and the working class movement in the nineteenth century. His work examines the nature of power and leadership, and...
, British historian - James WilksJames WilksJames Brett Wilks is an English professional mixed martial artist. He was the winner of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom. Wilks currently fights for Ultimate Fighting Championship in the welterweight division.-Biography:Wilks was born and raised in Leicestershire,...
(born 1978), English mixed martial arts fighter - Jim WilksJim WilksJimmy Ray Wilks is a former American football defensive lineman who played thirteen seasons in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at San Diego State University....
(born 1958), American football player - Mark WilksMark WilksColonel Mark Wilks FRS was a Manx soldier and administrator.He was born in the Isle of Man, the son of Rev. James Wilks and Margaret Woods, and came from a long lineage of Manxmen....
(born 1760), Manx soldier - Mark Wilks ColletMark Wilks ColletSir Mark Wilks Collet, 1st Baronet was an English merchant and banker. He served as Governor of the Bank of England between 1887 and 1889, and was made a baronet on 12 June 1888 in connection with his services in converting the National Debt...
(born 1860), British banker - Maurice WilksMaurice WilksMaurice Cary Ferdinand Wilks was an automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company, a British car manufacturer...
, British car designer - Mike Wilks (author)Mike Wilks (author)Mike Wilks is an artist, illustrator and author of nine books including the global bestseller The Ultimate Alphabet , which was a New York Times bestseller and Sunday Times bestseller for 57 weeks with over 750 000 copies sold worldwide.Mike Wilks won a scholarship to art school at the age of...
- Mike Wilks (basketball)Mike Wilks (basketball)Michael Sharod Wilks, Jr. is an American professional basketball point guard who is currently a free agent.- College career :...
- Robert WilksRobert WilksRobert Wilks was a British actor and theatrical manager who was one of the leading managers of Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in its heyday of the 1710s...
(born c1665), British actor - Samuel S. WilksSamuel S. WilksSamuel Stanley Wilks was an American mathematician and academic who played an important role in the development of mathematical statistics, especially in regard to practical applications....
, American mathematician and statistician - Samuel WilksSamuel WilksSir Samuel Wilks, 1st Baronet , was a British physician and biographer.-Early life:Samuel Wilks was born on 2 June 1824 in Camberwell, London, the second son of Joseph Barber Wilks, a cashier at the East India House...
(born 1827), British physician - Steven WilksSteven WilksSteven Bernard Wilks is a defensive backs coach, currently with the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.-Pro career:Wilks played one year in the AFL for the Charlotte Rage.-Coaching career:...
, American football player (?) - Suzie WilksSuzie WilksSuzie Wilks is an Australian TV lifestyle presenter and host of six prime time television shows since 1997.- Professional life :...
, Australian TV celebrity - Ted WilksTed WilksTheodore "Cork" Wilks was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of ten seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians. For his career, he compiled a 59-30 record in 385 appearances, most as a relief pitcher, with an 3.26 earned...
, American (?) baseball celebrity - William WilksWilliam WilksThe Reverend William Wilks was a notable British horticulturalist and clergyman.-Details:Following education at Oxford University, William Wilks served as Curate in the parish of Croydon...
(born 1843), British horticulturalist - William Wilks (Australian politician)William Wilks (Australian politician)-Early life:Wilks was born in Sydney to English sea captain Joseph Henry Wilks and Susannah, née Harris. He was educated at Balmain Public School and, before establishing a wood and coal yard at Balmain, became associated with Billy Hughes...
- Yorick WilksYorick WilksYorick Wilks FBCS is a British Computer Scientist who is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Sheffield, a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, and a Senior Scientist at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.__FORCETOC__- Biography :Wilks...
, British computer scientist
See also
- Martin v. WilksMartin v. WilksMartin v. Wilks, 490 U.S. 755 , was a U.S. Supreme Court case brought by Robert K. Wilks challenging the validity of race-based hiring practices....
- WilkesWilkesWilkes may refer to:* Wilkes, Portland, Oregon, a US neighborhood* Wilkes , Australian thoroughbred, sire of Vain * USS Wilkes , a US Navy destroyer* Wilkes University, in Pennsylvania, US...
- Wilks CoefficientWilks CoefficientThe Wilks Coefficient or Wilks Formula is a coefficient that can be used to measure the strength of a powerlifter against other powerlifters despite the different weights of the lifters. Robert Wilks is the author of the formula.-Equation:...
- Wilks' lambda distributionWilks' lambda distributionIn statistics, Wilks' lambda distribution , is a probability distribution used in multivariate hypothesis testing, especially with regard to the likelihood-ratio test and Multivariate analysis of variance...