Merritt
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Merritt is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
Those bearing it include:
- Bill Merritt (disambiguation)Bill Merritt (disambiguation)Bill Merritt may refer to:*Bill Merritt , New Zealand cricketer*Bill Merritt , Major League Baseball catcher...
- Michael Merritt (disambiguation)
- Samuel Merritt (disambiguation)Samuel Merritt (disambiguation)-Persons:* Dr. Samuel Merritt , a mayor of Oakland* Samuel Augustus Merritt -Fictional characters:* Gen. Samuel Merritt, the antagonist of the 1955 film Conquest of Space...
- William Hamilton MerrittWilliam Hamilton MerrittWilliam Hamilton Merritt was an influential figure in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada in early 19th century and one of the fathers of the Welland Canal....
(1793–1862), influential figure in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada - Josiah MerrittJosiah MerrittJosiah Merritt , sometimes known as "Uncle Si" was an early pioneer of the Pacific Northwest. Mount Si and Little Si near North Bend, WA were named in his honor. Merrit built a cabin at the base of the peak in 1862. He raised vegetables and hogs and kept an orchard. According to local...
(died 1882), early pioneer of the Pacific Northwest - Thomas Rodman MerrittThomas Rodman MerrittThomas Rodman Merritt was an Ontario businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Lincoln in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1868 to 1874....
(1824–1906), Ontario businessman - Wesley MerrittWesley MerrittWesley Merritt was a general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. He is noted for distinguished service in the cavalry.-Early life:...
(1836–1910), general in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War - Edwin Albert Merritt (1860–1914), NY politician
- Wilf MerrittWilf MerrittWilfred Merritt was an English association football player who played for Stoke.-Career:Merritt started his career at his home town club Leek. He joined Stoke in January 1889, during his time at Stoke he was mainly used as a back-up to first choice goalkeeper Bill Rowley...
(born 1864), English association football player - Herm MerrittHerm MerrittHerman G. Merritt was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played 20 games for the Detroit Tigers in 1921. Born in Independence, Kansas, Merritt made his major league debut on August 24, 1921, and replaced Donie Bush as the Tigers' shortstop for the last month of the 1921 season...
(1900–1927), shortstop in Major League Baseball - Abraham MerrittA. MerrittAbraham Grace Merritt — known by his byline, A. Merritt — was an American editor and author of works of fantastic fiction.-Life:...
(1884–1943), American science fiction writer - Matthew J. MerrittMatthew J. MerrittMatthew Joseph Merritt was an American politician from New York.-Life:He attended the public and high schools, and during the First World War served in 1918 as a sergeant in Company C, Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Battalion, Tank Corps...
(1895–1946), American politician - Schuyler MerrittSchuyler MerrittSchuyler Merritt was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in New York City, and moved with his parents to Stamford, Connecticut in 1855. Schuyler prepared for college at private schools in that city and graduated from Yale College in 1873 and from Columbia Law School, New...
(1853–1953), United States Representative from Connecticut - Dixon Lanier MerrittDixon Lanier MerrittDixon Lanier Merritt was a poet and humorist. He was a newspaper editor for the Tennessean, Nashville's morning paper, and President of the American Press Humorists Association.He penned this well-known limerick in 1910:...
(1879–1972), poet and humorist - George Merritt (disambiguation)
- Marshall MerrittMarshall MerrittMarshall Everett Merritt was an American artist. An impressionist painter, he specialized in seascapes, particularly oil depictions of the California coast. He also painted many landscapes, portraits and still lifes....
(1904–1978), American painter - H. Houston MerrittH. Houston MerrittH. Houston Merritt was one of the pre-eminent academic neurologists of his day. As the chair of the Neurological Institute of New York from 1948 to 1967, he oversaw the training of hundreds of neurologists; 35 of his former students have become chairs of academic neurology departments across the...
(1902–1979), American neurologist - John MerrittJohn MerrittJohn Ayers Merritt was a head football coach at Jackson State University and Tennessee State University...
(1926–1983), head football coach - Steve MerrittSteve MerrittSteve Merritt was an American dancer and choreographer. Together with Nancy and Ronnie Horowitz and Mark Donnelly, Merritt created the musical Dream Street, which played in Las Vegas from 1983 to 1987. Merritt and Donnelly also conceived the Broadway-style format for the Chippendales show...
