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__NOTOC__ Kendrick is a surname, sometimes used as a masculine given name, which may originate from: *The
Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
word ''Cynwrig'' meaning "greatest champion", or *The
Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
word ''Cyneric'' meaning "family ruler". *The
Highland Scots The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...
surname Machendrie, frequently anglicized into Kendrick and MacKendrick Notable people with the name include:


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Alex Kendrick Alexander Kendrick (born June 11, 1970) is an American pastor, film writer, producer, director and actor, best known for directing and starring in notable faith-based films, including ''Facing The Giants'', ''War Room'', '' Overcomer'', '' Coura ...
(born 1970), pastor, screenwriter, director and actor *
Anna Kendrick Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Satellite Award, five Teen Choice Awards, three MTV Movie Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award a ...
(born 1985), American actress * Asahel C. Kendrick (1809–1895), American classicist, grammarian and exegete *
Brian Kendrick Brian David Kendrick (born May 29, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE. Kendrick is also known for his appearances with Ring of Honor (ROH), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), New Japan Pro-Wrestli ...
(born 1979), American professional wrestler *
Derion Kendrick Derion Rayshawn Kendrick (born August 24, 2000) is an American football cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and Georgia. Early years Kendrick attended South Pointe H ...
(born 2000), American football player *
Donald M. Kendrick Donald M. Kendrick (born 1947) is the Calgary, Alberta-born director of choral activities at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) and the director of music at Sacred Heart Church where he conducts Schola Cantorum and Vox Nova (Men's Choru ...
(born 1947), Canadian choirmaster *
Eddie Kendricks Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptatio ...
(1939–1992), Motown recording artist and founding member of The Temptations *
Ella B. Kendrick Ella B. Kendrick ( Bagnell; May 24, 1849 – May 11, 1928) was an American Temperance movement, temperance activist. She also served as the associate editor of ''New England Home'', one of the leading Prohibition in the United States, prohibition ...
(1849–1928), American temperance activist *
Ellie Kendrick Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick (born 8 June 1990) is an English actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', Ivy Morris in the first series of the 2010 revived '' Upstairs Downstairs'', and Meera ...
(born 1990), British actress * Fiona Kendrick (born 1955), chairman and CEO of Nestlé UK & Ireland *
Flora Kendrick Florence Ada Kendrick, later Flora Shipp, (1880-1969) was a British artist, notable both as a watercolour painter and sculptor of bronze busts and statuettes. Biography Kendrick was born in Margate in southern England, and her father, Joseph Thom ...
(1880–1969), British artist *
George Prentiss Kendrick George Prentiss Kendrick was an American artist, currently in the collections by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, National M ...
, American artist *
Graham Kendrick Graham Kendrick (born 2 August 1950) is an English Christian singer, songwriter and worship leader. He is the son of Baptist pastor M. D. Kendrick and grew up in Laindon, Essex, and Putney. He now lives in Tunbridge Wells and is a member of C ...
(born 1950), British Christian singer-songwriter *
Helen Kendrick Johnson Helen Kendrick Johnson (January 4, 1844 – January 3, 1917) was an American writer, poet, and prominent activist opposing the women's suffrage movement. Early life Helen Kendrick Johnson was born in Hamilton, New York to her father, Asahel Cl ...
(1844–1917), American anti-suffragist activist and writer *
Howie Kendrick Howard Joseph Kendrick III (born July 12, 1983) is an American former professional baseball infielder and current special assistant to the General Manager for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim selected Kendrick in the t ...
(born 1983), American baseball player for the Washington Nationals * John Kendrick (disambiguation), multiple people *
Ken Kendrick Earl Gentry "Ken" Kendrick, Jr. (born September 2, 1943) is an American businessman who is the principal owner and managing general partner of the National League's Arizona Diamondbacks. He became part-owner with the team's inception in 1995. He h ...
(born 1943), American businessman and principal owner/managing general partner of Arizona Diamondbacks *
Kyle Kendrick Kyle Rodney Kendrick (born August 26, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher, who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Colorado Rockies, and Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Kendrick was born in Houston, Texas ...
(born 1984), American baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization * Nancy Kendrick, American philosopher *
Rhonda Ross Kendrick Rhonda Ross Kendrick (born Rhonda Suzanne Silberstein; August 14, 1971) is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer and actress Diana Ross. She was born in Los Angeles and raised by Ross and her first husband, Robert Ellis S ...
(born 1971), American actress * Rob Kendrick, British guitarist *
Robert Kendrick Robert Bradley Kendrick (born November 15, 1979) is an American retired professional tennis player. He turned professional in 2000. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 69, achieved in July 2009. Early life Robert Kendrick was born to T ...
(born 1979), American tennis player *
Rodney Kendrick Rodney Kendrick (born April 30, 1960) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer. He has been described as a "hard swinging player and composer with a delightful Thelonious Monk, Monkish wit and drive". Career At twenty-one, Kendr ...
(born 1960) American jazz pianist *
Stephen Kendrick Stephen Kendrick (born June 10, 1974) is an American film writer and producer, co-writer of the book '' The Love Dare'' with brother Alex Kendrick, and former senior associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. Stephen, Shan ...
, pastor, screenwriter and producer * Thomas Kendrick (agent) (1881–1972) British intelligence agent *
T. D. Kendrick Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick (1 April 1895 – 2 November 1979) was a British archaeologist and art historian. Life Early life Kendrick was born on 1 April 1895 in Handsworth, a suburb of Birmingham, England to Fanny Susan (nee Downing, bor ...
(Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, 1895–1979), archaeologist and Director of the British Museum *
W. Freeland Kendrick W. Freeland Kendrick (1873 – March 20, 1953
Accessed March 24, 2008.
) was the
, mayor of Philadelphia (1924–1928) *
William Kenrick (writer) William Kenrick (c. 1725 – 10 June 1779) was an England, English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist, who spent much of his career Defamation, libelling and Parody, lampooning his fellow writers. Life and career Kenrick was born a ...
(1725?–1779), an English novelist, playwright, translator and satirist


