Kendrick
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Kendrick is a surname which may originate from:
Kendrick may refer to:
- The WelshWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
word Cynwrig meaning "greatest champion", or - The Anglo-Saxon word Cyneric meaning "family ruler".
- The Highland ScotsScottish HighlandsThe Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
surname Machendrie, frequently anglicized into Kendrick and MacKendrick
Kendrick may refer to:
People
- Kendrick LamarKendrick LamarKendrick Lamar , formerly known by his stage name K. Dot, is an American rapper, and songwriter. He first gained major attention after the release of his 2010 mixtape O D. In 2011, his album Section.80, released exclusively through iTunes, instantly ranked as one of the top digital hip-hop releases...
(born 1987), American rapper - Anna KendrickAnna KendrickAnna Kendrick is an American film and stage actress best known for the role of Natalie Keener in the 2009 film Up in the Air. Her other work includes the films Camp , Rocket Science , Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , 50/50 , and the Broadway musical High Society...
(born 1985), American actress - Brian KendrickBrian KendrickBrian David Kendrick is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name. Before joining TNA he spent several years wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment, where he wrestled under his name, as Spanky, and finally as "The" Brian Kendrick...
(born 1979), American professional wrestler - Donald M. KendrickDonald M. KendrickDonald M. Kendrick is the Calgary, Alberta-born director of choral activities at California State University, Sacramento and the director of music at Sacred Heart Church where he conducts Schola Cantorum and Vox Nova Donald M. Kendrick (born 1947) is the Calgary, Alberta-born director of choral...
(born 1947), Canadian choirmaster - Eddie KendricksEddie KendricksEddie Kendricks was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things...
(Edward James Kendrick, 1939–1992), Motown recording artist and founding member of The Temptations - Graham KendrickGraham KendrickGraham Kendrick is a prolific British Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader. He is the son of a Baptist pastor. He now lives in Croydon and is a former member of Ichthus Christian Fellowship...
(born 1950), British Christian singer-songwriter - Helen Kendrick JohnsonHelen Kendrick JohnsonHelen Kendrick Johnson was an American writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's suffrage movement.- Early life :...
(1844-1917), American anti-suffragist activist and writer - Howie KendrickHowie KendrickHoward "Howie" Joseph Kendrick III is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Early life:...
(born 1983), American baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - Kyle KendrickKyle KendrickKyle Rodney Kendrick is a relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball.-High school:...
(born 1984), American baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies - John Kendrick:
- John Kendrick (cloth merchant)John Kendrick (cloth merchant)John Kendrick was a prosperous English cloth merchant and patron of the towns of Reading and Newbury in Berkshire....
(1573–1624), English cloth merchant - John Kendrick (American sea captain)John Kendrick (American sea captain)John Kendrick was an American sea captain, both during the American Revolutionary War and the exploration and maritime fur trading of the Pacific Northwest alongside his partner Robert Gray.-Early life:...
(c. 1740–1794), American northern Pacific explorer and merchant - John B. KendrickJohn B. KendrickJohn Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.He was a member of the State...
(1857–1933), United States Senator from Wyoming - John Whitefield KendrickJohn Whitefield KendrickJohn Whitefield Kendrick was a pioneer in productivity measurement and economic accounting.-Education:...
(1917 - 2009), American economist
- John Kendrick (cloth merchant)
- Malcolm KendrickMalcolm KendrickMalcolm Kendrick is a Scottish doctor and author of The Great Cholesterol Con . He has been a general practitioner for over 25 years and has worked with the European Society of Cardiology....
Scottish doctor and author of "The Cholesterol Con" - Rhonda Ross KendrickRhonda Ross KendrickRhonda Ross Kendrick is an American actress. Her mother is singer and actress Diana Ross, and her biological father is Motown Records founder Berry Gordy. At the time of her birth, Ross was married to her first husband, Robert Ellis Silberstein...
(born 1971), American actress - Rob KendrickRob KendrickRob Kendrick is best known as guitarist for the English band, Trapeze. Trapeze had major musical success in the 1970s and early 1980s with their hit single, "Black Cloud".The original band, Trapeze, broke up in the 80's...
, British guitarist - Robert KendrickRobert KendrickRobert Bradley Kendrick is an American tennis player. He turned professional in 1999. His career high single ranking is world no. 69, achieved on July 20, 2009. He was suspended for a year after testing positive at the 2011 French Open for the drug methylhexanamine, which has been banned in sport...
(born 1979), American tennis player - Rodney KendrickRodney KendrickRodney Kendrick is an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, and producer. He has been described as a "hard swinging player and composer with a delightful Monkish wit and drive."-Biography:...
(born April 30, 1960) American jazz pianist - T. D. KendrickT. D. KendrickSir Thomas Downing Kendrick KCB was a British archaeologist and art historian.Kendrick was born in Handsworth, a suburb of Birmingham, England, and educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford for a year before World War I, during which he was wounded, and rose to the rank of...
(Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, 1895–1979), archaeologist and Director of the British Museum - W. Freeland KendrickW. Freeland KendrickW. Freeland Kendrick was the Republican Mayor of Philadelphia from 1924-1928. He served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Republican National Convention in 1920, and served as the President of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926.-Shriner:Kendrick was also an active...
, Mayor of Philadelphia (1924–1928) - William Kenrick (writer)William Kenrick (writer)William Kenrick was an English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist, who spent much of his career libelling and lampooning his fellow writers.- Life and career :Kenrick was born at Watford, Hertfordshire, son of a stay-maker...
(1725?–1779), an English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist
Schools
- Kendrick SchoolKendrick SchoolKendrick Girls' Grammar School is a selective girls' grammar secondary foundation school situated in the centre of Reading, Berkshire, UK. In 2010 Kendrick became an Academy.-History:...
, a foundation girls' Grammar SchoolGrammar schoolA grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, in ReadingReading, BerkshireReading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, BerkshireBerkshireBerkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-- named after John KendrickJohn Kendrick (cloth merchant)John Kendrick was a prosperous English cloth merchant and patron of the towns of Reading and Newbury in Berkshire....
(1573-1624) - Kendrick Boys SchoolReading SchoolReading School is a state-funded, selective academy school for boys in the English town of Reading. It is notable for tracing its history back to the school of Reading Abbey, making it one of the oldest schools in England. There are no tuition fees for day pupils, and boarders only pay for food and...
, founded in 1875 from the legacy of John Kendrick (1573-1624) subsequently taken over by the Reading SchoolReading SchoolReading School is a state-funded, selective academy school for boys in the English town of Reading. It is notable for tracing its history back to the school of Reading Abbey, making it one of the oldest schools in England. There are no tuition fees for day pupils, and boarders only pay for food and...
, in ReadingReading, BerkshireReading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, BerkshireBerkshireBerkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...