Monk (disambiguation)
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A monk
is a person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle.
Monk may also refer to:
Monk
A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of monks, while always maintaining some degree of physical separation from those not sharing the same purpose...
is a person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle.
Monk may also refer to:
People
- Monk (Berkshire cricketer)Monk (Berkshire cricketer)Monk was an English professional cricketer who made 10 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1792 to 1795.-External sources:*...
, English professional cricketer in the 1790s - Allan MonkAllan MonkAllan James Monk, OC is a Canadian baritone singer. He appeared in the 1982 film adaptation of La Traviata....
(born 1942), Canadian baritone - Art MonkArt MonkJames Arthur "Art" Monk is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, New York Jets, and the Philadelphia Eagles...
(born 1957), American football player who played in the 1980s and 1990s - Debra MonkDebra MonkDebra Monk is an American actress, singer, and writer.Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1963...
(born 1949), American actress, singer, and writer - Frank MonkFrank MonkFrank Vivian Monk was an English amateur footballer who had a brief career with several professional clubs around 1910.-Early career:...
(1886–1962), English footballer (Southampton, Glossop, Fulham) - Frederick Debartzch MonkFrederick Debartzch MonkFrederick Debartzch Monk, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Samuel Cornwallis Monk and Caroline Debartzch , he received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1877 from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1878...
(1856–1914), Canadian lawyer and politician - Garry MonkGarry MonkGarry Alan Monk is an English professional footballer, currently playing as a central defender for Swansea City. He has played for England at Under-17 level.-Early career:...
(born 1979), English footballer - George William MonkGeorge William MonkGeorge Monk was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.He was born in March Township, Ontario in 1838. He was educated in Bytown and Potsdam, New York....
(1838-?), a Canadian politician - Geraldine MonkGeraldine MonkGeraldine Monk is a British poet. She was born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1952. Since the late 1970s, she has published many collections of poetry and has recorded her poetry in collaboration with musicians...
(born 1952), British poet - Hank MonkHank MonkHank Monk was a legendary stagecoach driver in the 19th century who drove a stage between Carson City, Nevada and Placerville, California in the 1870s. He is mentioned in Chapter XX of Mark Twain's Roughing It.-Early life:...
, legendary stagecoach driver in the American west - Henry Wentworth MonkHenry Wentworth MonkHenry Wentworth Monk was a Canadian Christian Zionist, mystic, Messianist, and millenarian. Some have credited him with predicting the formation of the United Nations and both World Wars, although these claims are of questionable scholarly merit...
(1827–1896), millenarian prophet and early Zionist - Ian MonkIan MonkIan Monk is a British writer and translator, based in Lille, France.-Biography:Since 1998, he has been a member of the French writing group Oulipo. Among his works in English are the books, Family Archaeology and Other Poems and Writings for the Oulipo...
(born 1960), British writer and translator - James Henry MonkJames Henry MonkJames Henry Monk was an English divine and classical scholar.-Life:He was born at Buntingford, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1809 was elected Regius Professor of Greek in succession to Porson. The establishment of the classical tripos...
(1784–1856), English divine and classical scholar - Karyn MonkKaryn MonkKaryn Monk is a Canadian best-selling writer of historical romance novels since 1994. Her books have appeared on the USA Today Bestseller List, and have won numerous awards....
, historical romance novelist - Lorraine MonkLorraine MonkLorraine Monk, OC, O.Ont, née Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell is a Canadian photographer.Her daughter Karyn Monk is a novelist.-Biography:...
, Canadian photographer - Marcus MonkMarcus MonkMarcus Monk is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas...
(born 1986), NFL football player - Maria MonkMaria MonkMaria Monk was a Canadian woman who claimed to have been a nun who had been sexually exploited in her convent...
(1816–1849), supposed author of The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed - Meredith MonkMeredith MonkMeredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.-Life and work:Meredith Monk is primarily known for her...
(born 1942), American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer - Ray MonkRay MonkRay Monk is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton, where he has taught since 1992.He won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the 1991 Duff Cooper Prize for Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius. His interests lie in the philosophy of mathematics, the history of...
