Kendrick
Kendrick is a surname which may originate from:
- The Welsh word Cynwrig meaning "greatest champion", or
- The Anglo-Saxon word Cyneric meaning "family ruler".
- The Highland Scots surname Machendrie, frequently anglicized into Kendrick and MacKendrick [1]
People
- Alex Kendrick (born 1970), associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church and writer, director and actor for Sherwood Pictures
- Stephen Kendrick, senior associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church and writer and producer for Sherwood Pictures; brother of Alex Kendrick
- Kendrick Lamar (born 1987), American rapper
- Kendrick Office (born 1978), American football player
- Anna Kendrick (born 1985), American actress
- Brian Kendrick (born 1979), American professional wrestler
- Donald M. Kendrick (born 1947), Canadian choirmaster
- Eddie Kendricks (Edward James Kendrick, 1939–1992), Motown recording artist and founding member of The Temptations
- Ellie Kendrick (born 1990), British actress
- Graham Kendrick (born 1950), British Christian singer-songwriter
- Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844-1917), American anti-suffragist activist and writer
- Howie Kendrick (born 1983), American baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Kyle Kendrick (born 1984), American baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- John Kendrick:
- John Kendrick (cloth merchant) (1573–1624), English cloth merchant
- John Kendrick (American sea captain) (c. 1740–1794), American northern Pacific explorer and merchant
- John B. Kendrick (1857–1933), United States Senator from Wyoming
- John Whitefield Kendrick (1917 - 2009), American economist
- Malcolm Kendrick Scottish doctor and author of "The Cholesterol Con"
- Rhonda Ross Kendrick (born 1971), American actress
- Rob Kendrick, British guitarist
- Robert Kendrick (born 1979), American tennis player
- Rodney Kendrick (born April 30, 1960) American jazz pianist
- T. D. Kendrick (Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, 1895–1979), archaeologist and Director of the British Museum
- W. Freeland Kendrick, Mayor of Philadelphia (1924–1928)
- William Kenrick (writer) (1725?–1779), an English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist
- Kyle Kendrick (born August 26, 1984) MLB Pitcher
Places
- Kendrick, Florida
- Kendrick, Idaho
- Kendrick, Oklahoma
- Kendrick, Utah
Schools
- Kendrick School, a foundation girls' Grammar School, in Reading, Berkshire, England -- named after John Kendrick (1573-1624)
- Kendrick Boys School, founded in 1875 from the legacy of John Kendrick (1573-1624) subsequently taken over by the Reading School, in Reading, Berkshire, England
References
See also
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