Fordyce may refer to:

People

Given name

* Fordyce L. Laflin (1824–1887), New York businessman and politician * Fordyce R. Melvin (1832–1915), Wisconsin businessman and politician

Surname

Alexander Fordyce Alexander Fordyce (7 August 1729-8 September 1789) was an eminent Scottish banker, centrally involved in the bank run on Neale, James, Fordyce and Downe which led to the credit crisis of 1772. He used the profits from other investments to c ...

(died 1789), Scottish banker * Brook Fordyce (born 1970), U.S. professional baseball player * Bruce Fordyce (born 1955), South African long-distance runner *

Daryl Fordyce Daryl Thomas Fordyce (born 2 January 1987) is a Northern Irish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Early career Fordyce played for St Andrews and Lisburn Youth in Northern Ireland, winning major trophies with ...

(born 1987), British footballer * David Fordyce (1711–1751), Scottish philosopher *

Douglas Fordyce Douglas Fordyce (born 3 February 1990), known usually as Doug Fordyce, is a British acrobatic gymnast who won the title of world men's pairs champion with Edward Upcott in July 2010 in Poland. Until 2012, Fordyce was a member of Spelbound, the ...

(born 1990), Men's Pairs world championship gold medal winning acrobatic gymnast, member of Spelbound *

George Fordyce George Fordyce (18 November 1736 – 25 May 1802) was a distinguished Scotland, Scottish physician, lecturer on medicine, and chemist, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Early life George Fo ...

(1736–1802), Scottish physician *

James Fordyce James Fordyce, Doctor of Divinity, DD (1720–1 October 1796), was a Scottish Presbyterian minister and poet. He is best known for his collection of sermons published in 1766 as ''Sermons for Young Women'', popularly known as ''Fordyce's Sermon ...

(1720–1796), Scottish clergyman, compiler and primary author of ''Fordyce's Sermons'' * John Fordyce (priest) (died 1751), Church of England priest ordained in Pembrokeshire, Wales who transferred to South Carolina * John Fordyce (politician) (1735–1809), Member of Parliament for New Romney and for Berwick-Upon-Tweed *

John Fordyce (missionary) John Fordyce (1819–1902) was a Christian missionary, evangelical minister and administrator who launched the female education initiative in India known as the Zenana Missions. He has been credited with introducing the rickshaw to India. Early l ...

(1819–1902), Scottish missionary *

John Addison Fordyce John Addison Fordyce (born 16 February 1858 in Guernsey County, Ohio, died on 4 June 1925 in New York City) was an American dermatologist, whose name is associated with Fordyce's spot (also known as Fordyce's disease or Fordyce's lesion), Angioke ...

(1858–1925), American dermatologist * Michael W. Fordyce (1944–2011), happiness researcher * Samuel W. Fordyce (1840–1919), U.S. railroad executive *

Tom Fordyce Tom Fordyce is a former BBC Sport journalist. He wrote text commentaries on cricket and tennis, also writing features on various other sports and blogging from a number of different events. Fordyce attended Westminster School, where he was a pref ...

(born 1973), British journalist *

Sir William Fordyce Sir William Fordyce (1724 – 4 December 1792) was a Scottish physician. Life The son of Provost George Fordyce (1663-1733) of Aberdeen, and brother of David Fordyce, was born at Aberdeen in 1724, and educated at Marischal College; also servin ...

(1724–1792), Scottish physician *

William Dingwall Fordyce William Dingwall Fordyce (31 March 1836 – 27 November 1875) was a Scottish Liberal politician. He was elected MP in 1866 to represent Aberdeenshire and, following the reorganisation of constituencies by the Representation of the People (Scotland ...

(1836–1875), Scottish Liberal politician

Places

Fordyce, Arkansas Fordyce is a small town in Dallas County, Arkansas, United States. Its population has been decreasing since the 1980's when the town reached an all time high of 5,175. The population in 2020 was 3,396 down from 4,300 at the 2010 census, and fro ...

, USA *

Fordyce, Nebraska Fordyce is a village in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 133 at the 2020 census. History Fordyce got its start in 1907 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named for William B. Fordyce, a railroad dispatc ...

, USA *

Fordyce, Aberdeenshire Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy. It has existed since at least the 13th century. In 1990, Charles McKean wrote that Fordyce ...

, Scotland *

Fordyce Creek Trail The Fordyce Creek Trail is a rock crawling destination in California not far from the Rubicon Trail. The entrance (or trail-head) is a little difficult to find. The actual trail-head is just off I-80 via Eagle Lakes Rd. exit. Follow the signs to I ...

, California, USA

Other

Fordyce's spot Fordyce spots (also termed Fordyce granules)James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. . are visible sebaceous glands that are present in most individuals ...

* Fordyce's disease * Fox–Fordyce disease {{disambiguation, geo, surname