(1945–1993), American dancer and choreographer - Francis E. MerrittFrancis E. MerrittFrancis E. "Frank" Merritt was an American football offensive tackle who played college football at the United States Military Academy. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He served as the Director of Athletics at the United States Air Force Academy from 1967 - 1974....
(1920–1995), American football offensive tackle - Theresa MerrittTheresa MerrittTheresa Merritt Hines was an American stage, film and television actress and singer.-Career:Born in Emporia, Virginia, Merritt appeared in many theatrical productions but gained fame later in life when she starred in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Wiz Theresa Merritt Hines (September 24,...
(1924–1998), American stage, film and television actress and singer - Robert MerrittRobert MerrittRobert Gray Merritt was a Nova Scotia playwright, film critic, and educator.Merritt was born in Yonkers, NY, the son of John Gray and Mildred Merritt...
(1936–1999), Nova Scotia playwright, film critic, and educator - Charles MerrittCharles MerrittCharles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt VC, ED was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross and Member of Parliament.-Early life:...
(1908–2000), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross and a lieutenant colonel during World War II - Jymie MerrittJymie MerrittJymie Merritt is an American jazz double-bassist.-Biography:Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he has worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, and blues. He has worked with Bull Moose Jackson, B. B...
(born 1926), American hard bop double-bassist - Jack N. MerrittJack N. MerrittJack Neil Merritt is a retired United States Army four star general who served as U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee from 1985 to 1987.-Military career:...
(born 1930), retired United States Army four star general - Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.Gilbert Stroud Merritt, Jr. is an American lawyer and jurist. He currently is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.- Early life and education :...
(born 1936), American lawyer and jurist - Neil MerrittNeil MerrittNeil Merritt was the last President of Portsmouth Polytechnic and the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth , from which he resigned after financial irregularities...
(born 1939), the last President of Portsmouth Polytechnic, the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth - Max MerrittMax MerrittMax Merritt is a New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist who is renowned as an interpreter of soul music and R&B...
(born 1941), New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist - Jim MerrittJim MerrittJames Joseph Merritt is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1965 to 1975. He played for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers , both of the American League, and the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. He won 20 games with the Reds in 1970...
(born 1943), former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball - Tommy MerrittTommy Merritt-2004:-2002:-2000:-1998:-1996:-External links:...
(born 1948), Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives - Jeralyn MerrittJeralyn MerrittJeralyn Elise Merritt is an American criminal defense attorney who practices in Denver, Colorado. In 1996 and 1997 she served as one of the principal trial lawyers for Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case. In 2002 Merritt founded and is the principal author of the blog TalkLeft: The...
(born 1949), criminal defense attorney, one of the team defending Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case - Chris MerrittChris MerrittChris Merritt is an opera singer. He studied piano, singing, dance and drama at Oklahoma City University where he made his first stage appearance in Jacques Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann in a university production. At age 21, he was accepted into the summer season Apprentice Program for...
(born 1952), opera singer - James MerrittJames MerrittDr. James Merritt, born December 22, 1952, is a U.S. religious leader and President of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2000-2002.-Early life and education:...
(born 1952), U.S. religious leader and former President of the Southern Baptist Convention - David MerrittDavid MerrittDavid Merritt is an American astrophysicist and professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. He received his PhD in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University and held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Berkeley and the Canadian Institute...
(fl. c. 2000), American astrophysicist - Bruce MerrittBruce MerrittBruce Merritt is an American sprint canoeist who competed as a member of the US National Team from 1978 to 1988. Competing in two Summer Olympics, 1984 and 1988, he earned his best Olympic finish of seventh in the C-1 1000 m event at Los Angeles in 1984. The 1984 games were boycotted by Russia,...
(born 1958), American sprint canoer - James W. MerrittJames W. MerrittJames W. Merritt Jr. is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate, representing the 31st District since 1997. He was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 1990. He most recently won reelection to the State Senate in 2010, defeating then-Marion County Sheriff Frank J. Anderson by a margin of 52% to...
(born 1959), Republican member of the Indiana Senate - Mark Daniel MerrittMark Daniel MerrittMark Daniel Merritt is an American composer and arranger with published choral works mostly for church choirs. Merritt's recent commissions, include a commission in 2007 partially funded by the Kentucky Arts Council, to compose the score to the musical River Dreams, which had its world premiere...
(born 1961), American composer and arranger - Constance MerrittConstance MerrittConstance Merritt is an American poet. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1966, and educated at the Arkansas School for the Blind in Little Rock. She is also the winner of the Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry and a finalist for the William Carlos Williams Book Award...