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Kendrick Frazier Kendrick Crosby Frazier (March 19, 1942 – November 7, 2022) was an American science writer and longtime editor of ''Skeptical Inquirer'' magazine. He was also a former editor of '' Science News'', author or editor of ten books, and a Fellow of ...
(1942-2022), American science writer *
Kendrick Green Kendrick Green (born December 22, 1998) is an American football center for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Illinois and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2021 ...
(born 1998), American football player *
Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper and songwriter. Known for his Progressive rap, progressive musical styles and Social consciousness, socially conscious songwriting, he is often considered one of the most infl ...
(born 1987), American rapper * Kendrick Norton (born 1997), American football player *
Kendrick Nunn Kendrick Melvin Nunn (born August 3, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Oakland Golden ...
(born 1995), American basketball player *
Kendrick Office Kendrick LaShawn Office (born August 2, 1978) is a former American football defensive end who played two seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of West Alabama and attende ...
(born 1978), American football player *
Kendrick Perkins Kendrick Le'Dale "Perk" Perkins (born November 10, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst for ESPN. He entered the NBA directly out of high school and played for the Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder ...
(born 1984), American basketball player *
Kendrick Scott Kendrick Scott (born July 8, 1980 in Houston, Texas, United States) is an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. He is the founder of the record label World Culture Music. Biography Kendrick A.D. Scott was born and raised in Houston. ...
(born 1980), American jazz drummer and bandleader *
Kendrick Taylor Kendrick Cashman Taylor, Jr. is a climate change researcher working with ice cores in Greenland and Antarctica. While a Research Professor at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, he was the Chief Scientist for the Siple Dome and WAIS Divi ...
(born 1957), American scientist


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Clan Henderson The Clan Henderson (''Clann Eanruig'') is a Scottish clan.Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). ...
, a Scottish clan for which Kendrick is an Anglicized sept *
Kendricks Kendricks is a surname of British origin, being a variant of the surname Kendrick. Notable people with the surname include: *Eddie Kendricks (1939-1992), American singer and songwriter *Eric Kendricks (born 1992), American football middle linebacke ...
, a surname


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