(born 1957), professor of philosophy at the University of Southampton - Robert A. G. MonksRobert A. G. MonksRobert A. G. Monks is a shareholder activist. He is the author of Corpocracy and The New Global Investors, and with Nell Minow, Watching the Watchers, Corporate Governance and Power & Accountability.-Biography:...
, American entrepreneur, politician, and corporate activist - Scott MonkScott MonkScott Monk is an Australian author. Monk was born in Macksville in New South Wales. He later lived in North Ryde, attending local public school Peter Board High, before moving to South Australia to join the The Advertiser as a cadet journalist...
(born 1974), Australian author - Sophie MonkSophie MonkSophie Charlene Akland Monk is a London-born Australian pop singer, actress and model. Monk was a member of female pop group Bardot and released a solo album Calendar Girl...
(born 1979), Australian pop singer, actress and occasional model - Thelonious MonkThelonious MonkThelonious Sphere Monk was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser"...
(1917–1982), jazz pianist and composer - T. S. MonkT. S. MonkT. S. Monk is an American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader. He is the son of fellow jazz musician, Thelonious Monk.-Biography:...
(born 1949), his son, American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader - Wendy MonkWendy MonkWendy Elizabeth Monk , wife of theatre critic J.C. Trewin , whom she married on October 4, 1938. They were "an inseparable couple, whose shared interests also bore fruit in literary collaboration, they had two sons"...
(1915–2000) - William Henry MonkWilliam Henry MonkProbably better known in his day as an organist, church musician, and music editor, William Henry Monk composed a fair number of popular hymn tunes, including one of the most famous from nineteenth century England, "Eventide", used for the hymn Abide with Me...
(1823–1889), English hymn tune writer - Monk EastmanMonk EastmanEdward "Monk" Eastman was a New York City Gangster who founded and led one of the most powerful street gangs in New York City at the turn of the Twentieth Century, the Eastman Gang. His other aliases included Joseph "Joe" Morris, Joe Marvin, William "Bill" Delaney, and Edward "Eddie" Delaney...
(1875–1920), founder and leader of a powerful New York City gang
In writing
- The MonkThe MonkThe Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. It was written before the author turned 20, in the space of 10 weeks.-Characters:...
, a 1796 Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis - Andrew Blodgett Mayfair ("Monk"), an adventurer associate of Doc Savage
- Monk MagazineMonk MagazineMonk: The Mobile Magazine was a travel magazine published from 1986 to 1997 by James Crotty and Michael Lane, aka the Monks. The magazine began publication when Crotty and Lane left San Francisco to travel across the United States by RV. They published a glossy magazine to document their travels, a...
, a magazine featuring the adventures of Jim Crotty and Michael Lane - Monk (comics)Monk (comics)The Monk is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. He appeared as one of Batman's earliest foes.-Fictional character biography:The Monk first appeared in Detective Comics #31 in 1939. He is one of the earliest significant villains of the series, his battle with Batman being one of the...
, a vampire-werewolf hybrid and nemesis of Batman - Monks (Oliver Twist)Monks (Oliver Twist)Edward "Monks" Leeford is a character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. He is actually the criminally-inclined half-brother of Oliver Twist, but he hides his identity. Monks's parents separated when he was a child, and his father had a sexual and romantic relationship with a young...
, a character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - William MonkWilliam MonkInspector William Monk is a fictional character created by the writer Anne Perry and hero of a series of books.He was born in Northumberland in the Victorian Era, the son of a fisherman....
, a fictional Victorian era detective
In entertainment
- Monk (1954 album) by Thelonious Monk from Prestige
- Monk (1964 album) by Thelonious Monk from Columbia
- Monk (TV series)Monk (TV series)Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...
, a television show about an obsessive-compulsive detective- Adrian MonkAdrian MonkAdrian Monk is a fictional character portrayed by Tony Shalhoub and the protagonist of the USA Network television series Monk. He is a renowned former homicide detective for the San Francisco Police Department...
, the titular character - Monk (soundtrack)Monk (soundtrack)In 2004, following the popular success, critical acclaim and numerous awards and nominations for the cable television series Monk, Varèse Sarabande released an official soundtrack on compact disc....
