Parker may refer to:

Persons

Parker (surname) Parker is a surname of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England. In the United States, it ranked in 1990 as the 47th most-common surname. ...

Places

Place names in the United States

* Parker, Arizona * Parker, Colorado *

Parker, Florida Parker is a city in Bay County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,317. It is part of the Panama City– Lynn Haven– Panama City Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Parker is located at . ...

Parker, Idaho Parker is a city in southeastern Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 305 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Parker is located at (43.958477, -111.759204). Accor ...

Parker, Kansas Parker is a city in Linn County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 241. History Parker was laid out about 1889. It was named for J.W. Parker, who owned the town site. The first post office in Parker ...

Parker, Missouri Parker is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tenn ...

Parker, North Carolina Parker is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered ...

* Parker, Pennsylvania * Parker, South Carolina *

Parker, South Dakota Parker is a city in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,194 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Turner County. Parker is bordered on its eastern side by South Dakota State Highway 19. Its northern side is b ...

* Parker, Texas in Collin County * Parker, Johnson County, Texas *

Parker, Washington Parker is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in central Yakima County, Washington, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 97 between the cities of Union Gap and Wapato on the Yakama Indian Reservation. The town had a popul ...

Parker City, Indiana Parker City is a town in Monroe Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,419 at the 2010 census. History Parker City was originally called Morristown, and under the latter name was platted in 1851. A post offi ...

* Parker County, Texas * Parker Dam, at Lake Havasu on the Colorado River between Arizona and California *

Parker Road (DART station) Parker Road station is a DART Light Rail station in Plano, Texas. It is located at the intersection of Park Boulevard and Archerwood Street near US 75 ( Central Expressway). It opened December 9, 2002, and is the northern terminus of the . It w ...

, a light rail terminal on Parker Road in Plano, Texas *

Parker School, Montana Parker School is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hill and Chouteau counties in the U.S. state of Montana. The population was 340 at the 2010 census. Geography Parker School is located in southeastern Hill County at (48.250748, -109.725595). ...

Parker Strip, Arizona Parker Strip is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 662 at the 2010 census. Geography Parker Strip is located in the northwest corner of La Paz County at (34.227837, -114.182177). It lies ...

* Parker Township, Marshall County, Minnesota * Parker Township, Morrison County, Minnesota * Parker Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania * Parker Center, a former police building in Los Angeles

Elsewhere

C. W. Parker Carousel The C. W. Parker Carousel is a carousel built in 1912 currently operating in the Burnaby Village Museum at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. The carousel was built by the C. W. Parker Company and is also known as the Parker #119 and the ...

, a Burnaby Village Museum exhibit in British Columbia, Canada * Mount Parker (Philippines), a Mindanao island volcano of the Philippines * Parker Pass, Antarctica * Parker Place, an Asian-themed shopping mall in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Companies

Parker Brothers Parker Brothers (known by Parker outside of North America) was an American toy and game manufacturer which in 1991 became a brand of Hasbro. More than 1,800 games were published under the Parker Brothers name since 1883. Among its products wer ...

, toy and game manufacturer *

Parker Bros. Parker Bros (also known at various times as Parker Brothers Manufacturing Company, Parker Brothers Guns, and Parker Bros. Shotguns) was an American firearms firm, mostly producing shotguns from 1867 to 1942. During these years, approximately 242, ...

(also known as Parker Brothers Gun Company) * Parker Guitars * Parker Hannifin, manufacturer of motion and control technologies * Parker and Lee, public relations firm *

Parker Manufacturing Company Parker Manufacturing Company was a machine shop during World War II that manufactured tools. It is also a manufacturer/distributor of metal kitchen cabinets and sinks, and an industrial landlord in Santa Monica, CA. The company designed and manu ...

, a manufacturer of machine tools and kitchen cabinets, and an industrial landlord * Parker Pen Company, a maker of fine pens and pencils

Schools

George S. Parker High School George S. Parker High School is a comprehensive public high school located on the west side of the city of Janesville, Wisconsin. The school, named for George S. Parker, founder of the Parker Pen Company, is a part of the School District of J ...

, Janesville, Wisconsin, USA *

Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School The Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School (usually referred to as the Parker Charter School by the public, or simply Parker by students) is a public charter school in Fort Devens, Devens, Massachusetts, United States that serves students i ...

, Devens, Massachusetts, USA *

Parker Academy Parker Academy is a private day school in Concord, New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 2001, the school serves students in grades 6 through 12. Campus The Academy's high school is housed in the former Millville ...

, Concord, New Hampshire, USA

Other

* ARA ''Parker'' (P-44), an ''Espora''-class corvette serving in the Argentine Navy * Fort Parker massacre, at Parker's Fort, Texas * ''

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle ''Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle'' is a 1994 American biographical film, biographical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Alan Rudolph from a screenplay written by Rudolph and Randy Sue Coburn. The film stars Jennifer Jason Le ...

'' * Parker, a player of

park golf is a form of golf played in a park that was invented in Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan in 1983. Aesthetically, it resembles a sport somewhere between golf and croquet. The competitive object of the game is to hit the ball into a hole with a club in t ...

* ''Parker'' (1984 film), a 1984 British crime film * ''Parker'' (2013 film), a 2013 crime thriller film *

Parker (Stark novels character) Parker is a fictional character created by American novelist Donald E. Westlake. A professional robber specializing in large-scale, high-profit crimes, Parker is the main protagonist of 24 of the 28 novels Westlake wrote under the pseudonym Ric ...

, a fictional character and franchise created by Donald E. Westlake *

Aloysius Parker Aloysius "Nosey" Parker is a fictional character introduced in the British 1960s Supermarionation television series '' Thunderbirds'', who also appears in the film sequels '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and ''Thunderbird 6'' (1968) and the 2004 l ...

, a fictional character from the 1960s ''Thunderbirds'' British TV series, known mononymously as "Parker" *

Parker immunity doctrine The Parker immunity doctrine is an exemption from Legal liability, liability for engaging in antitrust violations. It applies to the state when it exercises legislative authority in creating a regulation with anticompetitive effects, and to priva ...

, a principle in antitrust law in the United States ** ''

Parker v. Brown ''Parker v. Brown'', 317 U.S. 341 (1943), was a United States Supreme Court case on the scope of United States antitrust law. It held that actions taken by state governments were exempt from the scope of the Sherman Act. Facts The case was an ap ...

'', the United States Supreme Court decision that gave rise to the foregoing *

Parker Morris Committee The Parker Morris Committee drew up an influential 1961 report on housing space standards in public housing in the United Kingdom titled ''Homes for Today and Tomorrow''. The committee was led by Sir Parker Morris. Its report concluded that the q ...

and the Parker Morris Standards *

Parker truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

, type of bridge design * Parker Solar Probe, spacecraft which probed the outer corona of the Sun (launched by NASA in 2018)