Ridge (surname)

Ridge is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

surname. Additionally, as an Anglo- Irish surname, ''Ridge'' may translate

Mac an Iomaire Mac an Iomaire is a Gaelic- Irish surname. Overview Mac an Iomaire is a gaelicisation of the Anglo- Irish surname Ridge, which is recorded in County Roscommon in the early 17th century. Some thirty householders named ''Ridge'' were located in ...

Mac Con Iomaire Mac Con Iomaire, Gaelic-Irish surname Overview In Ireland, the surname Montgomery has in some cases undergone gaelicisation, with Montgomery translated into ''Mac Con Iomaire''. It is also used to translate the surname Ridge. It is found main ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Ridge Keith Alan Ridge (born 18 July 1934) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1980, representing the seat of Kimberley. He was a minister in the government o ...

(born 1934), Australian politician * Albert Alphonso Ridge (1898–1967), American judge * Antonia Ridge (1895–1981), Dutch-British writer and broadcaster *

Ben Ridge Ben Ridge (born 13 December 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played at and and played for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. Background Born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Ridge moved to Roma ...

(born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer *

John Ridge John Ridge, born ''Skah-tle-loh-skee'' (ᏍᎦᏞᎶᏍᎩ, Yellow Bird) ( – 22 June 1839), was from a prominent family of the Cherokee Nation, then located in present-day Georgia. He went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to study at the Foreign Mis ...

or Yellow Bird (1802–1839), member of the Cherokee Tribe, son of Major Ridge * John Rollin Ridge or Cheesquatalawny (1827–1867), member of the Cherokee tribe, first Native American novelist * Major Ridge or Pathkiller II (1771–1839), Cherokee Indian leader *

Matthew Ridge Matthew John Ridge (born 27 August 1968) is a New Zealand television presenter, and a former rugby union and rugby league footballer. A fullback in both codes, Ridge played rugby union for Auckland and became an All Black, but never won an in ...

(born 1968), New Zealand rugby footballer *

Sophy Ridge Sophy Arabella Ridge (born 17 October 1984) is an English broadcast journalist. She currently works for Sky News and has presented ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday'' since 2017, (and can be accessehere. In 2022, she launched ''The Take with Sophy Ridge' ...

(born 1984), English journalist *

Sterling Ridge James Sterling Ridge, Sr. (October 29, 1936 – April 18, 2012) was an American politician. Biography Born in Alexandria, Louisiana, Ridge graduated from Glendale High School in Glendale, Arizona, Phoenix Community College, and Arizona State Univ ...

(1936–2012), American politician * Stuart Ridge (born 1961), English cricketer *

Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. ...

(born 1945), American politician and author {{surname, Ridge English-language surnames