Hick is a surname or a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
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Andrew Hick
Andrew Hick (born ) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played professionally in England and Australia.
Playing career
Hick played for the Engadine Dragons before making his début for the local Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in th ...
(born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer
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Benjamin Hick (1790–1842), English civil and mechanical engineer
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Bruce Hick
Bruce Hick (born 20 August 1963 in Rockhampton, Queensland) is an Australian national champion, three time World Champion and dual Olympian lightweight rower. He represented Australia over a fifteen-year period and rowed at ten World Rowing C ...
(born 1963), Australian rower
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Graeme Hick (born 1966), English cricketer
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Jacqueline Hick
Jacqueline Hick ('Jackie; 1919–2004) was an Australian painter whose work is held in the permanent collections of multiple museums in Australia. She is known for her work depicting human figures and the Australian landscape. She is the subjec ...
(1919–2004), Australian painter
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Jochen Hick (born 1960), German film director
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John Hick (MP)
John Hick (2 July 1815 – 2 February 1894) was a wealthy English industrialist, art collector and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1868 to 188 ...
(1815–1894), English MP, civil and mechanical engineer
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John Hick (1922–2012), philosopher of religion and theologian
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Les Hick
Leslie David Hick (23 April 1927 – 1971) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right.
Career
Born in Acomb, Hick signed for Bradford City
Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional foot ...
(born 1927), English footballer
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Pentland Hick
Edwin Pentland Hick (21 July 1919 – 6 March 2016) was a British entrepreneur, author, publisher, and veteran of World War II. Hick is best known for founding the Flamingo Land Theme Park and Zoo in North Yorkshire
Military service
Hick served ...
(1919–2016), British entrepreneur, author, and publisher
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Rarriwuy Hick (born 1990/1991), Australian actress
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W. E. Hick
William Edmund Hick (1 August 1912 – 20 December 1974) was a British psychologist, who was a pioneer in the new sciences of experimental psychology and ergonomics in the mid-20th century.
Hick trained as a medical doctor, taking the MB a ...
(1912–1974), British psychologist
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Hick Cady (1886–1946), baseball player
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Hick Carpenter (1855–1937), baseball player
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The Hick from French Lick
Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded a ...
(born 1956), Larry Bird, basketball player
Other uses
* Hick, another term for the derogatory term
redneck
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Hicks (surname)
Hicks, also spelled Hickes, is a surname.
See also Hix.
Surname A (... Hicks)
* Aaron Hicks (born 1989), American professional baseball center fielder
* Adam Hicks (born 1992), American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter
* Akiem Hicks (born ...
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Hicks (disambiguation) Hicks is a surname.
Hicks may also refer to:
* Hicks, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
*Hicks, Ohio, an unincorporated community
* Hicks City, Missouri, an unincorporated community
*Hicks Island (New York)
* Hicks Island, Australia
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Surnames from given names