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Weeks is a 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"...

. For information on the surname itself, see Weeks (surname)
Weeks (surname)
The name Weeks is a relatively common English surname, usually either a patronymic of the Middle English Wikke or a topographic or occupational name deriving from Wick . It may also be an Americanization of the Scandinavian habitational name Vik .-Derivation:Weeks is an English surname...

. Some notable people with the name Weeks are:
  • Alan Weeks
    Alan Weeks
    Alan Frederick Weeks was a British television sports reporter and commentator.-Personal life:...

     (1923–1996), British television sports reporter and commentator
  • Bert Weeks
    Bert Weeks
    Albert H. "Bert" Weeks was the 28th mayor of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, from 1975 to 1982. Previously, he had been a perennial candidate for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and its successor, the New Democratic Party , in the Windsor area. He is remembered for advocating the...

    , mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, from 1975 to 1982
  • Bob Weeks
    Bob Weeks
    Bob Weeks is the editor of Scoregolf Magazine. In addition, he serves as host for SCOREGolf TV and SCOREGolf Radio, and is the golf analyst for TSN. He is also the curling columnist for the Globe and Mail, and editor of the Ontario Curling Report.Weeks joined SCOREGolf as associate editor in...

     (born 1960), editor of Scoregolf magazine
  • Brent Weeks
    Brent Weeks
    Brent Weeks, born , is an American author living and writing in Oregon. Born in Montana, Weeks graduated from Hillsdale College with a degree in English. After brief stints teaching and bar tending, he devoted himself to writing full time....

    , writer of fantasy books including best-selling The Night Angel trilogy.
  • David Weeks (politician), former Conservative Leader of Westminster City Council
  • Don Weeks
    Don Weeks
    Don Weeks is an American radio personality. He is the longtime host of the WGY Morning News on news and talk radio station WGY in Schenectady, New York. Prior to working for WGY, Weeks was a weatherman for NBC affiliate WNYT in Albany and a Top 40 DJ for local radio station WTRY-AM...

    , longtime host of the WGY Morning News in Schenectady, New York
  • Edgar Weeks
    Edgar Weeks
    Edgar Weeks was a military officer, judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Weeks was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and learned the printing trade...

     (1839–1904), military officer, judge and politician from Michigan
  • Edwin Lord Weeks
    Edwin Lord Weeks
    Edwin Lord Weeks , American artist, was born at Boston, Massachusetts, in 1849. He was a pupil of Léon Bonnat and of Jean-Léon Gérôme, at Paris...

     (1849 – 1903), American artist
  • Ezra Weeks
    Ezra Weeks
    Ezra Weeks, was a successful builder who served as a witness in a sensationalized murder trial.Ezra Weeks had allied himself with the mercantile elite and had made powerful connections. His brother, Levi Weeks, was a carpenter by trade who worked closely with Ezra...

    , builder who served as a witness in a sensationalized murder trial
  • Hilary Weeks
    Hilary Weeks
    Hilary Weeks is a singer/songwriter of faith based music with seven completed albums including her latest, Every Step, produced by Shadow Mountain Records. Hilary is also a frequent speaker at Deseret Book Company's Time Out For Women. She is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

    , singer/songwriter of faith-based music
  • Honeysuckle Weeks
    Honeysuckle Weeks
    Honeysuckle Weeks is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002.-Background:...

     (born 1979), British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War
  • Jeffrey Weeks (mathematician)
    Jeffrey Weeks (mathematician)
    Jeffrey Renwick Weeks is an American mathematician, a geometric topologist and cosmologist.-Biography:Weeks received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1978, and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Princeton University in 1985, under the supervision of William Thurston...

  • Jeffrey Weeks (sociologist)
    Jeffrey Weeks (sociologist)
    Jeffrey Weeks is a historian and sociologist specialising in work on sexuality, and is also a gay activist.-Career:...

