Brock (surname)
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Brock is a surname, and may refer to
- Andrew C. BrockAndrew C. BrockAndrew C. Brock is a fifth-term Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state’s thirty-fourth Senate district, including constituents in Davie and Rowan counties. He is also the Republican deputy whip in the Senate....
, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly - Bill BrockBill BrockWilliam Emerson "Bill" Brock III is a former Republican United States senator from Tennessee, having served from 1971 to 1977. He is the grandson of William Emerson Brock I, who was a Democratic U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931.-Early life and career:Brock was a native of Chattanooga,...
(born 1930), Republican United States senator - C. E. BrockC. E. BrockCharles Edmund Brock was a widely published English line artist and book illustrator, who signed his work C. E. Brock. He was the eldest of four artist brothers, including Henry Matthew Brock, also an illustrator....
(1870 - 1938), English line artist and illustrator - Calvin BrockCalvin BrockCalvin Vance Brock is a retired professional heavyweight boxer.Following his loss to fellow American Eddie Chambers, Brock was forced to retire from the sport of boxing, after receiving retinal damage in his right eye.- Biography :Brock is known not only for his boxing skills but also for his...
, American boxer - Darrell Brock Jr.Darrell Brock Jr.In April 2005, Brock received unanimous support from Kentucky's elected leaders including Senator's Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning as well as the Congressional Delegation to serve as the Chairman of the Republican Party of Kentucky...
, American politician - Dave BrockDave BrockDavid Anthony "Dave" Brock is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He plays electric guitar, synthesizer, bass and oscillators. He is best known as being one of the founders and musical focus of the English space rock group Hawkwind...
, Hawkwind frontman - David BrockDavid BrockDavid Brock is an American journalist and author, the founder of the media watchdog group, Media Matters for America, and a Democratic political operative...
, former Conservative journalist turned liberal political writer - Edwin BrockEdwin BrockEdwin Brock was a British poet. Brock wrote two of the best-known poems of the last century, Five Ways to Kill a Man and Song of the Battery Hen.-Early life:...
(1927 - 1997), British poet - Edwin C. Brock (Egyptologist)Edwin C. Brock (Egyptologist)Edwin C. Brock is an American Egyptologist, who formerly worked for the Theban Mapping Project at the American University in Cairo. He is currently working on royal sarcophagi in the Valley of the Kings. He also worked in the tombs of Merenptah and Amenmeses , along with Otto Schaden and the...
, American Egyptologist - Greg Brock (The West Wing), fictional character from The West Wing
- Henry Matthew Brock (1875 - 1960), English illustrator
- Isaac BrockIsaac BrockMajor-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada successfully for many years...
(1769-1812), British major-general - Isaac Brock (musician)Isaac Brock (musician)Isaac Brock is the lead singer, guitarist, banjoist, and songwriter for the American indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, Ugly Casanova...
(born 1975), Modest Mouse frontman - John Brock (baseball)John Brock (baseball)John Roy Brock was a professional baseball player]]. He played parts of two seasons, 1917 and 1918, in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher. Listed at 5' 6½", 165 lb., Brock batted and threw right handed. He was born in Hamilton, Illinois.After playing minor league baseball in 1916, Brock...
, American major league catcher - John Brock (CEO)John Brock (CEO)John F. Brock , is the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. , the world’s largest marketer, distributor, and producer of Coca-Cola products...
(b. 1948), American businessman - John Brock (fictional character)John Brock (fictional character)John Brock is a fictional British undercover agent created by Desmond Skirrow. He appeared in three fast-paced, witty, and irreverent spy novels written in the late 1960s. Like his creator, he is an advertising executive in London but he is also a part-time agent for a secret department run by...
, fictional character of Desmond Skirrow - John W. BrockJohn W. BrockJohn W. Brock was a United States Navy officer who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in combat during World War II.-Biography:...
(1914-1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient - Juliet Clutton-BrockJuliet Clutton-BrockJuliet Clutton-Brock was a senior research worker in the Mammal Section at The Natural History Museum in London from 1969 until her retirement in 1993, and maintains a position there as a research associate...
, British zoologist - Kathy BrockKathy BrockKathy Brock is a news anchor at WLS-TV, Chicago's ABC affiliate. She is a co-anchor of the station's 6 pm and 10 pm news broadcasts alongside Alan Krashesky and Ron Magers, respectively.-Personal Life and Education:...
, American television newsreader - Lawrence BrockLawrence BrockLawrence Brock was a Nebraska Democratic politician.Brock was born near Columbus, Nebraska. He graduated from Leigh High School and then the College of Pharmacy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1929. He became a pharmacist in Madison, Nebraska...
, American politician - Lillie BrockLillie BrockRev Elder Lillie Brock is an elder in the Metropolitan Community Church and has served the denomination in throughout Western Canada, South America and the Central-Western United States. As of August 2009, she serves as the denominational Elder for Region 7....
