Jock (given name)
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Jock is a Scottish
diminutive
form of the forename "John
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Notable people bearing this name include:
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
diminutive
Diminutive
In language structure, a diminutive, or diminutive form , is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment...
form of the forename "John
John (name)
John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...
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Notable people bearing this name include:
- Jock ButterfieldJock ButterfieldJohn Rutherford "Jock" Butterfield was a New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 60s who has been named amongst the finest that country produced during the 20th century. A New Zealand international representative forward, he played his club football in various places in New Zealand,...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Jock SteinJock SteinJohn 'Jock' Stein CBE was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967...
, Celtic FC manager (1965-78), a football club in Scotland - Jock CallanderJock CallanderWilliam Darren "Jock" Callander is a former professional ice hockey player.-Career:The younger brother of Drew, Jock Callander replaced a small NHL career with a historic one in the IHL. Never drafted, he had brief stops with St...
- Jock ShawJock ShawJock "Tiger" Shaw was a Scottish professional footballer most famous for his time at Scottish club Rangers, whom he captained between 1938 and 1950....
- Jock SteinJock SteinJohn 'Jock' Stein CBE was a Scottish association football player and manager. He became the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967...
- Jock MahoneyJock MahoneyJock Mahoney was an American actor and stuntman of Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Born Jacques O'Mahoney, he was credited variously as Jock Mahoney, Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. He starred in two television series, both westerns...
- Jock ScottJock ScottJohn Wyeth "Jock" Scott, II was a lawyer and college professor in Alexandria, who served three terms from District 26 in the Louisiana House of Representatives, first as a Democrat and then as a Republican . He was defeated in a race for the Louisiana State Senate in 1987...
- Jock Wallace, Jr.
- Jock SutherlandJock SutherlandDr. John Bain "Jock" Sutherland, D.D.S., was an American football coach. He coached college football at Lafayette College and the University of Pittsburgh and professional football for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Steelers...
- Jock McHaleJock McHaleJames Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949....
- Jock DoddsJock DoddsEphraim "Jock" Dodds was a Scottish professional football player. He played in the 1936 FA Cup Final, and, at the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving player to have played in a final at Wembley Stadium....
- Jock SotoJock SotoJock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....
- Jock HutchisonJock HutchisonJack Fowler "Jock" Hutchison was a Scottish-American professional golfer.Hutchison was born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland but later moved to the United States and became a U.S. citizen in 1920. He won two major championships, the 1920 PGA Championship and the 1921 Open Championship at the St Andrews...
- Jock SturgesJock SturgesJock Sturges is an American photographer, best known for his images of nude adolescents and their families, primarily taken at communes in Northern California and at the Atlantic-coast naturist resort at Montalivet, France. His work has been the subject of controversy...
- Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of EskanJock Campbell, Baron Campbell of EskanJohn "Jock" Middleton Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan was the Chairman of Booker Brothers, McConnell and Co in British Guiana between 1952 and 1967. He was knighted in 1957 and was created a life peer on the 14 January 1966, taking the title Baron Campbell of Eskan, of Camis Eskan in the...
- Jock CameronJock CameronJock Cameron was a South African cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s...
- Jock Colville
- Jock HastonJock HastonJames "Jock" Ritchie Haston was a Trotskyist politician and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Communist Party in Great Britain.-Early years:...
- Jock StirrupJock StirrupAir Chief Marshal Graham Eric "Jock" Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, GCB, AFC, FRAeS, FCMI, RAF, is a former senior Royal Air Force commander, who was the Chief of the Defence Staff from 2006 until his retirement in late 2010. He is also a Crossbench member of the House of Lords.As a junior RAF officer,...
- Jock RutherfordJock RutherfordJohn "Jock" Rutherford , also known as Jackie Rutherford, was an English footballer.-Football career:Born in Percy Main, Northumberland, Rutherford was known for his longevity; he played nearly six hundred Football League and FA Cup matches, despite four seasons of football being cancelled due to...
- Jock Edwards
- Jock BrownJock BrownJock James Brown is a football commentator for STV, previously for BBC Scotland and Setanta Sports.-Professional career:Brown is a solicitor by profession and is currently a partner with Brodies.-Broadcasting:...
- Jock PurdonJock PurdonJock Purdon , a poet and songwriter, was born George Purdon in the village of Nitshill near Glasgow. Although Nitshill had been a coal mining village, the mine had closed before Purdon grew up and it was a strange twist of fate that saw him spend most of his life as a coal miner in a pit in...
- Jock McAvoyJock McAvoyJock McAvoy was a British boxer who fought from 1927 to 1945. He was born Joseph Patrick Bamford in Rochdale, Lancashire. Jo Bamford adopted the name Jock McAvoy so that his mother did not realise he was boxing...
