Price (surname)
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Price is a surname (family name or last name) originating from the British Isles. It is a common name among those of Welsh ancestry, as it is an anglicized corruption form of the Welsh name ap Rhys, meaning son of Rhys. See also Welsh surnames
[edit] People named Price
- Alan Price (born April 19, 1942), a musician, songwriter, and actor.
- Birgitte Price (1934-1997), Danish actress
- Bob Price (1927-2004), a Republican congressman from the Texas Panhandle from 1967-1975
- Bruce Price (1845-1903), the architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Château-type stations and hotels
- Carey Price (born 1987), a Canadian hockey goaltender playing for the Montreal Canadiens
- Cedric Price (1934-2003), an English architect and influential teacher and writer on architecture
- Charles A. Price (born 1957), a Silicon Valley technologist, inventor and executive
- Charles H. Price II, a prominent Indian businessman and former Ambassador of the United States
- Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988), US Congressman
- Chris Price (born 1960), a former English footballer who played in the right-back position and was noted for his attacking runs
- David Price (American politician) (born 1940), an American politician
- David Price (British politician) (born 20 November 1924), a British Conservative Party politician
- David Price (footballer) (born June 23, 1955), an English former footballer
- Derek J. de Solla Price (1922-1983), science historian and information scientist
- Dick Price (1930-1985), co-founder of Esalen Institute
- E. Hoffmann Price (1898-1988), writer of popular fiction
- Eli Kirk Price (1797-1884), first commissioner of Fairmount Park
- Ernest B. Price (1890-1973), American diplomat in China
- Evadne Price (1896/1901-1985), British freelance journalist, columnist, author, playwright, actor, television presenter, screenwriter, and astrologer
- Gary Price, an electronic librarian
- George Cadle Price (born 1919), the first Prime Minister of Belize and the architect of that country's independence
- George Lawrence Price, a Canadian soldier who is traditionally recognized as being the last soldier killed during the First World War
- George McCready Price (1870-1963), a Canadian creationist
- George Price (New Yorker cartoonist) (1901-1995), a United States cartoonist
- George R. Price (1922-1975), an American population geneticist
- Grenfell Price (1892-1977), Australian historian and geographer
- Harry Price (1881-1948), British researcher of psychical phenomena
- Harry Price (Royal Navy) (1877-1965), British sailor and author
- Harry Price (games programmer), infamous programmer for the ZX Spectrum in the 1980s
- James H. Price (1878-1943), an American politician
- Jerry Price (born 1979), Call Centre employee extraordinaire/ Art-Fag
- Kenneth Price (1935-), an American artist
- Lia Scott Price (1967-), an American author and film producer
- Leontyne Price (born 1927), American opera singer
- Lloyd Price (born 1933), rock and roll musician
- Mark Price, former NBA basketball player
- Mary Price, an American citizen and secretary to journalist Walter Lippmann of the New York Herald
- Matthew Price, a British journalist
- Mike Price (born 1946), an American football coach
- Nick Price (born 1957), a professional golfer
- Peerless Price (born 1976), an American football wide receiver
- Peter Price (politician) (born 1946), Honorary MEP and member of the European Strategy Council
- Ray Price
- Raymond A. Price (born 1933), Canadian geologist
- Reynolds Price (born 1933), American man of letters
- Richard H. Price, a leading American physicist
- Richard J Price, a former member of the National Artists Association
- Richard Price (1723-1791), Welsh philosopher
- Richard Price (New South Wales politician), an Australian politician
- Richard Price (writer) (born 1949), an American novelist and screenwriter
- Robert M. Price (born 1954), a Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary
- Robert Price (attorney), an American attorney, investment banker and corporate executive
- Rodman M. Price (1816-1894), an American Democratic Party politician
- Roger Price (Australian politician) (born 1945), Australian politician
- Roger Price (comedy) (1918-1990), an American comedy writer best known for his collaborations with Leonard Stern on Mad Libs
- Roger Price (television producer) (born 1941), a British television producer
- Sarah Price (born 1979), a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom
- Sean Price, an American rapper
- Sterling Price, Confederate major general during the American Civil War
- Steve Price, Australian rugby league player
- Thomas Price (1852-1909), a mason and lay preacher who became the first Labour premier of South Australia
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787-1848), a historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century
- Tom Price (actor), one of the stars of the Five comedy sketch show Swinging
- Tom Price (ice hockey) (born 1954), a former ice hockey player
- Tom Price (US politician) (born 1954), an American politician
- Vincent Price (1911-1993), American actor
- Vincent Price (musician), bass player for the band Body Count
- William A. Price, an American journalist who worked as the police reporter for the New York Daily News from 1940-1955
- William Evan Price (1827-1880), a Quebec businessman and political figure
- William Herbert Price, Attorney General of Ontario from 1926 to 1934 and Treasurer from 1923 to 1926
- William Price (doctor) (1800-1893), a physician and a famous eccentric
- William Price (industrialist) (1860-1938), a farmer and industrialist
- William Price (politician) (1934-1999), British Labour politician
- William Price (Royalist colonel) (1619-1691), a Royalist colonel in the English Civil War
- William Ray Price, Jr., a judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri
- Scott T. Price (born 1962) Retired US Military, Government Computers Systems Specialist. U.S. Social Reform Activist. Anarchist.
[edit] Fictional people named Price
- One of the trio of "Whitman, Price, and Haddad", "last season's winners" on the fictional TV show The Running Man.
- Captain Price, fictional leader of the 22nd SAS Regiment in the 2007 video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare