York and Yorke are surnames and may refer to:

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* Alexander M. York (1838–1928), American politician *

Alissa York Alissa York (born 1970) is a Canadian writer and the 1999 winner of the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award. She lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba before settling in Toronto with her writer/filmmaker/publisher husband Clive Holden. York is best known for ...

(born 1970), Canadian writer * Alvin C. York (1887–1964), American war hero * Andrew York (born 1958), American guitarist * Andy York (1894–1977), British football player *

Byron York Byron York (born December 5, 1955) is an American conservative correspondent, pundit, columnist, and author. Education York holds a B.A. from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and an M.A. from the University of Chicago. Career York ...

(born 1958), American author and journalist *

Cade York Cade York (born January 27, 2001) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football for the LSU Tigers, and selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft. Early years York attend ...

(born 2001), American football player *

Cameron York Cameron York (born January 5, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 14th overall by the Flyers in the first round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Befo ...

(born 2001), American ice hockey player * Carol Beach York (1928–2013), American children's author *

Christian York Jason Spence (born April 13, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Christian York. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Impact Wrestling. C ...

(born 1977), American professional wrestler * Chris York (born 1989), English rugby union player *

Christopher York Major Christopher York (27 July 1909 – 13 March 1999) was a British Conservative politician. York was the eldest son of Captain Edward York and his wife, Violet Helen ''née'' Milner, daughter of Sir Frederick Milner, 7th Baronet. He was Member ...

(1909–1999), British politician * Colin York (1904–1973), Australian rugby league player *

Deborah York Deborah York, born 1964 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, is a classical soprano in concert and opera, and a teacher and conductor. She has British and German nationalities and has been living in Berlin since 1996. Biography York studied piano ...

(born 1964), British singer *

Dick York Richard Allen York (September 4, 1928 – February 20, 1992) was an American radio, stage, film, and television actor. He was the first actor to play Darrin Stephens on the ABC fantasy sitcom ''Bewitched''. He played teacher Bertram Cates in the ...

(1928–1992), American actor *

Dolores Crow Dolores J. Crow (née York; November 14, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American politician who served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from 1982 to 2006. Early life Crow was born in Clovis, New Mexico. In 1933, her family mov ...

(née York; 1931–2018), American legislator *

Dwight York Dwight D. York (born June 26, 1945),Philips, Abu Ameenah Bilal. ''The Ansar Cult in America,'' Tawheed Publications 1988, p. 1. Philips claims that in 1975 York's publications changed his declared birth year from 1935 to 1945, to coincide with ...

(born 1945), American criminal, author and musician *

, stand-up comedian * Dwight A. York (born 1939), Wisconsin politician * Ernest York (–1917), English footballer *

E. T. York E. Travis York, Jr. (July 4, 1922 – April 15, 2011) was an American agronomist, professor, university administrator, agricultural extension administrator, and U.S. presidential adviser. York was a native of Alabama, and earned his bachelor ...

(1922–2011), American university president *

Francine York Francine York (born Francine Yerich; August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017) was an American actress and model. She also used the name Francine Yerick. Early life Francine Yerich was born to Frank and Sophie Yerich in the small mining town Aurora ...

(1936–2017), American actress *

Gabe York Gabe York (born August 2, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats, earning second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12 as a ...

(born 1993), American basketball player for

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

Harry York Harold Cameron York (born April 16, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played several seasons in the National Hockey League. Playing career Born in Ponoka, Alberta, York was the Alberta Junior Hockey League MVP and lea ...

(born 1974), Canadian ice hockey player *

Herbert York Herbert Frank York (24 November 1921 – 19 May 2009) was an American nuclear physicist of Mohawk origin.http://www.edge.org/conversation/nsa-the-decision-problem. The Decision Problem He held numerous research and administrative positions a ...

(1921–2009), American physicist *

James W. York James W. York Jr. (born July 3, 1939 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an American mathematical physicist who contributed to the theory of general relativity. In any physical theory, it is important to understand when solutions to the fundamental fiel ...

