Turk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Ahmet Türk Ahmet Türk (born 2 July 1942, Derik, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). He has been a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for several terms and was elected twice as the May ...

(born 1942), Kurdish politician * Alex Türk (born 1950), French politician *

Alexander Turk Alexander Turk (March 5, 1906 – January 1, 1988) was a professional wrestling promoter and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958. Born in Larne, Norther ...

(1906–1988), Canadian politician * Barbara Miklič Türk (born 1948), Slovenian politician and former First Lady *

Dan Turk Daniel Anthony Turk (June 25, 1962 – December 24, 2000) was an American football center and long snapper in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins. He ...

(1962–2000), American football player *

Daniel Gottlob Türk Daniel Gottlob Türk (10 August 1750 – 26 August 1813) was a German composer, organist, and music professor of the Classical period. Biography Born in Claußnitz, Saxony, Türk studied organ under his father and later under Johann Adam Hille ...

(1756–1813), German musician *

Danilo Türk Danilo Türk (; born 19 February 1952) is a Slovenian diplomat, professor of international law, human rights expert, and political figure who served as President of Slovenia from 2007 to 2012. He was the first Slovene ambassador to the United Nat ...

(born 1952), Slovenian politician *

Dilara Türk Dilara Türk (born July 30, 1996) is a Turkish-German female football midfielder currently playing in the German 2. Bundesliga for 1. FC Lübars with jersey number 16. She is part of the Turkey women's U-19 and Turkey women's team. Family l ...

(born 1996), Turkish-German women's footballer * Elizabeth Turk (born 1961), American artist * Frank Turk (1817/1818–1887), American jurist & entrepreneur * Frank Turk (biologist) (1911–1996), English entomologist and adult educationalist *

Gavin Turk Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey, and is considered to be one of the Young British Artists.Tate Modern. (2009)'Pop Life: Art in a Material World' Retrieved 14 August 2012. Turk's oeuvre deals with issues of aut ...

(born 1967), British artist *

Gerd Türk Gerd Türk is a German classical tenor. Biography Gerd Türk received his first musical training as a choir boy at the cathedral of Limburg. He studied in Frankfurt and then at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Richard Levitt and René Jaco ...

, German singer * Godwin Turk (born 1950), American football player *

Greg Turk Greg Turk is an American-born researcher in the field of computer graphics and a professor at the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). His paper "Zippered polygon mes ...

(born 1961), American-born computer scientist & academic * Gordon Turk, American musician * Hanan Turk (born 1971), Egyptian actress & dancer *

Hasan Türk Hasan Türk (born 20 March 1993 in Gönen, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Kemerspor 2003. A product of Beşiktaş A2, he was promoted to senior level in the beginning of the 2012-13 season. Made 8 Süpe ...

(born 1993), Turkish footballer *

Hikmet Sami Türk Hikmet Sami Türk (born 1935 in Of, Trabzon) is a Turkish academic and politician. He was at the faculty of law of Ankara University from 1967 until 1995. Elected to parliament from 1995 to 2002 for the Democratic Left Party, he was Minister ...

(born 1935), Turkish academic and politician * James Clinton Turk (1923–2014), American jurist *

Matt Turk Matthew Edward Turk (born June 16, 1968) is a former American football punter. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1993. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. A three- ...

(born 1968), American football player *

Matt Turk (musician) Matt Turk is a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and veteran performer

, American singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and veteran performer * M. K. Turk (1942–2013), American basketball coach *

Neil Turk Neil Richard Keith Turk (born 28 April 1983, Cuckfield) was an English cricketer. He is a left-handed specialist batsman with occasional right-arm medium-pace bowling, as well as a FIFA approved referee. Furthermore, Neil Turk studied Sports S ...

(born 1983), English cricketer *

Rifaat Turk Rifaat "Jimmy" Turk ( ar, رفعت ترك; he, רפעת טורק, born 16 September 1954) is a retired Arab-Israeli footballer, manager, and a former Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv. Turk was the first Arab to play for the Israel national team and to r ...

(born 1954), Palestinian football player *

Roy Turk Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin. In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...

(1892–1934), American songwriter *

Samuel Turk Samuel A. Turk (1917–2009) was an American-born pulpit rabbi who wrote columns for decades in ''The Jewish Press''. He was the rabbi of the Kingsbridge Center of Israel rabbi in Riverdale. He studied at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath under Rabbi Shlomo H ...

(1917–2009), American religious leader *

Stella Turk Stella Maris Turk, MBE (27 March 1925 – 3 April 2017) was a British zoologist, naturalist, and conservationist. She was known for her activities in marine biology and conservation, particularly as it applies to marine molluscs and mammals. ...

(1925–2017), British zoologist, naturalist, and conservationist *

Tommy Turk Thomas Eugene Turk (1927 – August 4, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist. Early life Tommy Turk was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1927. His father, Joseph, was a coal miner and self-taught trumpeter.Leonard, Vince, "Trombonist Turk Slai ...

(1927–1981), American musician *

William Turk William Turk (1866 – 1911) was an American ragtime pianist. He was reputably so obese that he could not put his left hand in front of his stomach, so he invented techniques playing with his left hand to the side. Eubie Blake claimed to have heard ...

(1866–1911), American musician *

Željko Turk Željko Turk () (born 25 March 1962 in Zagreb) is the mayor of Zaprešić, a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. Business career Turk began his working career in Regeneracija factory, in town of Zabok. In 1991 he founded his own private company ...

(born 1962), Croatian politician

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