Butcher (surname)
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Butcher is a common family name in England
but it may have French
origins. The name first reached England following its conquest
by the Normans
in 1066. It was originally an occupational surname used to identify a person who worked as a Butcher
. The name derived from the Old English word boucher or the Old French
word bouchier. Residents of the French area of Boursières
, or their descendants, may have also adopted the surname Butcher.
England
England 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...
but it may have French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
origins. The name first reached England following its conquest
Norman conquest of England
The Norman conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, defeating King Harold II of England...
by the Normans
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
in 1066. It was originally an occupational surname used to identify a person who worked as a Butcher
Butcher
A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments...
. The name derived from the Old English word boucher or the Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
word bouchier. Residents of the French area of Boursières
Boursières
Boursières is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
, or their descendants, may have also adopted the surname Butcher.
In sports
- Abdullah the ButcherAbdullah the ButcherLawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time...
, nickname of professional wrestler Larry Shreve - Alan ButcherAlan ButcherAlan Raymond Butcher is a former English cricketer who is part of a family known for its strong cricketing connections. Although only selected to play for England on one occasion, he was lauded for his skills in first-class cricket and was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1991...
, English cricketer - Basil ButcherBasil ButcherBasil Fitzherbert Butcher is a former West Indian cricketer who played in 44 Tests from 1958 to 1969. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970....
, West Indian cricketer - Butcher (Surrey cricketer)Butcher (Surrey cricketer)Butcher refers to an English cricketer who was one of the most outstanding professional bowlers of the late 18th century. No personal details have been traced and knowledge of him is limited to what is in match reports and scorecards....
, 18th century English cricketer - David Butcher (cricketer)David Butcher (cricketer)David Neil Butcher is a former English cricketer. Butcher was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Colchester, Essex....
, English cricketer - Don ButcherDon ButcherDonald Butcher, a squash player from England, was the first player to actually win the British Open men's title .Butcher was a professional squash player based at the Conservative Club in London when he played in the first British Open final in December 1930...
, English professional squash player - Donnie ButcherDonnie ButcherDonnis Butcher is a former basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard from Pikeville College, Butcher was selected by the New York Knickerbockers in the 7th round of the 1961 NBA Draft...
, American NBA basketball player and coach - Garth ButcherGarth ButcherGarth Butcher is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Butcher was a top prospect as a junior player and was a member of the first Canadian team to win gold at the world junior championship...
, Canadian NHL hockey player - Gary ButcherGary ButcherGary Paul Butcher is a former English first-class cricketer. The brother of England Test player Mark and son of Alan, he was an all rounder who bowled right arm with a hint of swing....
, English cricketer - Harry ButcherHarry ButcherHarry Butcher was an American racecar driver originally from Wilmington, Illinois.- Indy 500 results :...
, American race car driver - Ian ButcherIan ButcherIan Paul Butcher is a former English first-class cricketer. He is the brother of former England Test player Alan and uncle of Mark....
, English cricketer - Mark ButcherMark ButcherMark Alan Butcher is a former English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until his retirement from the sport in 2009. He was a left-handed batsman, and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler....
, English cricketer - Max ButcherMax ButcherAlbert Maxwell Butcher was an American major league baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates from -.-External links:...
, American baseball pitcher - Mike ButcherMike ButcherMichael Dana Butcher is a retired Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He pitched for the California Angels from to ....
, American baseball pitcher and coach - Necro ButcherNecro ButcherDylan Keith Summers is an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Necro Butcher. Throughout the years he has worked for various promotions, including Beyond Wrestling, Firestormpro, Ring of Honor, Full Impact Pro, IWA-Mid South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Big Japan Pro Wrestling,...
, nickname of American professional wrestler Dylan Keith Summers - Richard Butcher, English footballer
- Roland ButcherRoland ButcherRoland Butcher is a former English cricketer, who played in three Tests and three ODIs from 1980 to 1981...
, cricketer - Susan Butcher, dog musher, multiple winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
- Terry ButcherTerry ButcherTerence Ian "Terry" Butcher is an English football manager and former player. He was a highly successful football player and made his name as an uncompromising defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in a ten-year international career...
, English football manager
Politicians and diplomats
- David ButcherDavid ButcherDavid John Butcher is a former New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the electorate of Hastings in Parliament from 1978 to 1990, when he was defeated by Jeff Whitaker: one of a number of losses contributing to the fall of the Fourth Labour Government...
, New Zealand politician - Herbert ButcherHerbert ButcherSir Herbert Walter Butcher, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative and National Liberalpolitician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1937 to 1966....
, British politician and Member of Parliament - Jake ButcherJake ButcherJacob Franklin "Jake" Butcher was a U.S. banker and politician who built a financial empire in East Tennessee, was the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Tennessee in 1978 and the primary promoter of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, and who lost his business and his personal...
, American banker and politician - Peter ButcherPeter ButcherPeter Butcher is a British diplomat. From 2005 to 2009 he was the Ambassador to Turkmenistan.Butcher attended the University of Bath, graduating in Development Studies. He entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974. After serving as a desk officer until 1979, Butcher served in Peru and...
, British diplomat - Samuel Henry ButcherSamuel Henry ButcherSamuel Henry Butcher was an Anglo-Irish classical scholar.Samuel Henry Butcher was born in Dublin to Samuel Butcher, Bishop of Meath. John Butcher, 1st Baron Danesfort was his younger brother. He became an eminent classical scholar and, in his final years, an English politician...