(born 1939), American mathematical physicist *

James Warren York James Warren York (more commonly known as J. W. York) was a musician, businessman, business owner and musical instrument innovator. York was born November 24, 1839, in Exeter, New Hampshire, and died February 9, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. Y ...

(1839–1927), American musical instrument innovator *

Jason York Jason Andrew York (born May 20, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and current broadcaster. A defenceman, he played for the Detroit Red Wings, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Ottawa Senators, N ...

(born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player *

Jerry York Jerry York (born July 25, 1945) is an American former ice hockey coach who was the men's ice hockey coach at Boston College. York is the winningest coach in NCAA hockey, and leads the all-time list as the only Division I head coach with over 1,0 ...

(born 1945), American hockey coach * Jerry York (businessman) (1938–2010), American businessman *

John York John C. York (born April 18, 1949) is a retired American cancer research pathologist, married to Marie Denise DeBartolo York, and former co-owner and current co-chairman of the San Francisco 49ers.John York John C. York (born April 18, 1949) is a retired American cancer research pathologist, married to Marie Denise DeBartolo York, and former co-owner and current co-chairman of the San Francisco 49ers.John J. York John Joseph Robert York (born December 10, 1958) is an American actor. Although York has made appearances on such television shows as ''Dynasty'', ''Family Ties'', and ''21 Jump Street'', he is most recognizable for playing the role of Malcolm " ...

(born 1958), American actor *

Jones Orin York Jones Orin York (August 5, 1893 – July 1970) was recruited in California by Soviet spy Stanislav Shumovskij approximately in 1935. In 1950 York told the FBI that he had passed secrets to the KGB since the mid-1930s, including plans for a new air ...

(1893–1970), American spy for Russia *

Justin York Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and drummer Zac Farro. Williams and Farro are founding members of the group, whil ...

(born 1983), American guitarist *

Kathleen York Kathleen York is an American actress, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter recording artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for " In the Deep" from the 2004 film ''Crash.'' Life and career Actress Ac ...

, American actress and singer-songwriter *

Keith York Keith York is an English session drummer who has toured throughout the world and worked with a range of bands, including The Lightning Seeds, Pitchshifter, bivouac, Ladytron, and Esoteric, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Broadcast and Love Amongst Ruin. He wa ...

, English drummer *

Melissa York Melissa York is a rock drummer noted for her work with iconic lesbian bands such as Team Dresch, The Butchies, and Amy Ray. She lives in Durham, North Carolina. Biography York first began drumming with the New York-based hardcore punk bands ...

(born 1969), American drummer *

Michael York (actor) Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 1942) is an English film, television and stage actor. After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's ''Ro ...

(born 1942), British actor * Michael York (field hockey player) (born 1967), Australian field hockey player *

Mike York Michael Allan York (born January 3, 1978) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger. He last played and captained the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Playing career York was born in Waterford, Michigan. ...

(born 1978), American ice hockey player *

Morgan York Morgan Elizabeth York is an American writer and former child actress best known for her roles as Kim Baker in the film ''Cheaper by the Dozen'', Lulu in ''The Pacifier'' (2005), and as Sarah in the '' Hannah Montana'' series. Career Her first ...

(born 1993), American actress *

Myrth York Myrth York (born June 7, 1946) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1991 to 1994. She ran unsuccessfully for governor of Rhode Island in 1994, 1998, and 2002. Early life and education Yo ...

(born 1946), American politician *

Peter York Peter York (born Peter Wallis; 1944) is a British management consultant, author and broadcaster best known for writing ''Harpers & Queen's'' ''The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook'' with Ann Barr. He has worked as a columnist for ''The Indepe ...

(born 1944), British management consultant, author and broadcaster *

Rachel York Rachel York (born August 7, 1971) is an American actress and singer. She is known for stage roles in '' City of Angels'', ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'', ''Les Misérables'', ''Victor/Victoria'', ''Kiss Me, Kate'', ''Sly Fox'', '' Dirty Rotten Scound ...

