The surname Glick is a

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

Ashkenazic Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

variation of the German word

Glück Glück (transliterated Glueck) (german: "luck") is the surname of: * Arie Gill-Gluck (1930–2016), Israeli Olympic runner * Alois Glück (born 1940), German politician * Bernard Glueck (disambiguation), several people with this name * Christian ...

(luck/happiness). The name is also commonly found among Swiss and Palatine

Anabaptist Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...

immigrants to the United States. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexis Glick Alexis Glick (born Alexis Cahill Donnelly; August 7, 1972) is an American television personality who was an anchor of ''Money for Breakfast'' and ''The Opening Bell'' on Fox Business, as well as the Vice President of Business News. She left the ...

, a national television personality who was a temporary host for the third hour of NBC's ''Today Show'' in 2006 * Alex Glick, a boy who, via charity raffle, won a minor appearance in a South Park episode,

Red Man's Greed "Red Man's Greed" is the seventh episode of the seventh season and the 103rd overall episode of the Comedy Central series ''South Park'', first broadcast on April 30, 2003. It is a parody of the removal of several Native-American tribes from thei ...

Arie Gill-Glick Arie Gluck (Hebrew: אריה גליק; April 13, 1930 – June 23, 2016) was an Israeli runner and coach. He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympic Games under the surname Gill or Gill-Glick. Early and personal life Gluck was born in Czechoslovakia ...

(1930–2016), Israeli Olympic runner *

Caroline Glick Caroline Glick ( he, קרולין גליק; born 1969) is an American-born Israeli conservative columnist, journalist, and author. She writes for ''Israel Hayom, Breitbart News'', ''The Jerusalem Post'', and ''Maariv''. She is adjunct senior fell ...

, American-Israeli journalist, deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post *

Deborah Glick Deborah J. Glick (born December 24, 1950) is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 66th Assembly District in Lower Manhattan, including the neighborhoods of Alphabet City, Greenwich Village, Noho, the East Village, Manhatta ...

, the Democratic New York State Assembly member for the 66th Assembly District (lower Manhattan) *

Elmo Glick Lyricist Jerome Leiber (April 25, 1933 – August 22, 2011) and composer Michael Stoller (born March 13, 1933) were American songwriting and record producing partners. They found success as the writers of such crossover hit songs as " Hound Dog" ( ...

, pseudonym of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller *

George Washington Glick George Washington Glick (July 4, 1827 – April 13, 1911) was the ninth Governor of Kansas. George Washington Glick was raised on his father's farm near Greencastle, Ohio. He enlisted for service in the Mexican–American War, but saw no acti ...

, an American politician *

Hirsh Glick Hirsch Glick (1922 in Wilno, Poland – 1944 in Estonia) was a Jewish poet and partisan. Glick was born in Wilno in 1922 (at the time a part of inter-war Poland). He began to write Yiddish poetry in his teens and became co-founder of '' Yungvald ...

, a poet from the Vilna Ghetto, writer of the lyrics for the partisan song Zog nit Keynmol *

Jeff Glick Jefferson B. Glick (November 23, 1906 – July 31, 1985) was an American bridge player. Glick was from North Miami Beach, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (9) ** Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1941 ** Sping ...

(d. 1985), American bridge player *

Jeremy Glick Jeremy Logan Glick (September 3, 1970 – September 11, 2001) was an American passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked and crashed as part of the September 11 attacks. Aware of the earlier attacks at the World Trade Center, ...

, a man who died in the September 11, 2001 attack and who fought back against the terrorists on United Airlines Flight 93 *

Jiminy Glick Jiminy Glick is a fictional character portrayed by Martin Short in the TV series ''Primetime Glick'' (2001–2003), the subsequent 2004 film ''Jiminy Glick in Lalawood,'' and Short's Broadway show '' Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me''. He began as a ...

, a fictional character portrayed by Martin Short in the TV series ''Primetime Glick'' (2001–2003) *

Larry Glick Larry Glick (May 16, 1922 – March 26, 2009) was an American talk radio host, based in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, who presented a long-running show on WBZ (AM), WBZ and later WEEI (AM)#WHDH at 850 kHz, WHDH through the 1960s, 1970s and 198 ...

, a Boston radio talk show host * Peter Glick, author, of Finding Father:Vietnam 50 years later *

Robert Glick Dr. Robert Glick is a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and a Supervising and Training Psychoanalyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research; he was formerly a d ...

, the Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research *

Roman Glick Roman Glick (born 1970) is an American bassist. He is known for playing with Brother Cane, Slave to the System, Jesse James Dupree, and Jackyl. Brother Cane Brother Cane formed in Birmingham, Alabama in the early 1990s with singer/guitarist Dam ...

, bass guitarist for American rock band Jackyl *

Ruth Glick Ruth Glick (; born 27 April 1942, in Lexington, Kentucky), is a writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels. She has written novels under the pseudonym Rebecca York; until 1997 these were written in collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz. ...

, best-selling author of healthy cookbooks and has also written dozens of romantic suspense novels under the pen name Rebecca York. *

Shimon Glick Shimon M. Glick ( he, שמעון גליק; born 1932) is an American-born Israeli physician. Personal life Glick was born in New Jersey. Married to Brenda, his six children include the rabbi and former member of Knesset Yehuda Glick. Additional ...

, Israeli physician * , Jewish theologian * Srul Irving Glick, composer, radio producer, conductor, teacher *

Stacey Glick Stacey Glick (born in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American child actress who is now a literary agent. Her most prominent roles came in the late-1980s in the films ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' (1986) and ''Three O'Clock High'' (1987). The lat ...

, a former child actress *

Thomas F. Glick Thomas F. Glick (born January 28, 1939) is an American academic who taught in the departments of history and gastronomy at Boston University from 1972 to 2012. He served as the history department's chairperson from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1994 ...

, historian of science *

Yehuda Glick Yehudah Joshua Glick (; born 20 November 1965), alternatively spelled "Yehuda Glick", is an American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi, activist, and politician. As the President of Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, he campaigns for expanding Jewish access ...

, Israeli activist * Mendel Glick, founder of Glick's Bakery chain in Melbourne 1966

Glik

* Kamil Jacek Glik (born 1988, Jastrzębie Zdrój), a Polish footballer * Glik's, an American retail clothing chain based in Granite City, Illinois, founded in 1897 by Joseph Glik * Glik, an Israeli chocolate brand, now sold under the brandname Klik

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