(born 1966), American poet - Stephin MerrittStephin MerrittStephin Merritt is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles , best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields...
(born 1966), American singer-songwriter known for his work in the band The Magnetic FieldsThe Magnetic FieldsThe Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt... - Rich MerrittRich MerrittRichard Wayne Merritt is an author, blogger and attorney. Merritt is a speaker at universities, law schools and other civic organizations about topics ranging from issues on gay and lesbian equality to fundamentalism...
(born 1967), author, blogger and attorney - David Merritt (American football)David Merritt (American football)David Merritt is a former American football linebacker and current secondary coach for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the seventh round of the 1993 NFL Draft...
(born 1971), former American football linebacker - Stephanie MerrittStephanie MerrittStephanie Merritt is an English critic and feature writer who has contributed to various publications including The Times, the Daily Telegraph, the New Statesman, New Humanist and Die Welt...
(born 1974), critic and feature writer - Tom MerrittTom MerrittThomas Andrew "Tom" Merritt is a technology journalist and broadcaster who hosts a daily show on Leo Laporte's TWiT.tv Netcast Network Tech News Today...
(born 1970), Executive Editor for CNET - Tift MerrittTift MerrittCatherine Tift Merritt is an American singer-songwriter, musician and North Carolina native. With her longtime band, she has built what has been called a "unique" and critically acclaimed body of work of "sonic short stories and poignant performances." She has been compared to songwriters like...
(born 1975), American singer-songwriter - Ahmad MerrittAhmad MerrittAhmad Rashad Merritt is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2000...
(born 1977), American football wide receiver - Natacha MerrittNatacha MerrittNatacha Merritt is an American erotic photographer and artist. Her 2000 book Digital Diaries was published by Taschen. Merritt has been called a cheap self-promoter, a ground-breaker, and the contemporary counterpart of Anaïs Nin...
(born 1977), American erotic photographer and artist - Tim MerrittTim MerrittTim Merritt is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite.-High School and College:...
(born 1982), American soccer player - Troy MerrittTroy MerrittTroy Merritt is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Merritt was born in Osage, Iowa. He played college golf at Winona State University until after his sophomore year, when he transferred to Boise State University...
(born 1985), American professional golfer - Nathan MerrittNathan MerrittNathan Merritt is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League. He has also previously played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. His position of choice is either on the wing or at fullback. Merritt is an Indigenous Australian who...
(born 1983), Australian professional rugby league footballer - Troy MerrittTroy MerrittTroy Merritt is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Merritt was born in Osage, Iowa. He played college golf at Winona State University until after his sophomore year, when he transferred to Boise State University...
(born 1985), American professional golfer - Aries MerrittAries MerrittAries Merritt is an American hurdler who specialises in the 110 meters hurdles.Merritt had a successful college athletic career: in 2006 he won the NCCA Championships, was undefeated in all hurdles events that year, and he broke Willie Gault's University of Tennessee hurdles record...
(born 1985), American hurdling athlete - LaShawn MerrittLaShawn MerrittLaShawn Merritt is an American track and field athlete who competes in sprinting events, specializing in the 400 meters. He is the reigning Olympic champion over the distance and his personal best of 43.75 seconds makes him the fifth fastest of all time...
(born 1986), American 400 meters sprint athlete
- Myra MerrittMyra MerrittMyra Merritt is an American operatic soprano, who was born in Washington, DC. She earned a Bachelor of Music from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music from the Catholic University of America....
(fl. c. 1990), American operatic soprano
- John O. MerrittJohn O. MerrittJohn O. Merritt is an expert in the applications of stereoscopic 3D displays and remote-presence systems.He has co-chaired the annual SPIE/IS&T Conference on Stereoscopic Displays and Applications since co-founding it in 1990...
(fl. late 20th century), American engineer - Les MerrittLes MerrittLeslie Merritt is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of North Carolina and a former North Carolina State Auditor, a position to which he was elected in 2004. Merritt was defeated by Democratic Beth Wood in the North Carolina Council of State elections, 2008 as part of a Democratic sweep....
(fl. 2000s), American politician - W. Davis MerrittW. Davis MerrittW. Davis "Buzz" Merritt Jr. was editor of The Wichita Eagle from 1975 to 1996. He is considered one of the fathers of civic journalism, a new school of thought that advocates using public opinion and involving citizens in the journalistic process, and journalists in community, to set an...
(fl. late 20th century), American journalist