Fordyce may refer to:

People

Given name

Fordyce L. Laflin Fordyce Luther Laflin (March 9, 1824 Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts - April 27, 1887 Saugerties, Ulster County, New York) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Luther Laflin (1789–1876) an ...

(1824–1887), New York businessman and politician *

Fordyce R. Melvin Fordyce Rust Melvin (July 23, 1832 – January 4, 1915) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician. Born in Chester Township, Geauga County, Ohio, Melvin moved to Cattaraugus County, New York in 1848. In 1851, Melvin moved to Green C ...

(1832–1915), Wisconsin businessman and politician

Surname

* Alexander Fordyce (died 1789), Scottish banker *

Brook Fordyce Brook Alexander Fordyce (born May 7, 1970) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays between 1995 and 2004. He batted and threw ...

(born 1970), U.S. professional baseball player *

Bruce Fordyce Bruce Noel Stevenson Fordyce (born 3 December 1955 in Hong Kong) is a South African marathon and ultramarathon athlete. He is best known for having won the South African Comrades Marathon a record nine times, of which eight wins were consecut ...

(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 David Fordyce (1711, Broadford (Aberdeenshire), Broadford, Aberdeenshire – 1751) was a Scottish philosopher, a contributor to the Scottish Enlightenment. Fordyce was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen (MA, 1728). He entered the ministry an ...

(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 (1736–1802), Scottish physician * James Fordyce (1720–1796), Scottish clergyman, compiler and primary author of ''Fordyce's Sermons'' *

John Fordyce (priest) John Fordyce (died 1751) was a Church of England priest who was ordained in Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered ...

(died 1751), Church of England priest ordained in Pembrokeshire, Wales who transferred to South Carolina *

John Fordyce (politician) John Cornelius Fordyce (1735–1809) was Member of Parliament for New Romney from 1796 to 1802, and for Berwick-Upon-Tweed from 1802 to 5 April 1803. He was the son of Thomas Fordyce of Ayton, an Edinburgh lawyer and Elizabeth Whitefoord, daug ...

(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), Angioker ...

(1858–1925), American dermatologist *

Michael W. Fordyce Michael W. Fordyce (December 14, 1944 – January 24, 2011) was an American psychologist and a pioneer researcher in the field of empirical happiness measurement and intervention. As a forerunner who approached "happiness" as an applied science, ...

(1944–2011), happiness researcher *

Samuel W. Fordyce Samuel Wesley "Colonel" Fordyce (February 7, 1840 – August 3, 1919) was a prominent railroad executive of the American South. He served on several boards of directors and as president of a few railroads. Fordyce was also the receiver for ...

(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 (1836–1875), Scottish Liberal politician

Places

* Fordyce, Arkansas, 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, 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 Fox–Fordyce disease is a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, non-bacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts.Freedberg, et al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine ...

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