- Jock SturrockJock SturrockAlexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock MBE was a noted Australian yachtsman who won over four hundred national and state championship yachting races....
- Jock HobbsJock HobbsMichael James "Jock" Bowie Hobbs, CNZM is a former New Zealand rugby union player who was an All Blacks flanker who played in 21 tests between 1983 and 1986, with four tests as captain. In recent years he has been prominent in rugby administration...
- Jock ClimieJock ClimieJock Climie is a Canadian retired Canadian Football League player who played the slotback position primarily with the Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders, and Montreal Alouettes. He is currently a sportscaster with Canadian sports television channel TSN as part of the CFL on TSN studio panel...
- Jock DrummondJock DrummondJohn "Jock" Drummond was a Scottish footballer who played for Falkirk, Rangers and the Scotland national team.-Career:Drummond joined Rangers in 1892 from Falkirk...
- Jock McKeenJock McKeenJock McKeen , is a Canadian physician,acupuncturist, author and lecturer who co-founded the Haven Institute with Bennet Wong. He has written on East-West medicine, alternative medicine, holistic health, Asian studies and personal growth.-Education:McKeen received his M.D...
- Jock LewesJock LewesLieutenant John Steel Lewes, known as Jock was born in Calcutta but grew up in Australia and served as a British officer of the Welsh Guards in World War II...
- Jock SpencerJock SpencerThomas 'Jock' Spencer was an Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. He was named at full-forward in North Melbourne's official 'Team of the Century'....
- Jock SandersJock SandersJock Sanders is a gridiron football slotback and running back for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at West Virginia....
- Jock Bruce-GardyneJock Bruce-GardyneJohn Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne was a British Conservative Party politician.Son of Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne, DSO, RN 13th Laird of Middleton, and a member of a Scottish landholding family who have been based in the county of Angus since at least 1008 AD. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey...
- Jock McCorkellJock McCorkellJock McCorkell is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League, ..-External links:* -References:* *...
- Jock WadleyJock WadleyJohn Borland Wadley was an English journalist whose magazines and reporting opened Continental cycle racing to fans in Britain....
- John Hay WhitneyJohn Hay WhitneyJohn Hay Whitney , colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and a member of the Whitney family.-Family:...
- Jock Whitney, a.k.a. John Hay WhitneyJohn Hay WhitneyJohn Hay Whitney , colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and a member of the Whitney family.-Family:...
- Jock CollierJock CollierJohn C "Jock" Collier was a Scottish footballer and manager.-Career:Born in Dysart, Fife, Collier played for Inverkeithing Juniors and had trials for the Scottish Junior international team. He signed for Raith Rovers and eventually signed for Hull City in 1920...
- Jock LivingstonJock LivingstonLeonard "Jock" Livingston, born at Hurlstone Park, Sydney on 3 May 1920 and died there on 16 January 1998, was an Australian cricketer who played most of his first-class cricket in England.-Cricket career:...
- Jock MenefeeJock MenefeeJohn "Jock" Menefee , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -...
- Jock TiffinJock TiffinArthur Ernest Tiffin OBE , commonly known as Jock Tiffin or A. E. Tiffin, was the third general secretary of the British Transport and General Workers' Union . He served for only a few months in 1955 before his death.Tiffin was born in Carlisle...
- Jock BartleyJock BartleyJock Bartley is an American Musician. He is a member of the band Firefall.He studied at University of Colorado in Boulder as an art major.He played guitar in Zephyr, and released a pair of albums with Tommy Bolin on Warner Bros...
- Jock AirdJock AirdJohn "Jock" Rae Aird is a Scottish-born former association football player who played for both the Scotland and New Zealand national sides.- Career :...
- Jock YoungJock YoungThis article is about the sociologist. For the rapper, see Yung JocJock Young is a British sociologist and criminologist.He began teaching at Enfield College of Technology....
- Jock WilsonJock WilsonJohn Nicholson "Jock" Wilson MM was a British serviceman, who was Great Britain's oldest D-Day veteran. Wilson was a soldier in the 79th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery...
- Jock BrandisJock BrandisJock Brandis is an author, film actor, film technician, inventor, and alleged air pirate.-Biography:Jock Brandis was born in the Netherlands but moved to Canada as a child. In his early twenties, he joined CUSO, the Canadian version of the Peace Corps, and was placed in "Trenchtown" otherwise known...
- Jock CarrollJock CarrollJock Carroll, born in Toronto, , worked as a writer, journalist and photographer for the Canadian media, including the Toronto Telegram....
- Jock KinneirJock KinneirRichard 'Jock' Kinneir was a typographer and graphic designer who, with colleague Margaret Calvert, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom. Their system has become a model for modern road signage....
