Glick
The surname Glick is a Yiddish or Ashkenazic variation of the German word Glück (luck/happiness).[citation needed] The name is also commonly found among Swiss and Palatine Anabaptist immigrants to the United States.[citation needed] Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexis Glick, a national television personality who was a temporary host for the third hour of NBC's Today Show in 2006
- Alex Glick, a boy who, via charity raffle, won a minor appearance in a South Park episode, Red Man's Greed
- Arie Gill-Glick (1930–2016), Israeli Olympic runner
- Caroline Glick, American-Israeli journalist, deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post
- Deborah Glick, the Democratic New York State Assembly member for the 66th Assembly District (lower Manhattan)
- Elmo Glick, pseudonym of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- George Washington Glick, an American politician
- Hirsh Glick, a poet from the Vilna Ghetto, writer of the lyrics for the partisan song Zog nit Keynmol
- Jeff Glick (d. 1985), American bridge player
- Jeremy Glick, a man who died in the September 11, 2001 attack and who fought back against the terrorists on United Airlines Flight 93
- Jiminy Glick, a fictional character portrayed by Martin Short in the TV series Primetime Glick (2001–2003)
- Larry Glick, a Boston radio talk show host
- Robert Glick, the Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
- Roman Glick, bass guitarist for American rock band Jackyl
- Ruth Glick, best-selling author of healthy cookbooks and has also written dozens of romantic suspense novels under the pen name Rebecca York.
- Shimon Glick, Israeli physician
- , Jewish theologian
- Srul Irving Glick, composer, radio producer, conductor, teacher
- Stacey Glick, a former child actress
- Thomas F. Glick, historian of science
- Yehuda Glick, Israeli activist
- , founder of Glick's Bakery chain in Melbourne 1966
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- Kamil Jacek Glik (born 1988, Jastrzębie Zdrój), a Polish footballer
- Glik's, an American retail clothing chain based in Granite City, Illinois, founded in 1897 by Joseph Glik
- Glik, an Israeli chocolate brand, now sold under the brandname Klik
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