Merchant is a

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of Old French and

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

origin, meaning a

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade. Merchants have operated for as long as indust ...

or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer or seller of goods. It is shared by the following people: *

Ajit Merchant Ajit Merchant was an Indian music composer and director. Early life Ajit Merchant was born to lawyer of Mumbai. His family was natively belonged to Bet Dwarka. He was introduced to music by his father who used to take him to concerts of various m ...

(died 2011), Indian composer *

Ali Merchant Ali Merchant is an Indian Actor, anchor, DJ and music producer. Merchant has appeared in over 35 Television shows including Fiction and Non-fiction on all prime channels like ''Colors, MTV, Star Plus, Life Ok, Sony TV, Zee TV, Channel V''. ...

(born 1988), Indian actor * Andy Merchant (born 1950), American baseball player * Andy Merchant (coach) (born 1978), American baseball coach *

Anthony Merchant Evatt Francis Anthony "Tony" Merchant, (born 1944) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and former politician. His law firm Merchant Law Group LLP, which he founded in 1986, is best known for representing former students of Indian residential s ...

(born 1944), Canadian lawyer and politician * Cameron Merchant (born 1984), Australian cricketer * Carolyn Merchant (born 1936), American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science * Firoz Merchant, Indian businessman in the United Arab Emirates * Gary Merchant, American politician *

George Merchant George Merchant (13 May 1926 – 16 August 2015) was a Scottish footballer, who played for Dundee and Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the count ...

(1926–2015), Scottish footballer * Henry Merchant (1918–1982), American baseball player * Hoshang Merchant (born 1947), Indian poet * Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), Indian-born film producer * J. Merchant (Sussex cricketer) () *

Jack Merchant John William Merchant (May 3, 1899 – March 31, 1972) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the men's hammer throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux ...

(1899–1972), American athlete *

Jessica Merchant Jessica Merchant (born 1983) is an American softball coach and former softball player. She is currently the associate head coach with the Stanford Cardinal softball team. She previously served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Golden Goph ...

(born 1983), American softball coach * Jimmy Merchant (born 1940), American musician * Kashif Merchant (born 1994), Product Manager *

Katherine Merchant Katherine ("Kat") Merchant (born 29 October 1985) is an English female rugby union player who represented her country 58 times and scored 44 tries. Life Merchant was playing serious rugby when she was sixteen. She graduated from Birmingham Uni ...

(born 1985), English rugby union player *

Kenneth Merchant Kenneth Merchant holds the Deloitte and Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the Leventhal School of Accounting, part of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is the former dean of the Leventhal School. Car ...

, American accounting educator *

Kishwer Merchant Kishwer Merchant Rai (born 3 February 1981) is an Indian television actress and model. Merchant is well known for acting in the shows ''Hip Hip Hurray'', '' Ek Hasina Thi'', '' Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar'', ''Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal'', '' ...

(born 1981), Indian actress * Larry Merchant (born 1931), American sportswriter and commentator *

Lisa Merchant Lisa Merchant is a Canadian comic improviser and actress. She played Brenda Murphy on ''Train 48'', and appeared on '' Improv Heaven and Hell''. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Female Improviser (in 2001, 2003 & 2005). Alongside ...

, Canadian actress *

Livingston T. Merchant Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (November 23, 1903 – May 15, 1976) was a United States official and diplomat. He twice served as United States ambassador to Canada and was Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 1959 to 1961. Early li ...

(1903–1976), American diplomat * Louis A. Merchant (1860–1950), American politician * Mark Merchant (born 1969), American baseball player * Minhaz Merchant, Indian journalist *

Moelwyn Merchant William Moelwyn Merchant (5 June 1913 – 22 April 1997) was an academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest. He was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, and his first language was Welsh. He was educated at University College, ...

(1913–1997), Welsh academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest *

Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American alternative rock singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first se ...

(born 1963), American musician *

Pana Merchant Pana Pappas Merchant (born April 2, 1943) is a Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Senate of Canada, Senator from the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. She has held the position since her appointment to the Sena ...

, (born 1943), Canadian politician * Piers Merchant (1951–2009), British politician *

Sabeeha Merchant Sabeeha Sabanali Merchant (born 1959) is a professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the photosynthetic metabolism and metalloenzymes In 2010 Merchant led the team that sequenced the '' Chlamydomonas'' gen ...

(born 1959), Indian-born American plant biologist *

Sabira Merchant Sabira Merchant (nee Vazirali) (born 4 August 1942) is a Miss India trainer and actor based in Mumbai. She is a top etiquette trainer in India. Background Merchant was born in Bombay to Goolshen and Abdulhusein M. Thariani, the fifth child. She ...

(born 1942), Indian actress and etiquette trainer *

Salim Merchant Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin *Salim (poet) (1800–1866) *Saleem (playwright) (fl. 1996) *Selim I, Selim II and Selim III, Ottoman Sultans * Selim people, an e ...

, Indian musician * Sally Merchant (1919–2007), Canadian television personality and politician * Stephen Merchant (born 1974), British writer, director, and comic actor *

Sulaiman Merchant Sulaiman is an English transliteration of the Arabic name that means "peaceful" and corresponds to the Jewish name Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה‎, Shlomoh) and the English Solomon (/ˈsɒləmən/) . Solomon was the scriptural figure who was king of wh ...

, Indian musician *

Suzy Merchant Suzy Merchant (born July 26, 1969) is the current head coach for the Michigan State University Women's Basketball team. She is married to Gary Rakan and has two sons, Tyler Rakan and Brady Rakan. Coaching career Saginaw Valley State After inhe ...

(born 1969), American basketball coach * Tamzin Merchant (born 1987), British actress and poet * Tanzeel Merchant, Canadian architect and urban planner *

Uday Merchant Udaykant Madhavji Merchant (14 August 1916 – 7 February 1985) was an Indian first class cricketer. The brother of Test player Vijay Merchant Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant , real name Vijay Madhav Thackersey (12 October 1911 – 27 Oct ...

(1916–1985), Indian cricketer *

Ursula Merchant Ursula may refer to: * Ursula (name), feminine name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name * ''Ursula'' (album), an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron *Ursula (crater), a crater on Titania, a moon of Uranus *Ursula (det ...

(born 1932), German-born Las Vegas-based performance artist * Vaibhavi Merchant (born 1975), Indian dance choreographer * Verónica Merchant (born 1967), Mexican actress * Vijay Merchant (1911–1987), Indian cricketer * Vivien Merchant (1929–1982), British actress * William Alfred Merchant (1919–2001), English clown * Yahya Merchant (1903–1990), Indian architect *

Yasin Merchant Yasin Merchant, born 17 December 1966 is India's second professional snooker player. The late Omprakesh Agrawal was the first. Merchant won the National Snooker championships on 3 occasions, in 2001, 2000 and 1991He was honoured by ...

(born 1966), Indian professional snooker player

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