  • Jemile Weeks
    Jemile Weeks
    Jemile Nykiwa Weeks is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.He is the younger brother of Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks.-Professional career:...

    , Major League Baseball second baseman for the Oakland Athletics, brother of Rickie Weeks
  • John W. Weeks
    John W. Weeks
    John Wingate Weeks was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925.-Life and career:Weeks was born and raised in Lancaster,...

     (1860 – 1926), American politician in the Republican Party
  • Kent R. Weeks
    Kent R. Weeks
    Dr. Kent R. Weeks is an American Egyptologist.He was born in the town of Everett, Washington, United States, where he remembers deciding to be an Egyptologist at the age of eight. Weeks attended R. A. Long High School in Longview, Washington, and graduated in 1959...

     (born 1941), American Egyptologist
  • Laurie Weeks (writer), writer and performer based in New York City
  • Lee Weeks
    Lee Weeks
    Lee Weeks is an American comic book artist, known for his work on such books as Daredevil.-Career:Weeks made his professional comics debut in the 1980s, penciling, inking, and lettering a short story in Tales of Terror #5, a horror anthology published by Eclipse Comics...

    , American comic book artist and penciller
  • Levi Weeks
    Levi Weeks
    Levi Weeks was the accused in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder trial of 1800, the first recorded murder trial in the United States. At the time of the murder, Weeks was a young carpenter in New York City...

     (1776–1819), the accused in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder trial of 1800
  • Orlando Weeks (born 1983), lead singer and guitarist of London-based band The Maccabees
  • Perdita Weeks
    Perdita Weeks
    Perdita Weeks is a British actress.-Biography:Perdita was born in South Glamorgan and studied art history at the Courtauld Institute.-Acting career:...

     (born 1985), British actress
  • Rickie Weeks
    Rickie Weeks
    Rickie Darnell Weeks is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers....

     (born 1982), Major League Baseball second baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, brother of Jemile Weeks
  • Rollo Weeks
    Rollo Weeks
    Rollo Weeks is a British actor, the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the brother of Honeysuckle Weeks and Perdita Weeks, both actresses. His name means "famous wolf".-Acting:...

     (born 1987), British actor
  • Russ Weeks
    Russ Weeks
    Russ Weeks is a former Republican State Senator from West Virginia the 9th Senatorial District. Weeks was elected in 2002, defeating Senate Judiciary Chairman Bill Wooton. Weeks had not served in public office prior to being elected. He was defeated in 2006...

     (born 1942), former Republican State Senator from West Virginia
  • Sinclair Weeks
    Sinclair Weeks
    Charles Sinclair Weeks , better known as Sinclair Weeks, was United States Secretary of Commerce from January 21, 1953 to November 10, 1958 under Dwight D. Eisenhower...

     (1893 – 1972), United States Secretary of Commerce under Dwight Eisenhower
  • Steve Weeks
    Steve Weeks
    Stephen K. Weeks is a retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League....

     (born 1958), retired ice hockey goaltender
  • Theophilus Weeks
    Theophilus Weeks
    Theophilus Weeks was an early settler in the British colony of Province of North Carolina. He served as a soldier in the French and Indian War, and he was the founder of the town of Swansboro, North Carolina...

     (1708 - Jan, 1772), soldier in the French and Indian War and founder of Swansboro, North Carolina
  • W. H. Weeks
    W. H. Weeks
    William Henry Weeks was an early 20th century architect who designed hundreds of buildings including many schools, banks, and libraries. He was well-known for his monumental Greek Revival neoclassical style of architecture, although he also employed other architectural styles. His offices were...

     (died 1936), early 20th century architect who designed many public buildings in California
  • Willie Weeks
    Willie Weeks
    Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...

     (born 1947), American bassist

See also

  • List of people with surname Weekes
  • Wicks
  • Weeks (disambiguation)
    Weeks (disambiguation)
    -People:Weeks is a surname. For information on the surname itself, see Weeks . For notable people with the name Weeks, see List of people with surname Weeks...

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