Kendrick
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Kendrick is a name which may originate from the Welsh word Cynwrig, "greatest champion", or the Anglo-Saxon word Cyneric, "family ruler".
It may refer to:
[edit] People
- Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
- Donald M. Kendrick, Canadian choirmaster
- Eddie Kendricks (Edward James Kendrick), Motown recording artist and founding member of The Temptations
- Graham Kendrick, British Christian singer-songwriter
- Howie Kendrick, American baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Kyle Kendrick, American baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- John Kendrick:
- John Kendrick (cloth merchant) (1573 – 1624), English cloth merchant
- John Kendrick (American sea captain) (c. 1740 - 1794)
- John B. Kendrick (1857 – 1933), United States Senator from Wyoming
- Rhonda Ross Kendrick, American actress
- Rob Kendrick, British guitarist
- Robert Kendrick, American Tennis player
- T. D. Kendrick (Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, 1895 – 1979), archaeologist and Director of the British Museum
- Tamsin Kendrick, British poet
- W. Freeland Kendrick, Mayor of Philadelphia (1924-28)
[edit] Places
[edit] Schools
- Kendrick School, a foundation girls' Grammar School, in Reading, Berkshire, England -- named after John Kendrick (1573-1624)
- Kendrick Boys School, founded in 1875 from the legacy of John Kendrick (1573-1624) subsequently taken over by the Reading School, in Reading, Berkshire, England