, classical scholar and Member of Parliament - William ButcherWilliam ButcherWilliam James Burchell Butcher , Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for twelve years....
, Australian politician
Arts and entertainment
- A. J. ButcherA. J. ButcherAndrew James Butcher is the English author of the futuristic teen spy series, Spy High. A.J., who taught English at both Poole Grammar School and Parkstone Grammar School, in Poole, Dorset, and currently teaches at Talbot Heath School in Bournemouth, Dorset took a sabbatical from his teaching...
, children's writer - Adam ButcherAdam ButcherAdam Butcher is a Canadian film actor who starred as a teenage long-distance runner in Saint Ralph .Born in Cambridge, Ontario, Butcher has an older sister, actress Mandy Butcher...
, Canadian film actor - Bilinda ButcherBilinda ButcherBilinda Jayne Butcher is a vocalist/guitarist for the rock band My Bloody Valentine.-Biography:Butcher was raised in London and then Derbyshire. She went on to study dance at Laban College in London, but she dropped out after a year due to developing a case of cystitis...
, vocalist and guitarist of rock band My Bloody Valentine - Butcher Bros.Butcher Bros.The Butcher Bros. are an American production team made up of brothers Phil and Joe Nicolo, originally based out of Philadelphia. Together and individually, the brothers have produced albums for a wide variety of bands, including Urge Overkill, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Amy Grant, Cypress Hill, Nine...
, American record producers - Clyde ButcherClyde ButcherClyde Butcher is an American photographer known for wilderness photography of the Florida landscape.-Background:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Clyde Butcher led a nomadic childhood with his parents until eventually settling in Southern California at the age of 18. He attended California...
, American photographer - Fanny ButcherFanny ButcherFanny Butcher was a long time writer and literary critic for the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Butcher graduated from Lewis Institute in 1908...
, American newspaper writer and literary critic - Goler T. ButcherGoler T. ButcherGoler Teal Butcher was a lawyer, scholar, advocate, and professor in the field of international law.-Education:Butcher was educated at:...
, American lawyer and professor - Gordon Butcher, Australian member of The Warumpi Band
- Jim ButcherJim ButcherJim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K...
, American fantasy writer - Jon ButcherJon ButcherJon Butcher is an American rock, blues songwriter, guitarist & freelance multimedia producer.-Early life:Born Jon A. Toombs to Joan Butts and John A Toombs Sr., Jon picked up his new last name and his first guitar simultaneously at the age of six, through inspirations of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and...
, American singer, guitarist, and producer - Kristin ButcherKristin ButcherKristin Butcher is a Canadian writer and reviewer of young adult and juvenile fiction. Her first novel, The Runaways was published that same year and went on to be a regional Silver Birch Award winner...
, Canadian writer and reviewer - Lisa ButcherLisa ButcherLisa Butcher is an English fashion model and TV presenter.Butcher won British Elles first ELLE's Angels modelling competition in 1987, judged by Marie Helvin, Laraine Ashton and photographer Terry O'Neill...
, English fashion model and TV presenter - May ButcherMay ButcherMay Butcher was an English-born Maltese writer who translated several works from the Maltese language into English....
, writer - Paige ButcherPaige ButcherPaige Butcher is an Australian model.-Early life :Born Jacinta Paige Butcher on 6 October 1979 in Perth, Western Australia and grew up in the Perth suburb of Attadale. With her father a previous model and her mother a fashion designer, modeling seemed like an obvious career choice but she had...
, Australian fashion model - Raegan ButcherRaegan ButcherRaegan Butcher is an American poet and singer. He is known for his association with the anarchist collective CrimethInc., who published his first two books of poetry, Stone Hotel and Rusty String Quartet. According to a CrimethInc. biography, Butcher was born in Seattle, Washington and moved to...
, American poet and singer - Sam ButcherSam ButcherSamuel J. Butcher is an American artist. He is mainly known as the artist behind the Precious Moments brand of characters based on American-Christian themes. He draws in oil, water-color, acrylic, and mixed-mediums.-Childhood:...
, American artist - The Butcher BrothersThe Butcher BrothersThe Butcher Brothers are the filmmaking alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores.-Biography:Their first feature film The Hamiltons was the winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Malibu International Film Festival and released by Lions Gate...
, alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores - Tim ButcherTim ButcherTim Butcher is an English journalist, broadcaster and best-selling author.Born in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, he was educated at Rugby School, and Magdalen College, Oxford University....
, English journalist and author - Tom ButcherTom Butcher-Television:He is well known for playing PC Steve Loxton in The Bill from 1990 to 1997, Dr Marc Elliott in Doctors, Tim Gaskill in Casualty...
, English television actor - Andrew MrotekAndrew MrotekAndrew Bishop Mrotek is a musician and former drummer, and backup vocalist for the rock band The Academy Is.... He has a twin brother....
, "the Butcher", American drummer for the band The Academy Is...
Other
- Harry C. ButcherHarry C. ButcherHarry C. Butcher was a radio broadcaster who served during World War II as the Naval Aide to General Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1942 to 1945.-Early Life:...
, Naval Aide to General Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. EisenhowerDwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army... - John Butcher
- Paul Butcher
- Stephen Butcher
- Willard C. ButcherWillard C. ButcherWillard Carlisle Butcher worked for Chase Manhattan Bank for 43 years and was its chief executive officer for the last ten before retiring.He graduated from Brown University Phi Beta Kappa in 1948...
, banker