Merv (disambiguation)
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Merv often refers to the Central Asian city: Merv
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It may also refer to the historical Merv (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
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Merv
Merv , formerly Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, and later Alexandria and Antiochia in Margiana , was a major oasis-city in Central Asia, on the historical Silk Road, located near today's Mary in Turkmenistan. Several cities have existed on this site, which is significant for the interchange of...
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It may also refer to the historical Merv (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
Merv (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province)
Merv was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East between the fifth and eleventh centuries, with several known suffragan dioceses.- Background :...
People
Merv may be a nickname for Mervin or Mervyn, variants of MarvinMarvin
Marvin may refer to:In music:* "Marvin ", a song by Titãs* "Marvin", a song by Marvin, the Paranoid Android* Marvin the Album, an album by the Australian group Frente!* Hank Marvin , member of British band The Shadows...
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- Merv ConnorsMerv ConnorsMervin James Connors , was a former professional baseball player who played 52 games as an infielder in the Major Leagues from 1937-1938 for the Chicago White Sox....
, American baseball player - Merv CrossMerv CrossMervin Cross OAM is an Australian former rugby league footballer and orthopedic surgeon.He played in Australia's major competition the New South Wales Rugby League but Cross, a doctor, is better known for his achievements in the field of sports medicine as an Orthopaedic surgeonCross was known as...
, Australian rugby league player - Merv DentonMerv DentonMerv Denton was an Australian rugby league winger for the Canterbury Bulldogs, Balmain Tigers and for the New South Wales Rugby League team.-External links:*...
, Australian rugby league player - Merv Everett, Australian politician
- Merv GordonMerv GordonMerv Gordon is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level.Gordon made his full All Whites debut in a 1–7 loss to Australia on 4 July 1936 and ended his international playing career with four official caps to his credit, his final cap an appearance in a...
, New Zealand association footballer - Merv GriffinMerv GriffinMervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting...
(1925–2007), American TV personality - Merv HarveyMerv HarveyMervyn Roye Harvey was a cricketer who played in one Test match for Australia in 1947. His younger brother, Neil, was one of Australia's finest batsmen since the Second World War, and the pair played together for Victoria during the latter part of Merv’s career.Merv Harvey broke into the Victorian...
, Australian cricketer - Merv HicksMerv HicksMervyn J. Hicks is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s. He played rugby union club football in Wales for the Cross Keys RFC, rugby league club football in Britain for Doncaster, Warrington, St...
, Welsh rugby union and rugby league player - Merv HobbsMerv HobbsMervyn 'Merv' Hobbs is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the VFL during the early 1960s.A rover, Hobbs is best remembered for a spectacular mark which he took in the 1961 Preliminary Final where Footscray upset Melbourne to end their streak of seven successive Grand...
, Australian rules footballer - Merv HughesMerv HughesMervyn Gregory Hughes is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler, he represented Australia between 1985 and 1994 in 53 Test matches, taking 212 wickets. He played 33 One Day Internationals, taking 38 wickets. He took a hat trick in a Test against the West Indies at the WACA in...
(1961– ), Australian cricketer - Merv HunterMerv HunterMervyn Leslie Hunter is an Australian politician. He was the state Member of Parliament for the electorate of Lake Macquarie representing the Australian Labor Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1991 and was the Shire President of the City of Lake Macquarie in 1969,...
, Australian politician - Merv Jackson, American basketball player
- Merv JohnsonMerv JohnsonWillis Merwyn Johnson is a Saskatchewan farmer and former politician.Johnson was the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member for Parliament for Kindersley, Saskatchewan...
, Canadian politician - Merv KrakauMerv KrakauMervin Floyd Krakau is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for six seasons for the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots. After a five-year hiatus, he played a seventh professional season with the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League.Krakau...
American NFL football player - Merv LeitchMerv LeitchClarence Mervin "Merv" Leitch is a former lawyer and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1982 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus...
, Canadian politician - Merv McIntoshMerv McIntoshMervyn Francis "Merv" McIntosh was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian National Football League...
, Australian rules footballer - Merv NeagleMerv NeagleMerv Neagle is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon and Sydney in the VFL/AFL.A centreman, Neagle was a member of Essendon's 1984 premiership side. He finished second in the 1980 Brownlow Medal and equal fifth the following season.He is the father of Essendon player Jay...
, Australian rules footballer - Merv PregulmanMerv PregulmanMervin Pregulman is a former All-American football tackle and center who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines and in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers , Detroit Lions , and New York Bulldogs ....
(1922– ), American NFL football player - Merv RettenmundMerv RettenmundMervin Weldon Rettenmund is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. He played thirteen seasons with the Baltimore Orioles , the Cincinnati Reds , the San Diego Padres and the California Angels ....
, American baseball player - Merv RichardsMerv RichardsMerv Richards is a former New Zealand pole vaulter.At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault....
, New Zealand pole vaulter - Merv Rose, Australian tennis player
- Merv RylanceMerv RylanceMervyn Hamilton Rylance was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Rylance, a , was born in Eagle Junction, Queensland and claimed 1 international rugby cap for Australia.-References:...
, Australian rugby union player - Merv SheaMerv SheaMervyn John Shea was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , St...
, American baseball player - Merv Smith, New Zealand radio broadcaster, author, and modelmaker 1
- Merv TweedMerv TweedMervin C. Tweed, MP is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He currently sits as the Member of Parliament for Brandon—Souris. Prior to that he was a member of the Manitoba Legislature from 1995 to 2004, representing the constituency of Turtle Mountain.Tweed was born in Medora, Manitoba, and was...
, Canadian politician - Merv WallaceMerv WallaceWalter Mervyn Wallace was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. Former New Zealand captain John Reid called him "The most under-rated cricketer to have worn the silver fern." He was nicknamed "Flip" by his teammates, because that was the strongest expletive they heard him say.Wallace...
, New Zealand cricketer - Merv Warren, American musician and record producer
- Merv WellingtonMerv WellingtonMervyn Langlois "Merv" Wellington, QSO was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.-Member of Parliament:...
, New Zealand politician - Merv Wood, Australian rower
- Merv Batt is the birth name of professional wrestler Steve RickardSteve RickardSydney Mervin "Merv" Batt , best known by his ring name Steve Rickard, is a retired New Zealand professional wrestler, trainer and promoter...
In fiction
- Merv Pumpkinhead, a character in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series
- "Merv the Perv", a recurring characther in Saturday Night Live
MERV
For the filtration standard referred to as MERV, see Minimum Efficiency Reporting ValueMinimum Efficiency Reporting Value
Minimum efficiency reporting value, commonly known as MERV rating is a measurement scale designed in 1987 by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers to rate the effectiveness of air filters...
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