Pollock (surname)
Pollock is a surname. In some cases, it originates as a locative name derived from Upper Pollock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. An early bearer of a form of this surname is Peter de Pollok, in about 1172–1178.[1] In other cases, the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name *Pollok (Old English *Pulloc). An early bearer of a form of this surname is Roger Pollok, in 1332.[2]
People surnamed Pollock[]
- A. J. Pollock (born 1987), American baseball player
- Alexander Pollock, Canadian actor
- Alexander Pollock (politician), Scottish parliamentarian
- Algernon J. Pollock (1864–1957), Evangelist and writer from the Plymouth Brethren movement
- Allyson Pollock, Scottish professor of public health policy
- Andrew Pollock (disambiguation)
- Andrew Maclean Pollock (1914–1969), Scottish-born South African cricketer
- Andrew Graeme Pollock (born 1969), South African cricketer, son of Andrew Maclean Pollock
- Bertram Pollock (1863–1943), Anglican bishop
- Carl Arthur Pollock (1903–1978), Canadian businessman
- Channing Pollock (disambiguation)
- Charles Edward Pollock (1823–1897), English judge
- Craig Pollock (born 1956), F1 manager
- Daniel Pollock (1969–1992), Australian actor
- Daniel C. Pollock (1913–2007), United States Marine Corps colonel and Navy Cross recipient
- David Pollock (disambiguation)
- David Pollock (judge) (1780 –1847), British judge in India
- David Pollock (actor) (born 1961), former American child actor
- David Pollock (rugby union) (born 1987), rugby union player for Ulster Rugby
- David Pollock, 3rd Viscount Hanworth (born 1946), British peer, academic and Labour member of the House of Lords
- David Pollock (humanist) (born 1942), British secular humanist
- Dave Pollock (born 1942), former Australian politician
- David C. Pollock (1939–2004), sociologist
- J. Donald Pollock (1868–1962), Rector of Edinburgh University
- Edward Pollock (1823–1858), American poet
- Edwin A. Pollock (1899–1982), United States Marine Corps general and Navy Cross recipient
- Edwin Taylor Pollock (1870–1943), Captain, USN
- Eileen Pollock (1947–2020), Northern Irish actress
- Eileen "Mike" Pollock, American screenwriter
- Eliza Pollock (1840–1919), American archer
- Emma Pollock, Scottish Musician
- Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth (1861–1936), English Attorney General
- Fergus Pollock, British automobile designer
- Francis Pollock (1876–1957), Canadian science fiction writer
- Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet (1783–1870), British lawyer and politician
- Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet (1845–1937), British jurist
- F. H. Pollock Frederick Hart Pollock (1842–1908), actor and theatrical manager in Australia
- Friedrich Pollock (1894–1970), German philosopher and economist
- Gale Pollock, acting U.S. Army Deputy Surgeon General
- George Pollock (1786–1872), British field marshal
- George Pollock (Australian politician) (1890–1939), speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
- George Pollock (director) (1907–1979), English film director
- George David Pollock (1817–1897), British surgeon
- George Frederick Pollock (1821–1915), British lawyer
- Graeme Pollock (born 1944), South African cricketer
- Griselda Pollock (born 1949), British art historian
- Harry Frederick Pollock (1857–1901), British lawyer and politician
- Henry Pollock (1864–1953), Hong Kong politician and barrister
- Henry W. Pollock (1878–1954), New York state senator
- Howard Wallace Pollock (1920–2011), American politician
- Hugh Alexander Pollock (1888–1971), British editor, soldier and husband of Enid Blyton and Ida Pollock
- Hugh MacDowell Pollock (1852–1937), Northern Ireland Minister of Finance
- Ida Pollock, romance novelist and centenarian; wife of Hugh Pollock
- Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), American artist
- Jame Pollock (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
- James Pollock (1810–1890), Governor of Pennsylvania
- James Dalgleish Pollock VC (1890–1958), British soldier
- Jamie Pollock (born 1974), English footballer
- Jamie Pollock (woman soccer player), American soccer player
- Jean-Yves Pollock, French linguist and professor
- Jim Pollock (born 1930), Canadian politician
- John L. Pollock (1940–2009), American philosopher
- Kevin Pollock (born 1970), Canadian referee in the National Hockey League
- Lloyd Pollock (1909–1993), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
- Mark Pollock, blind Northern Irish adventurer.
- Mary Pollock, pseudonym used by Enid Blyton
- Michael Pollock, British Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord
- Michael Pollock (tenor) (1921—2003), American operatic tenor, opera director, and voice teacher
- Mike Pollock (voice actor) (born 1965), American actor
- Mike Pollock (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s
- Oliver Pollock (1737–1823), American Revolutionary and financier
- Peter Pollock (born 1941), South African cricketer
- Robert Pollock (disambiguation)
- Robert Pollock (actor) (born 1960), New Zealand actor
- Robert L. Pollock, business writer for The Wall Street Journal
- Robert M. Pollock (1856–1920), Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
- Robert Mason Pollock (1926–2012), American television writer
- Robert A. Pollock (1930–2003), footballer turned writer-novelist who wrote the novel Loophole
- Robert Pollok (1798–1827), Scottish poet best known for The Course of Time
- Robert Pollok (British Army officer) (1884–1979), Irish-born British Army officer
- Sam Pollock (1925–2007), Canadian hockey manager
- Sharon Pollock (1936–2021), Canadian playwright
- Shaun Pollock (born 1973), South African cricketer
- Sheldon Pollock, American Sanskritist
- Wellesca Pollock (1871–1940), American educator
- William H. K. Pollock (1859–1896), chess player
- Sir William Frederick Pollock, 2nd Baronet (1815–1888), British lawyer
- William P. Pollock (1870–1922), Senator from South Carolina
Fictional people named Pollock[]
Other[]
- Clan Pollock, Scottish clan
- Pollock baronets
See also[]
- Pollack (surname)
- Pollock (disambiguation)
Citations[]
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) pp. 2137–2138; Reaney; Wilson (1995) p. 357.
- ^ Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016) p. 2138.
References[]
- Hanks, P; Coates, R; McClure, P, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Vol. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-879883-5.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Reaney, P. H. (1995). Wilson, R. M. (ed.). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-8631464.
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