Erskine (disambiguation)

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Erskine (from Erskine, the town in Scotland) can refer to:

• Erskine, Minnesota
• Erskine College, South Carolina
• Erskine, Western Australia
• Erskine, Alberta

People known by the name of Erskine include the following members of Scots nobility:

• Ebenezer Erskine (1680-1754)
• Ralph Erskine (1685-1752), younger brother of Ebenezer
• Henry Erskine (1746-1817), younger brother of David Steuart
• Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), younger brother of Thomas
• John Erskine (1721-1803)
• Thomas Erskine (1788-1870)

Other people with this name include:

• Albert Russel Erskine (1871–1933), an American businessman who served as president of the Studebaker Corporation from 1915 to 1933.
• Carl Erskine (1926-present), former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 to 1959.
• Graves B. Erskine (1897-1973), a U.S. Marine Corps General who led the 3rd Marine Division during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
• Joe Erskine (American boxer) (birth date unknown), former welterweight boxer and long distance runner.
• Joe Erskine (Welsh boxer) (1934-1990), former British and British Empire heavyweight boxing champion.
• Peter Erskine (1954-present), drummer
• Ralph Erskine (1914-2005), London-born architect, who lived and worked in Sweden for most of his life.
• Robert Erskine (1735–1780), map-maker to George Washington during the Revolutionary War
• Laurie York Erskine (1894-1976), writer and author

Also see:

The Erskine (automobile) was a brand (marque) of automobiles produced by the Studebaker Corporation from 1927-1930.