Covington () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ann K. Covington, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri
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Arthur Covington Arthur Edwin Covington (21 September 1913 – 17 March 2001) was a Canadian physicist who made the first radio astronomy measurements in Canada. Through these he made the valuable discovery that sunspots generate large amounts of microwaves at ...
(1913–2001), a Canadian physicist
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Bucky Covington
William Joel "Bucky" Covington III (born November 8, 1977) is an American country music singer. He placed eighth on the 5th season of the Fox Network's talent competition series ''American Idol''. In December 2006, he signed a recording contrac ...
(born 1977), singer and 8th-place finisher on the 5th season of ''American Idol''
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Charles Covington
Charles Covington Jr. is an American jazz pianist and a U.S. Life Master in chess.
Career
A native of Baltimore, Covington became interested in jazz when the high school principal broadcast music by Erroll Garner and Ahmad Jamal on the intercom. ...
, American jazz pianist
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Chet Covington
Chester Rogers Covington (November 6, 1910 – June 11, 1976) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 33-year-old rookie, recipient of ''The Sporting News'' Minor League Player of the Year Award ...
(1910–1976), Major League Baseball pitcher
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Chris Covington
Chris Covington (born January 3, 1996) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He played college football at Indiana.
Early years
Covington attende ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Christian Covington
Christian Coral Cleveland Covington (born October 16, 1993) is a Canadian professional American football defensive end for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Rice and was drafted by th ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Colby Covington
Colby Ray Covington (born February 22, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Welterweight Champ ...
(born 1988), American mixed martial artist
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Damien Covington
Damien Emere Covington (December 4, 1972 – November 29, 2002) was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was a 3rd round selection (96th overall pick) in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills out ...
(1972–2002), professional American football player
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Dennis Covington (born 1948), American writer
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Donald Covington (1928–2002), former Professor of Design in the Art Department of San Diego State University
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Fred Covington (1912–1995), English cricketer
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George Washington Covington
George Washington Covington (September 12, 1838 – April 6, 1911) was an American politician.
Covington was born in Berlin, Maryland, and attended the common schools as a youth. He pursued a higher education at Buckingham Academy, and later ...
(1838–1911), American politician
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Grover Covington
Grover Covington (born March 25, 1956) is a former Canadian Football League defensive end for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Covington's career began in 1981 as a free agent signin ...
(born 1956), Canadian Football League player
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Harold Covington
Harold Armstead Covington (September 14, 1953 – July 14, 2018) was an American neo-Nazi activist and writer. Covington advocated the creation of an "Aryan homeland" in the Pacific Northwest (known as the Northwest Territorial Imperative), and ...
(1953–2018), American neo-nazi and novelist
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Hayden C. Covington (1911–1978), legal counsel for the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
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Howard Covington British investment banker who was a founding shareholder and director of New Star Asset Management.
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James Harry Covington (1870–1942), American jurist and politician
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Jerry Covington
Jerry Covington is a custom motorcycle builder and owner of Covingtons Customs.
Background
Jerry started building custom motorcycles (chopper (motorcycle), choppers) in the early seventies and founded Covingtons Customs in Woodward, Oklahoma ...
, American maker of custom motorcycles
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Jesse Whitfield Covington (1889–1966), United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor during World War I
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Joey Covington
Joseph Edward Covington (born Joseph Edward Michno; June 27, 1945 – June 4, 2013) was an American drummer, best known for his involvements with Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna and Jefferson Starship.
Early life
Though best known for his work w ...
(1945–2013), American drummer, best known for his involvements with Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane
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Julie Covington
Julie Covington (born 11 September 1946) is an English singer and actress, best known for recording the original version of "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", which she sang on the 1976 concept album Evita.
Early life
Julie Covington was born in Lon ...
(born 1947), English singer and actress
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Kirk Covington
Kirk Covington is a drummer best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech.
Covington was born in Midland, Texas, where he attended the University of North Texas College of Music, where he met bassist Gary Willis, with whom he la ...
, American drummer best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech
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Leonard Covington
Leonard Wailes Covington (October 30, 1768 – November 14, 1813) was a United States Army brigadier general and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Biography
Born in Aquasco, Prince George's County, in what was then the Bri ...
(1768–1813), US congressman and US general in War of 1812; namesake of various US cities
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Lucy Covington
Lucy Friedlander Covington (November 24, 1910 – September 20, 1982) was a Native American tribal leader and political activist. She was a member of the Colville tribe which has a reservation in north-eastern Washington state. Covington was ...
(1910–1982), activist for Native American emancipation
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Martell Covington
Martell Covington is an American politician serving as a Democratic member in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 24th district in Allegheny County. He won a 2022 special election to succeed Ed Gainey, who was elected Mayo ...
, American politician
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Matt Covington (born 1980), American
speleologist
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, as well as their make-up, structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which they form (speleogenesis) and change over time (speleomorphology). ...
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Robert Covington
Robert Covington (born December 14, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). he played college basketball for the Tennessee State Tigers. In 2018, he was named ...
(born 1990), NBA forward
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Scott Covington
Scott Campbell Covington (born January 17, 1976) is a former American football quarterback. He played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Bengals and St. Louis Rams and one season in the Canadian Football League ...
(born 1976), former college and professional American football quarterback
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Syms Covington
Syms Covington (1816–1861) was a fiddler and cabin boy on HMS ''Beagle'' who became an assistant to Charles Darwin and was appointed as his personal servant in 1833, continuing in Darwin's service after the voyage until 1839. Originally named ...
(c. 1816–1861), assistant to Charles Darwin
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Trisha Covington, African-American R&B singer
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Tony Covington
Anthony Lavonne Covington (born December 26, 1967) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. ...
(born 1967), former American football player
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Virginia M. Hernandez Covington (born 1955), American lawyer and federal judge
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Warren Covington
Warren Covington (August 7, 1921 – August 24, 1999) was an American big band trombonist. He was active as a session musician, arranger, and bandleader throughout his career.
Biography
Covington, who was born in Philadelphia, played early on ...
(1921–1999), American jazz trombonist
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Wes Covington
John Wesley Covington (March 27, 1932 – July 4, 2011) was an American professional baseball left fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from through for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Athletics, Philadelphia ...
(1932–2011), Major League Baseball outfielder
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Wickliffe Covington (1867–1938), American painter
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William Jacob Covington (1838–1910), first district court clerk of the Camp County, Texas
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