, official soundtrack of the show
- Adrian Monk
- The MonksThe MonksMonks are a garage rock band, formed by American GIs who were based in Germany in the mid to late 1960s. They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made...
, a 1960s rock band - The Monks (UK band), a 1970s punk band
- Monk (band)Monk (band)Monk is the brainchild of former Over the Rhine guitarist Ric Hordinski. While augmented by other musicians in the studio and in concert , Monk is essentially a moniker for Hordinski's solo projects....
, led by former Over the Rhine guitarist Ric Hordinski - Monk (character class)Monk (character class)The monk is a character class in a number of table-top role-playing and computer games. In those games which follow the Dungeons & Dragons traditions, monks are characters with martial arts skills and have very powerful strategies....
, a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop and computer role-playing games - Marty "Monk" Malone, a character from the video game The Godfather: The GameThe Godfather: The GameThe Godfather: The Game is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second video game in the Godfather series and based upon the 1972 film of the same name. Originally released in March 2006 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows, The Godfather...
- Monk (CITV)Monk (citv)Monk is an animated show appearing on CITV about a mischievous dog called Monk and his friends Kimmy, Ben and Ding.-External links:* at itv.com/citv...
, an animated series for children on CITV - The Monk (1969 film)The Monk (1969 film)The Monk was a made-for-television movie that aired on the ABC Movie of the Week. It was classified as a suspense thriller and was set and filmed in San Francisco. It was first broadcast on October 21, 1969.-Plot:...
, a 1969 made-for-television movie - The Monk (1990 film), a British film
- The Monk (2011 film)The Monk (2011 film)The Monk is a 2011 French-Spanish thriller directed by Dominik Moll. It is an adaptation of Matthew Lewis' gothic novel of the same name. It chronicles the story of a Capucin Ambrosio , a well-respected monk in Spain and his downfall...
, a French film
Other
- Monk ParakeetMonk ParakeetThe Monk Parakeet, also known as the Quaker Parrot, is a species of parrot, in most treatments the only member of the genus Myiopsitta. It originates from the temperate to subtropical areas of Argentina and the surrounding countries in South America...
- Monk (Montreal Metro)Monk (Montreal Metro)Monk is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The station is located in the Ville-Émard district of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...
, a metro station in Montreal, Québec - Monk shoeMonk shoeA monk shoe is a style of shoe with no lacing, closed by a buckle and strap.It is moderately formal shoe: less formal than a full Oxford ; but more so than an open Derby . In between these, it is one of the main categories of men's shoes.It often has a cap toe, it is occasionally brogued, and is...
, a men's shoe with a buckled strap - Monk (Dungeons & Dragons)Monk (Dungeons & Dragons)The monk is a playable character class in most editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. A D&D monk is a fantasy martial artist, specializing in unarmed combat.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
, a playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
See also
- Monks Mound, the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica
- Monk's HouseMonk's HouseMonk's House is an 18th century weatherboarded cottage located in the village of Rodmell, three miles south-east of Lewes, East Sussex, England. The writer Virginia Woolf and her husband, the political activist, journalist and editor Leonard Woolf, purchased the house in 1919, and received many...
, 18th century English cottage - George Monck, 1st Duke of AlbemarleGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of AlbemarleGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.-Early life and career:...
(1608–1670), British general and politician in the Commonwealth and Restoration period - SS Major General Wilhelm MohnkeWilhelm MohnkeSS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke was one of the original 120 members of the SS-Staff Guard "Berlin" formed in March 1933. From those ranks, Mohnke rose to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining generals.Mohnke saw action with the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in France, Poland...
(1911–2001), one of the original 120 members of the Nazi SS-Staff Guard "Berlin" - Gerry HutchGerry HutchGerry Hutch is a former Irish convicted criminal alleged to have been one of Ireland's most successful bank robbers. He is often known by his nickname of The Monk because he is famously clean living and religious, leading a "disciplined, ascetic lifestyle" after leaving prison in 1985. He was born...
("The Monk", born 1963), Irish ex-gangster