Crick (surname)
Crick is an English toponymic surname for people from Crick, Northamptonshire, recorded in the Domesday Book as Creg, derived from the Celtic word creig "rock, cliff".[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Bernard Crick (1929–2008), British political scientist
- Cameron Crick (born 1997), Australian racing driver
- Cuthbert Crick (1920–1991), Barbadian cricketer
- Douglas Crick (1885–1973), English bishop
- Francis Crick (1916–2004), British scientist and joint discoverer of the structure of DNA
- George Charles Crick (1856–1917), British geologist
- George Crick (1888–1982), English footballer
- Harry Crick (1910–1960), English cricketer
- Jamie Crick (1966–2023), English radio broadcaster
- Jared Crick (born 1989), American football player
- Julia Crick (born 1963), British historian, medievalist and academic
- Kyle Crick (born 1992), American baseball pitcher
- Mark Crick, British author and photographer
- Marthe Crick-Kuntziger (1891–1963), Belgian museum curator
- Michael Crick (born 1958), British journalist and biographer
- Nancy Crick (1932–2002), Australian figure from the euthanasia debate
- Nicki R. Crick (1958–2012), American psychologist and professor
- Odile Crick (1920–2007), British artist, wife of Francis Crick
- Paddy Crick (1862–1908), Australian politician
- Philip Crick (1882–1937), Australian bishop
- Roy Crick (1904–1966), Australian politician
- Stanley Crick (1888–1955), Australian politician, film producer and distributor
- Thomas Crick (1885–1970), British priest
- Tom Crick (born 1981), British computer engineer, scientist and bureaucrat
- Walter Drawbridge Crick (1857– 1903), English businessman, amateur geologist and palaeontologist
Fictional characters:
- Harold Crick, protagonist of a 2006 film Stranger than Fiction
See also
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.