Child (surname)
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Child is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, and may refer to:
- Arthur ChildArthur ChildArthur James Edward Child, was a Canadian businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer of Burns Foods of Calgary. Arthur James Edward Child and his partner Ron Jackson acquired the food processing and distribution company in a leveraged management buyout in 1986...
- Canadian businessman - Desmond ChildDesmond ChildDesmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
- American musician and songwriter - Francis James ChildFrancis James ChildFrancis James Child was an American scholar, educator, and folklorist, best known today for his collection of folk songs known as the Child Ballads. Child was Boylston professor of rhetoric and oratory at Harvard University, where he produced influential editions of English poetry...
- American scholar and folklorist - Fred ChildFred ChildFred Child is an American radio host. He is the host of the classical music radio program Performance Today on American Public Media. He is also the announcer and commentator for the PBS program Live from Lincoln Center.-Life:...
- American radio host - George Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of JerseyGeorge Child-Villiers, 5th Earl of JerseyGeorge Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey GCH, PC , styled Viscount Grandison until 1805, was a British courtier and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
- George Child-Villiers, 6th Earl of JerseyGeorge Child-Villiers, 6th Earl of JerseyGeorge Augustus Frederick Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey , was an English peer, the son of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey.He was Member of Parliament for* Rochester 1830–1831...
- George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of JerseyGeorge Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of JerseyGeorge Francis Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey , was an English peer, the son of George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey. He gave one of the family seats, Osterley Park, to the British nation in the late 1940s....
- Jane ChildJane ChildJane Child is a Canadian dance-pop singer, producer and musician.-Career:The daughter of Ricky Hyslop, Child joined Canadian Opera Company's children's chorus in her youth....
- Canadian musician - Jeremy ChildJeremy ChildSir Coles John "Jeremy" Child, 3rd Baronet is an English actor.He was born in Woking, England and educated at Eton College, as well as trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After appearing in repertory theatre, he was cast in a significant role in the 1967 film Privilege...
- English actor - Joan ChildJoan ChildGloria Joan Liles Child AO is a former Australian politician. She was the first, and so far only, woman to be Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives....
- Australian politician - John Child
- Sir John Child, 1st Baronet
- John Child (athlete)John Child (athlete)John Child is a retired Canadian beach volleyball player.Child began playing beach volleyball in tournaments at age 16, and is a graduate of Centennial College. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics, partnering Mark Heese.Child lives in Toronto, Ontario...
- Canadian beach volleyball player
- Jonathan ChildJonathan ChildJonathan Child was the first Mayor of Rochester, New York and son-in-law of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester. Child was born in New Hampshire, and in 1805, at the age of 20, he moved to Utica, New York. In 1810, he moved to Charlotte, New York, and then during the War of 1812, he moved again to...
- American mayor of Rochester, NY - Josiah ChildJosiah ChildSir Josiah Child of Wanstead, 1st Baronet , English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the second son of Richard Child, a London merchant of old family.-Family:...
- English merchant, economist, and governor of the East India Company - Charles Judson Child, Jr. - American Episcopal bishop
- Julia ChildJulia ChildJulia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for introducing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which...
- American cook and author - June Child - English musician and lead singer of T.Rex
- Kirsty ChildKirsty ChildKirsty Child is an Australian actress, best known for playing three roles in the cult drama Prisoner. She played two guest roles – prison officer turned drug dealer Anne Yates in 1979, and Glynis Johnson, the sister of an inmate, in 1983. In 1985 she played a more prominent part in the series as...
- Australian actress - Lee ChildLee ChildJim Grant , better known by his pen name Lee Child, is a British thriller writer. His wife Jane is a New Yorker, and they currently live in New York state. His first novel, Killing Floor, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel....
- English thriller writer - Lauren ChildLauren ChildLauren Child MBE is an English author and illustrator. She is best known for writing the Charlie and Lola books and Clarice Bean novels....
- English illustrator and children's writer - Lincoln ChildLincoln ChildLincoln Child is an author of seventeen techno-thriller and horror novels. He often writes with Douglas Preston. Many of their novels have become bestsellers, and one, Relic, was adapted into a feature film...
- American horror and thriller writer - Lydia Maria Child - American women's rights activist
- Peter ChildPeter ChildPeter Burlingham Child is an American composer, teacher, and musical analyst. He is Professor of Music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a composer in residence with the New England Philharmonic....
- American composer and Professor of Music at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Phoebe ChildPhoebe ChildPhoebe Child was one of the pioneers of the Montessori Method of children's education and a co-founder of the Montessori World Educational Institute....
- English pioneer of the Montessori Method - Smith Child
- Sir Smith Child, 1st BaronetSir Smith Child, 1st BaronetSir Smith Child, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was born at Newfield hall, Tunstall, Staffordshire the son of John George Child and the grandson of Admiral Smith Child...
- Sir Smith Child, 2nd BaronetSir Smith Child, 2nd BaronetBrigadier-General Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet, GCVO, CB, CMG, DSO was an officer in the British Army and a Conservative Party politician...
- Sir Smith Child, 1st Baronet
- Tim ChildTim ChildTim Child is a British television producer. He is most famous for creating and producing the cult children's television program Knightmare, a fantasy role-playing adventure game which pioneered virtual studio or blue-screen production....
- English television producer - Victor ChildVictor ChildVictor Llewellyn Child was a Canadian painter, etcher and newspaper illustrator. A senior pen-and-ink commercial artist at the Toronto Telegram for much of his professional career, in private life he produced landscapes and portraits in watercolours and oils.Victor Child was born in Palmerston,...
- Canadian newspaper illustrator, painter, etcher - Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of JerseyVictor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of JerseyVictor Albert George Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey GCB, GCMG, PC, DL, JP , was a British banker, Conservative politician and colonial administrator...
- William ChildWilliam ChildWilliam Child was an English composer and organist.Born in Bristol, William Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the...
- English composer