(born 1971), American actress and singer *

Roy E. York Roy E. York (December 3, 1879 – April 8, 1955) was an American politician and farmer who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947, representing the 12th legislative district of Minnesota in the 53rd and 54th Minnesota ...

(1879-1955), American farmer and politician *

Rudy York Preston Rudolph York (August 17, 1913 – February 5, 1970) was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher and a first baseman between and , most notably as a member of the ...

(1913–1970), American baseball player * Russell J. York (1921–2006), American war hero * Rusty York (1935–2014), American singer * Samuel York (1645–1718), for whom York Landing, Maine, is named *

Sarah York Sarah York (born 1978) is an American woman who, at age 10, became the pen pal of Manuel Noriega, the then-''de facto'' ruler of Panama. York began correspondence with Noriega after her father suggested on a whim that she should write to him bec ...

(born 1978), American pen-pal of Manuel Noriega *

Steve York Steven H. York (born July 1, 1943) is a documentary filmmaker and video game creator who has worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America on subjects ranging from religious fundamentalism to American history to nonviolent conflict. ...

(born 1943), American documentary filmmaker * J. Steven York (born 1957), American writer *

Susan York Susan York (born 1951) is an American artist and educator, primarily known for her reductive cast graphite sculpture. She lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico where the quality of light and expansive emptiness of the high desert landscape prov ...

, American artist *

Susannah York Susannah Yolande Fletcher (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011), known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including '' Tom Jones'' (1963) and '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' ...

(1939–2011), British actress * Taurean York (born 2005), American football player *

Taylor York Taylor Benjamin York (born December 17, 1989) is an American musician who is the guitarist of rock band Paramore. His brother Justin was a touring member of Relient K and was a touring guitarist for Paramore until 2022. Biography York was born ...

(born 1989), American musician * Teri York (born 1955), Canadian diver * Tina York (born 1954), German pop singer *

Tony York Tony Batton York (November 27, 1912 in Irene, Texas – April 18, 1970 in Hillsboro, Texas) was a professional baseball player. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1944 as a shortstop and third baseman. Th ...

(1912–1970), American baseball player *

Tyre York Tyre Glenn York (May 4, 1836 – January 28, 1916) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1883 and 1885. Prior to that he served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate. York, born in Rockford, Nort ...

(1836–1916), American politician *

William Herbert York William Herbert "Lum" York (November 16, 1918 – August 15, 2004) was a musician best known as the bass player in Hank Williams Drifting Cowboys from 1944–1949. After leaving the Drifting Cowboys, York played bass in Lefty Frizzell's ban ...

(1918–2004), American musician *

York (explorer) York (1770–75 – after 1815) was an American explorer and historic figure, being the only African-American member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; he participated in the entire exploration and made significant contributions to its success. H ...

(1770–1831), American slave who served with the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Yorke

People

Andy Yorke Andy Yorke (born 10 January 1972) is an English musician and former lead singer and guitarist for the band Unbelievable Truth. He is the younger brother of Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. Early life Yorke began singing when he was ten. At the ...

(born 1972), British musician *

Barbara Yorke Barbara Yorke FRHistS FSA (born 1951, Barbara Anne Elizabeth Troubridge) is a historian of Anglo-Saxon England, specialising in many subtopics, including 19th-century Anglo-Saxonism. She is currently emeritus professor of early Medieval histor ...

(born 1951), British historian *

Charles Philip Yorke Charles Philip Yorke (12 March 1764 – 13 March 1834) was a British politician. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1803 to 1804. Political career He sat as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire from 1790 to 1810. He was commis ...

(1764–1834), British politician *

Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke Admiral Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke, PC (2 April 1799 – 17 September 1873) was a British naval commander and Conservative politician. Background Born at Sydney Lodge, in Hamble le Rice, Hardwicke was the eldest son of Admira ...

(1799–1873), British politician *

Charles Yorke Charles Yorke Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (30 December 172220 January 1770) was briefly Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His father was also Lord Chancellor, and he began his career as a Member of Parliament. ...

