Tweedie is a

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origin. The name is a habitational name from Tweedie, located in the parish of Stonehouse, south of

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. The origin and meaning of the name is unknown.Tweedie Name Meaning and History
Retrieved on 2012-07-13 Notable people with the surname include: *

Alexander Tweedie Dr Alexander Tweedie FRS (29 August 1794 – 30 May 1884) was a Scottish physician and writer. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 29 August 1794, and received his early education at the Royal High School there. In 1809 he began medical studies ...

(1794–1884), Scottish physician and writer *

Andrew Tweedie Andrew Neil Walter Tweedie (born 27 November 1975 in Durban) is a South African first class cricketer for the Nashua Dolphins. A right arm fast medium bowler, he has also had a stint at Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial coun ...

(born 1975), South African cricketer *

Charles Tweedie Charles Tweedie FRSE (27 June 186814 September 1925) was a Scottish mathematician and mathematical historian. Life Tweedie was born in Swinton on 27 June 1868, the son of Charlotte Lugton (1836–1909) and George Tweedie (1837–1905) a schoolm ...

(1868-1925), Scottish mathematician * Dave Tweedie (born 1968), American composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer *

David Tweedie (accountant) Sir David Philip Tweedie (born 7 July 1944) is a British accountant. He is the former chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (2001-2011) and the ninetieth member of The Accounting Hall of Fame. Career Born in Newcastle-Upon- ...

(born 1944), Scottish accountant * David Tweedie (mathematician) (1865-1934), Scottish mathematician * David J. Tweedie (1870-1926), Scottish mathematician *

Ethel Brilliana Tweedie Ethel Brilliana Tweedie Royal Geographical Society, FRGS (1862–1940) was a prolific English author, travel writer, biographer, historian, editor, journalist, photographer and illustrator. She wrote as Mrs Alec Tweedie, Mrs. Alec-Tweedie and a ...

(1862–1940), British author and feminist * Frederick Tweedie (1877–after 1925), Canadian politician * George R. Tweedie (1857–after 1893), English businessman * Herbert J. Tweedie (1864–1906), English golf course architect *

Hugh Tweedie Admiral Sir Hugh Justin Tweedie KCB (5 April 1877 – 20 August 1951) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served in the First and Second World War. Naval career Tweedie was born at Charlton, Kent, the son of General Michael Tweedie of the Roya ...

, English officer in the Royal Navy * Irina Tweedie (1907–1999), Russian-British Sufi *

Jill Tweedie Jill Sheila Tweedie (22 May 1936 – 12 November 1993) was a British feminist, writer and broadcaster. Biography She was educated at the independent Croydon High School in Croydon, South London. She wrote a column in ''The Guardian'' on femin ...

(1936–1993), British feminist, writer and broadcaster *

Lemuel John Tweedie Lemuel John Tweedie (November 30, 1849 – July 15, 1917) was a Canadian politician. His law partner in Chatham, New Brunswick for a time was Richard Bedford Bennett, later Prime Minister of Canada; and for a time Max Aitken was his office boy. ...

(1849–1917), Canadian politician and father of Frederick Tweedie *

Mark Tweedie Mark Tweedie (born September 29, 1956) is an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of ...

(born 1956), American politician *

Maurice Tweedie Maurice Charles Kenneth Tweedie (30 September 1919 – 14 March 1996) was a British medical physicist and statistician from the University of Liverpool. He was known for research into the exponential family probability distributions. Education ...

, British medical physicist and statistician * Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953), multi-media artist from New Zealand * Michael Tweedie (1907–1993), naturalist and archaeologist * Penny Tweedie (1940–2011), English photojournalist *

Richard Tweedie Richard Lewis Tweedie (22 August 1947 – 7 June 2001) was an Australian statistician. Education After having completed his undergraduate studies and a Master of Arts at the Australian National University, Tweedie moved to Cambridge University, ...

(1947–2001), Australian statistician * Rob Tweedie (born 1979), American musician *

Scott Tweedie Scott Tweedie (born 29 January 1988) is an Australian television and radio host, presenter and producer. He previously was in the United States hosting on the E! Network. Tweedie was a network host for Network 10, hosting the hit music televisi ...

(born 1988), Australian television and radio presenter *

Stephen Tweedie Stephen C. Tweedie is a Scottish software developer who is known for his work on the Linux kernel, in particular his work on filesystems. After becoming involved with the development of the ext2 filesystem working on performance issues, he led ...

(born 1969), Scottish software developer *

Thomas Tweedie Thomas Mitchell March Tweedie (4 March 1871 – 4 October 1944) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and chief justice in Alberta, Canada. Early life Tweedie was born in River John, Nova Scotia, on 4 March 1871, to James Tweedie a Methodist Min ...

(1871–1944), Canadian politician and Chief Justice * William Tweedie (1836-1914), Scottish Major-General and Diplomat * William King Tweedie (1803–1863), Scottish Presbyterian minister *

William Menzies Tweedie William Menzies Tweedie (19 February 1826– 19 March 1878) was a Scottish portrait-painter.Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994. Life He was born in Glasgow, the son of David Tweedie, a ...

(1826–1878), Scottish portrait painter

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{{surname, Tweedie Surnames of Lowland Scottish origin

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