Kerr (given name)
Encyclopedia
While Kerr is traditionally a Scottish
surname
, it is also used as an English language given name. People with the given name Kerr include:
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
surname
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"...
, it is also used as an English language given name. People with the given name Kerr include:
- Kerr AvonKerr AvonKerr Avon is a fictional character from the British science fiction television series Blake's 7, played by Paul Darrow...
, a fictional character from Blakes 7 - Kerr EbyKerr EbyKerr Eby was an Canadian illustrator best known for his renderings of soldiers in combat in the First and Second World Wars. He is held in a similar regard to Harvey Dunn and the other famous illustrators dispatched by the government to cover the First World War.Born in Tokyo, Japan to Canadian...
(1890 - 1946), American illustrator - Kerr GrantKerr GrantProfessor Emeritus Sir Kerr Grant was an Australian physicist and a significant figure in higher education administration in South Australia in the first half of the twentieth century....
(1878 - 1967), Australian physicist - Kerr NeilsonKerr NeilsonKerr Neilson is a successful Australian funds manager and co-founder of Platinum Asset Management.Neilson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started his financial management career in the investments department of Courtaulds in London...
(b. ?), Australian funds manager - W. Kerr ScottW. Kerr ScottWilliam Kerr Scott was a Democratic Party politician from North Carolina. He was the 62nd Governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953 and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.-Biography:...
(1896–1958), North Carolina governor and US senator - Kerr SmithKerr SmithKerr Van Cleve Smith is an American actor best known for playing Jack McPhee on The WB drama series Dawson's Creek, Kyle Brody in The WB's, supernatural drama, Charmed and more recently Axel Palmer in My Bloody Valentine 3D...
(b. 1972), American actor