(1722–1770), British lawyer and politician *

Charles Yorke (British Army officer) Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke GCB (7 December 1790 – 20 November 1880) was a senior British Army officer. He fought in many of the battles of the Peninsular War and of the Hundred Days, seeing action as an extra aide-de-camp to Major-Ge ...

(1790–1880), British soldier *

Clint Yorke Clint Gabriel Yorke (born 7 June 1962) is a former cricketer who played for the Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team in West Indian domestic cricket as an opening batsman. References External links * 1962 births Living people Trinida ...

, Tobagoan cricketer *

Dwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian former professional footballer and current manager of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester Unit ...

(born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago football player *

Edith Yorke Edith Yorke (born Edith Murgatroyd; 23 December 1867 – 28 July 1934) was an English actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. Biography Yorke was born in Derby; her family later moved to Croydon, Surrey. Edith re ...

(1867–1934), British actress * Elenor Yorke (1911–1983), American author *

Henry Yorke (priest) Henry Reginald Yorke (30 October 180326 September 1871) was Archdeacon of Huntington from 22 March 1856 to 16 March 1870. The son of Joseph Sydney Yorke, he was born in Bursledon, educated at St John's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1827. ...

(1803–1871), Archdeacon of Huntington * Henry Redhead Yorke (1772–1813), English writer and radical publicist *

Henry Vincent Yorke Henry Green was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke (29 October 1905 – 13 December 1973), an English writer best remembered for the novels ''Party Going'', ''Living'' and '' Loving''. He published a total of nine novels between 1926 and 1952 ...

(1905–1973), British author *

James A. Yorke James A. Yorke (born August 3, 1941) is a Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics and former chair of the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United ...

(born 1941), American mathematician * John Yorke (disambiguation), several people *

Joseph Sydney Yorke Admiral Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke KCB (6 June 1768 – 5 May 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He commanded at the defeat ...

(1768–1831), British admiral *

Margaret Yorke Margaret Beda Nicholson (née Larminie; 30 January 1924 – 17 November 2012), known professionally as Margaret Yorke, was an English crime fiction writer. Life and work Margaret Larminie was born in Compton, Surrey, near Godalming, on 3 ...

(pseudonym of Margaret Beda Nicholson; 1924–2012), British author *

Michael Yorke Michael Leslie Yorke (25 March 1939 – 19 April 2019) was an Anglican priest in the last decades of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st. He was born on 25 March 1939 and educated at Midhurst Grammar School and Magdalene College, Cam ...

(1939–2019), Anglican priest *

Nick Yorke Nicholas Anthony Yorke (born April 2, 2002) is an American professional baseball player in the Boston Red Sox organization. He was selected 17th overall by the Red Sox in the 2020 MLB draft. Listed at and , he bats and throws right-handed. Amate ...

(born 2002), American baseball player *

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, (1 December 16906 March 1764) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a close confidant of the Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister between 1754 and 1 ...

(1690–1764), British lawyer and politician *

Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, PC, FRS (9 March 1720 – 16 May 1790), styled Viscount Royston between 1754 and 1764, was an English politician and writer. Life The eldest son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, he was educated at ...

(1720–1790), British politician *

Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, KG, PC, FRS (31 May 1757 – 18 November 1834), known as Philip Yorke until 1790, was a British politician. Background and education Born in Cambridge, England, he was the eldest son of Charles Yorke, L ...

(1757–1834), British politician * Thomas Yorke (disambiguation), several people

Characters

Hal Yorke Hal Yorke (also ''Lord Harry'' or ''Henry Yorke'' ) is a fictional vampire in the comedy-drama TV series ''Being Human'', portrayed by Damien Molony. The male lead for the duration of the show's last two series appeared in 14 episodes of the dr ...

, fictional vampire in the British TV Series ''Being Human'' *

J.T. Yorke James Tiberius "J.T." Yorke is a fictional character from the Canadian teen drama series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation.'' He was portrayed by Ryan Cooley. He debuted in the first episode of the series and appeared throughout its first six seaso ...

, a fictional character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' English toponymic surnames {{surname, York