Merchant (surname)
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Merchant is a family name
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Family name
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- Anthony MerchantAnthony MerchantE.F. Anthony "Tony" Merchant, Q.C. is a Saskatchewan lawyer and former politician. He represented Regina Wascana in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal member....
(born 1944), Canadian lawyer and politician - Ali MerchantAli MerchantAli Merchant is an Indian television actor. He is probably best known for appearing in TV serials like Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and Amber Dhara.-Life and career:...
, actor - Carolyn MerchantCarolyn MerchantCarolyn Merchant is an American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory on 'The Death of Nature', whereby she identifies the Enlightenment as the period when science began to atomize, objectify and dissect nature, foretelling its eventual conception as inert...
(born c.1936), U:S: ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science - Hoshang MerchantHoshang MerchantHoshang Dinshaw Merchant is a poet from India. Most of his writings are in English.-Early years and education:Hoshang Merchant was born in 1947 to a Zoroastrian business-family in Bombay, India. On his mother’s side he descends from a line of teachers and preachers. Merchant was educated at St....
(born 1947), Indian poet - Ismail MerchantIsmail MerchantIsmail Merchant was an Indian-born film producer, best known for the results of his famously long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala...
(1936–2005), Indian-born film producer - Kenneth MerchantKenneth MerchantKenneth Merchant holds the Deloitte and Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the Leventhal School of Accounting, part of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is the former dean of the Leventhal School....
, U.S. accounting scholar - Larry MerchantLarry MerchantLarry Merchant is an American former sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO Sports presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, and is considered "the greatest television boxing analyst of all time" by ESPN Boxing analyst Dan Rafael.-Life...
(born 1931), U.S. sportswriter and commentator - Lisa MerchantLisa MerchantLisa Merchant is a Canadian comic improviser and actress.She played Brenda Murphy on Train 48.She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser .-External links:...
, Canadian actress - Livingston T. MerchantLivingston T. MerchantLivingston Tallmadge Merchant was a United States official and diplomat. He twice served as United States ambassador to Canada and was Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 1959 to 1961....
(1903–1976), U.S. diplomat - Moelwyn MerchantMoelwyn MerchantWilliam Moelwyn Merchant , was an academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest. He was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales and his first language was Welsh. He was educated at University College, Cardiff...
(1913–1997), Welsh academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest - Natalie MerchantNatalie MerchantNatalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...
(born 1963), U.S. musician - Pana MerchantPana MerchantPana Pappas Merchant is a Liberal Senator from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A teacher and business woman, Mrs. Merchant has played an active role in cultural, political, and advocacy groups in Saskatchewan. Her charitable and volunteer work has been with Canadian Parents for French,...
, (born 1943), Canadian politician - Piers MerchantPiers MerchantPiers Rolf Garfield Merchant was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 1983 to 1987, and then MP for Beckenham from 1992 until he resigned in October 1997 following a scandal.- Education :He was educated at Nottingham High...
(1951–2009), British politician - Salim Merchant, Indian musician
- Sally MerchantSally MerchantMaria Margharita "Sally" Merchant was a Saskatchewan television personality and political figure. She represented Saskatoon in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1964 to 1967....
(1919–2007), Canadian television personality and politician - Stephen MerchantStephen MerchantStephen James Merchant is an English writer, director, radio presenter, comedian, and actor. He is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais, as the co-writer and co-director of the popular British sitcom The Office, as the co-writer, co-director and a co-star of Extras, and as the...
(born 1974), British writer, director, and comic actor - Sulaiman Merchant, Indian musician
- Suzie Merchant (born 1966), U.S. basketball coach
- Tamzin MerchantTamzin MerchantTamzin Merchant is an English actress. She is known for her role as Georgiana Darcy in Pride & Prejudice and for her role as the ill-fated Queen Catherine Howard in The Tudors.-Career:...
(born 1987), British actress and poet - Uday MerchantUday MerchantUdaykant Madhavji Merchant was an Indian first class cricketer.The brother of Test player Vijay Merchant, Uday was a right-handed batsman and played in the Ranji Trophy for Bombay...
(1916–1985), Indian cricketer - Ursula MerchantUrsula MerchantUrsula Merchant is a German Las Vegas- based German performance artist, conceptual artist, carpenter. She is probably best known for her series 'Forkin' Hell'.-Early life:...
(born 1932), German-born Las Vegas-based performance artist - Vaibhavi MerchantVaibhavi MerchantVaibhavi Merchant is a well-known Bollywood dance choreographer, the granddaughter of pioneering choreographer Shri B. Hiralal, her maternal grandfather. She is the younger sister of Shruti Merchant.-Career:...
(born 1976), Indian dance choreographer - Vijay MerchantVijay MerchantVijaysingh Madhavji Merchant , real name Vijay Madhavji Thakersey was an Indian cricketer. A right-hand batter and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Merchant played first class cricket for Mumbai cricket team as well as 10 Test matches for India between 1929 and 1951...
(1911–1987), Indian cricketer - Vivien MerchantVivien MerchantVivien Merchant was a British actress.-Career:Merchant performed in many stage productions and several films, including Alfie and Frenzy...
(1929–1983), British actress - Yahya MerchantYahya MerchantYahya Merchant was an Indian architect. Among his designs are the Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum for Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, and the Raudat Tahera Mausoleum for Syedna Taher Saifuddin in Mumbai....
(1903 – after 1967), Indian architect - Yasin MerchantYasin MerchantYasin Merchant, born 17 December 1966 is India's first professional snooker player. He was won the National Snooker championships on 3 occasions, in 2001, 2000 and 1991...
(born 1966), Indian professional snooker player
See also
- MercatorMercatorMercator may refer to:* Marius Mercator , a Catholic ecclesiastical writer* Gerardus Mercator, a 16th-century Flemish cartographer** Mercator projection, a cartographic projection devised by Gerardus Mercator...
(merchantMerchantA merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
in Latin) - MarchandMarchandMarchand is a frequent surname in France and in Quebec .The surname may refer to:* Albert Gallatin Marchand , Democratic member of the U.S...
(in French) - KaufmannKaufmannKaufmann is a surname with many variants such as Kauffmann, Kaufman, and Kauffman. In German, the name means merchant. It is the cognate of the English Chapman . "Kaufmann" may refer to:- Kaufmann :* Aloys P. Kaufmann , Mayor of St...
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