Philip King
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Philip King may refer to:
- Philip Gidley KingPhilip Gidley KingCaptain Philip Gidley King RN was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. He is best known as the official founder of the first European settlement on Norfolk Island and as the third Governor of New South Wales.-Early years and establishment of Norfolk Island settlement:King was born...
(1758–1808), British colonial administrator - Philip King (American football) (1872–1938), American football player, coach, and lawyer
- Philip Burke KingPhilip Burke KingPhilip Burke King was a geologist who worked for the United States Geological Survey. He was born in Chester, Indiana. King graduated from Iowa State University and Yale University . He spent most of his career from 1930 onward as a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey...
(1903–1987), American geologist - Phil King (cricketer)Phil King (cricketer)Benjamin Philip King, known as Phil King was an English cricketer who played 117 first-class matches either side of the Second World War, first for Worcestershire, and then — despite his Yorkshire birthplace — for Lancashire...
(1915–1970), English cricketer - Philip King (playwright)Philip King (playwright)Philip King, a British playwright and actor, was born in Yorkshire in 1904. He is best known as the author of the farce See How They Run . He lived in Brighton and many of his plays were first produced in nearby Worthing. He continued to act throughout his writing career, often appearing in his...
(1904–1979), British playwright and actor - Philip King (historian)Philip King (historian)Philip J. King is an American theologist, historian, and academic.He graduated in 1945 from St. John Seminary College in Boston, and earned higher degrees in 1954 from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1957 from Pontifical Biblical Institute and 1959 from Pontifical Lateran...
(born c. 1920), American historian and academic - Phil King (American football)Phil King (American football)Philip Edgar King was an American football running back in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Vanderbilt University and was drafted in the first round of the 1958 NFL Draft. Nicknamed "The Chief"...
(1936–1973), American football player - Philip King (musician)Philip King (musician)Philip King is a musician, film maker, and broadcaster. A founding member of the band Scullion, he is noted for his knowledge of the roots of Irish music and culture and its cross-fertilisation with those of the US in particular, he is a popular figure in Irish music circles...
(born c. 1950), Irish musician, film maker, and broadcaster - Phil King (Texas politician)Phil King (Texas politician)Phillip Stephen "Phil" King is a Weatherford, Texas, attorney who has been a conservative Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives since 1999. He represents District 61, which encompasses Parker and Wise counties to the west of Fort Worth.-Conservative legislator:King was named...
(born 1956), American politician and jurist - Phil King (musician) (born 1960), English bass guitarist
- Phil King (footballer)Phil King (footballer)Philip Geoffrey King is an English former professional footballer. He represented England at Under-21 level and in a B international. He was born in Bristol....
(born 1967), British footballer
See also
- Phillip King (disambiguation)