Garrick is a personal name, and is both a

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and a

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(usually

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). It originated in

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and/or

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. Old English ''garrick'' means "one who governs with a spear", or "spear king". In French, ''garric'' is derived from an

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word meaning "oak tree grove". People with the name Garrick include:

Given name

Garrick Dowhen Garrick Storm Dowhen (born December 21, 1945)''Who's Who in Entertainment''. (1992). Wilmette, Illinois: Marquis Who's Who. is an American actor and screenwriter, active as an actor mainly in the 1980s and early 1990s. Dark-haired and chisel-jaw ...

Garrick Hagon Garrick Hagon (; born September 27, 1939) is a British-Canadian actor in film, stage, television and radio, known for his role as Biggs Darklighter in '' Star Wars: A New Hope''. His many films include ''Batman'', ''Spy Game'', ''Me and Orson ...

Garrick Ibbotson Garrick Ibbotson (born 15 March 1988) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ibbotson mainly played soccer as a junior and only converted to A ...

Garrick Morgan Garrick Morgan (born 25 January 1970), is an Australian rugby coach and former rugby footballer, who played rugby union for the Australian team from 1992 to 1997. In 2006, he became coach of the Gold Coast Breakers. He is currently head coach ...

(born 1970), former Australian rugby footballer *

Garrick Ohlsson Garrick Olof Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948) is an American classical pianist. He is the only American to have won first prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition, at the VIII competition in 1970. He also won first prize at the Busoni Com ...

Garrick Palmer Garrick Salisbury Palmer (born 20 September 1933 in Portsmouth) died 9 July 2023 in Portsmouth) was an English painter, wood engraver, photographer and teacher. Early life and education Palmer was born in Portsmouth, England and has always r ...

Garrick Tremain Garrick Tremain (born 1941) is a New Zealand cartoonist and painter living in Queenstown. Biography He has been a professional painter since 1972 and a cartoonist since 1988. Tremain has produced a cartoon six or seven days a week for various ...

(born 1941), New Zealand cartoonist and painter *

Garrick Utley Clifton Garrick Utley (November 19, 1939 – February 20, 2014) was an American television journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent coverin ...

Surname

Barbara Garrick Barbara Garrick is an American actress. Garrick has appeared on stage, television and in film. Life and career Garrick was born in Los Angeles, California. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama, she has several stage credits, including ' ...

(born 1965), American actress *

David Garrick David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Sa ...

(1717–1779), English actor * David Garrick (singer) (1945–2013), English singer * Edward Garrick (1757-?), instigator of the Boston Massacre *

Francis James Garrick Francis James Garrick (1833 – 7 June 1890), was a barrister and politician from Christchurch, New Zealand. Early years Garrick was the oldest of ten children of James Francis Garrick (b. 1803 in Deptford, Kent, England; d. 1874 in Sydney) and ...

(1833–1890), New Zealand politician *

Horrie Garrick Horace James Garrick (26 August 1918 – 6 April 1982) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977, representing the electorate of Batman. Garrick was born i ...

(1918–1982), Australian politician *

Jack Garrick John Andrew Frank "Jack" Garrick (1928 – August 30, 2018) was a New Zealand ichthyologist. He specialized in elasmobranchs and published many books and articles about shark and ray biology. In 1982, he published a thorough taxonomy on sharks of ...

(1928–1999), New Zealand zoologist *

John Garrick John Garrick (born Reginald Dandy; 31 August 1902 – 22 October 1966) was a British stage and screen actor. Born in Brighton, England, Dandy attended that city's schools and Brighton College. Dandy made his first stage appearance at th ...

(1902–1966), British film actor * Jordon Garrick (born 1998), Jamaican footballer *

Jay Garrick Jason Peter "Jay" Garrick is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first superhero known as Flash (DC Comics character), the Flash. The character was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert. ...

, a DC Comics superhero and the first to use the name Flash *

Leon Garrick Leon Vivian Garrick (born 11 November 1976) is a West Indian cricketer who played one Test and three One Day Internationals in 2001. Garrick was born in Saint Ann, Jamaica, and played for the Jamaican youth side before making his first-class d ...

(born 1976), Jamaican cricketer *

Martin Garrick Martin W. Garrick (born March 24, 1953) is an American politician who served in the California State Assembly from 2006 to 2012 and was Minority Leader in 2010. Garrick also served in the Reagan Administration and is a small business owner. ...

(born 1953), American politician *

Michael Garrick Michael Garrick MBE (30 May 1933 – 11 November 2011)Peter VacheObituary: Michael Garrick ''The Guardian'', 15 November 2011 was an English jazz pianist and composer, and a pioneer in mixing jazz with poetry recitations and in the use of jazz ...

(born 1933), English pianist and composer *

Neville Garrick Neville Garrick is a Jamaican-born Los Angeles-based graphic artist, and photographer. He is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Garrick attended UCLA where he played for the football team, reaching the National Collegia ...

, Jamaican graphic artist, photographer, filmmaker, and writer *

Richard Garrick Richard Garrick (December 27, 1878 – August 21, 1962) was an Irish-born American actor and director. Life and career Garrick was born Richard Thomas O'Brien in the townland of Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland. His father, James E. O'Brien ...

(1878–1962), American director and actor * Stanley Garrick (1888–1958), Kingdom of Benin senior administrator and courtier *

Tom Garrick Thomas S. Garrick (born July 7, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round (45th overall pick) of the 1988 NBA draft. He played guard in four NBA seasons, mainly for ...

(born 1966), American basketball player {{Given name, type=both