, elder in the Metropolitan Community Church and LGBT rights activist - Lou BrockLou BrockLouis Clark "Lou" Brock is an American former professional baseball player. He began his Major League Baseball career with the Chicago Cubs but, spent the majority of his career as the left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Brock was best known for breaking Ty Cobb's all-time major league...
(born 1939), baseball player - Lou Brock Jr.Lou Brock Jr.Louis Clark Brock, Jr. is a former American football cornerback/safety in the NFL.-Professional career:He played for the San Diego Chargers, Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks in his brief career...
, American football player - Matthew Brock (disambiguation), multiple people
- Napoleon Murphy BrockNapoleon Murphy BrockNapoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere, and Bongo Fury...
, American singer, saxophonist and flautist - Pete BrockPete BrockPeter Brock is a former racing car designer from the United States. In the early 1960s he worked with Carroll Shelby at Shelby American where he was the designer for the iconic Shelby Daytona Cobra coupe.FIA World GT Champion 1965...
(born 1936), American racing car designer and driver - Pete Brock (American football)Pete Brock (American football)Peter Anthony Brock was a center and guard who played twelve professional seasons with the National Football League's New England Patriots. Brock attended the University of Colorado...
, (born 1954) American footballer for the New England Patriots - Peter BrockPeter BrockPeter Geoffrey Brock, AM otherwise known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain" or simply as "Brocky" was one of Australia's best-known and most successful motor racing drivers. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other...
(1945 - 2006), Australian motor racing driver - Raheem BrockRaheem BrockRaheem Fukwan Brock is an American football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft...
, American football player - Rebecca Wirfs-BrockRebecca Wirfs-BrockRebecca J. Wirfs-Brock is an author and consultant in object-oriented programming and object-oriented design, the founder of the information technology consulting firm Wirfs-Brock Associates, and inventor of Responsibility-Driven Design, the first behavioral approach to object design.Wirfs-Brock...
, author - Richard BrockRichard BrockRichard Brock worked in the BBC as a natural history film producer for 35 years. He was a member of the production team on the highly successful Life on Earth, and served as executive producer on The Living Planet, collaborating with David Attenborough...
, nature film producer - Robert L. BrockRobert L. BrockRobert L. Brock was an American businessman. As the Chairman of Brock Hotel Corporation, the first and at the time largest franchisee of Holiday Inns, he founded Showbiz Pizza Place in 1980 in Topeka, Kansas.-External links:...
, American anti-Semite - Russell Brock, Baron BrockRussell Brock, Baron BrockRussell Claude Brock, Baron Brock of Wimbledon was a leading British chest and heart surgeon and one of the pioneers of modern open-heart surgery...
, British surgeon who pioneered open heart surgery - Sebastian BrockSebastian BrockSebastian Paul Brock is generally acknowledged as the foremost and most influential academic in the field of Syriac language today. He is a former Reader in Syriac Studies at the University of Oxford's Oriental Institute and currently a Professorial Fellow at Wolfson College...
, a British Syriacist. - Stevie BrockStevie BrockStephen Ray "Stevie" Brock is an American pop singer. He grew up outside of Dayton, Ohio. Brock began singing when he was two years old. At eight, he wrote his first song...
(born 1990), American pop singer - Thomas D. BrockThomas D. BrockThomas Dale Brock is an American microbiologist known for his discovery of hyperthermophiles living in hot springs at Yellowstone National Park....
(born 1926), American microbiologist - Thomas BrockThomas BrockSir Thomas Brock KCB RA was an English sculptor.- Life :Brock was born in Worcester, attended the School of Design in Worcester and then undertook an apprenticeship in modelling at the Worcester Royal Porcelain Works. In 1866 he became a pupil of the sculptor John Henry Foley. He married in 1869,...
(1847 - 1922), British sculptor - Tony BrockTony BrockTony Brock was born in Poole, Dorset, England, on 31 March 1954.He was originally a drummer for Spontaneous Combustion. However was first widely known as a drummer and occasional vocalist for the English group The Babys...
(born 1954), British drummer - Tyler BrockTyler BrockTyler Brock is a fictional character in the novel Tai-Pan. He is the Tai-pan, or "supreme leader" of Brock & Sons Trading Company, and the novel's antagonist. He is married to Liza Brock and has several children, including his sons Gorth, Morgan and Tom, and daughters Tess and Elizabeth...
, fictional character from Tai-Pan - William Emerson BrockWilliam Emerson BrockWilliam Emerson Brock was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931. William Emerson Brock (March 14, 1872 August 5, 1950) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1929 to 1931. William Emerson Brock (March 14, 1872 August 5, 1950) was a Democratic...
(1872 – 1950), Democratic United States Senator
See also
- Brock (disambiguation)
- BrochBrochA broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure of a type found only in Scotland. Brochs include some of the most sophisticated examples of drystone architecture ever created, and belong to the classification "complex Atlantic Roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s....
- Brook (disambiguation)