- Jock TaylorJock TaylorJock Taylor was a Scottish World Champion motorcycle sidecar racer.John Robert Taylor was born in Pencaitland, East Lothian, and entered his first sidecar race at the age of 19, as the passenger to Kenny Andrews . The following year he took part in his first race as a driver.-Racing career:Taylor...
- Jock WhiteJock WhiteJohn "Jock" White was a Scottish footballer. He played for Albion Rovers and Heart of Midlothian in his native country and Leeds United in England. He also gained two caps for the Scotland national team...
- Jock MacdonaldJock MacdonaldJock Macdonald was a member of Painters Eleven , whose goal was to promote abstract art in Canada.-Early life:He was born in May 1897 in Thurso, Scotland...
- Jock WhyteJock WhyteJohn N. "Jock" Whyte was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Bedlay, Falkirk, Bradford City, and Wigan Athletic.- External links :*...
- Jock EwartJock EwartJohn "Jock" Ewart was a Scottish footballer who played professionally as a goalkeeper for Airdrieonians, Bradford City and Preston North End. His playing career was interrupted by the First World War, in which Ewart served. He made one appearance for the Scottish national side, in a 3–0 win...
- Jock Delves BroughtonJock Delves BroughtonHenry John Delves Broughton, 11th Baronet Broughton was a British aristocrat who is chiefly known for standing trial for the murder of Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll...
- Jock FergusonJock FergusonJack "Jock" Ferguson was a Scottish American football full back. He began his career in Scotland before moving to England, then the United States. He earned cap with the U.S. national team...
- Jock CunninghamJock CunninghamJock Cunningham was a British volunteer in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. He became a battalion and brigade commander....
- Jock Slater
- Jock MulraneyJock MulraneyAmbrose "Jock" Mulraney was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a winger. He played for Ipswich Town in their first season in the Football League, for Birmingham City in wartime football and in the Football League Second Division, and for Aston Villa in the top...
- Jock RobsonJock RobsonJohn Hardy "Jock" Robson was a Scottish football goalkeeper.Born in Innerleithen, Tweeddale, Robson played as a goalkeeper despite only standing at 5’8”. Robson had served in the First World War with the Seaforth Highlanders; after returning home he played for local side Vale of Leithen...
- Jock Wallace, Sr.Jock Wallace, Sr.John Martin "Jock" Wallace was a Scottish professional football goalkeeper. His son, Jock Wallace, Jr., managed Rangers, Leicester City and Sevilla....
- Jock CarterJock CarterJohn Henry Carter, also known as Jack or Jock Carter was a professional footballer. He was born in Aylesbury....
- Jock CordnerJock CordnerJock Cordner was an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray, Fitzroy and North Melbourne in the VFL. He was not related to the Cordner brothers who played in the same era....
- Jock BarnesJock BarnesHarold "Jock" Barnes was a New Zealand trade unionist and syndicalist, leader of the Waterside Workers Union from 1944 to 1952. He was heavily involved in the 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute. His memoir "Never A White Flag" was published in 1998....
- Jock RobertsonJock RobertsonJames Walter "Jock" Robertson was an English association football player who played professionally for Gillingham...
- Jock ThomsonJock ThomsonJohn Ross "Jock" Thomson was a Scottish football player and manager.Thomson, a wing-half, started his career with Thornton Rangers in his native Fife, before moving to Dundee, where he played for four years. In 1929 he moved to Everton. His Everton career had an inauspicious start, with the club...
- Alan John (Jock) MarshallAlan John (Jock) MarshallAlan John Marshall was an Australian writer, academic and ornithologist.Marshall was born in Redfern, New South Wales. Despite having lost an arm in a shooting accident at the age of sixteen, he was active in several natural history expeditions, and had a distinguished service record during...
- Jock D. MackinlayJock D. MackinlayJock D. Mackinlay is an American information visualization expert and Director of Visual Analysis at Tableau Software. With Stuart K. Card, George G...
- Jock McDougallJock McDougallJock McDougall was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland and the Scotland national football team as a central defender.-Club career:...
- Jock McKenzieJock McKenzieJock McKenzie was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1930s....
- Jock McNabJock McNabJohn "Jock" McNab was a Scottish international footballer who played, predominantly, for Liverpool during the period between the First and Second World Wars.-Life and playing career:...
- Jock DavieJock DavieJohn "Jock" Davie was a Scottish footballer.His career started with a spell on the books of Arsenal, but he did not play a first-team match for them and spent all his time instead on loan to Margate, Arsenal's nursery club of the time...
- Jock O'ConnellJock O'ConnellJock O'Connell is a widely quoted American economist whose research focuses on logistical issues associated with international trade. He is the International Trade Adviser to Beacon Economics, a leading economic consulting firm...