Butcher (surname)
Butcher is a common family name in England but it may have French origins. The name first reached England following its conquest by the Normans in 1066. It was originally an occupational surname used to identify a person who worked as a Butcher. The name derived from the Old English word boucher or the Old French word bouchier. Residents of the French area of Boursières, or their descendants, may have also adopted the surname Butcher.[1]
List of People with the surname Butcher
In sports
- Abdullah the Butcher, nickname of professional wrestler Larry Shreve
- Alan Butcher, English cricketer
- Basil Butcher, West Indian cricketer
- Butcher (Surrey cricketer), 18th century English cricketer
- David Butcher (cricketer), English cricketer
- Don Butcher, English professional squash player
- Donnie Butcher, American NBA basketball player and coach
- Garth Butcher, Canadian NHL hockey player
- Gary Butcher, English cricketer
- Harry Butcher, American race car driver
- Ian Butcher, English cricketer
- Mark Butcher, English cricketer
- Max Butcher, American baseball pitcher
- Mike Butcher, American baseball pitcher and coach
- Necro Butcher, nickname of American professional wrestler Dylan Keith Summers
- Richard Butcher, English footballer
- Roland Butcher, cricketer
- Susan Butcher, dog musher, multiple winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
- Terry Butcher, English football manager
Politicians and diplomats
Arts and entertainment
- A. J. Butcher, children's writer
- Adam Butcher, Canadian film actor
- Bilinda Butcher, vocalist and guitarist of rock band My Bloody Valentine
- Butcher Bros., American record producers
- Clyde Butcher, American photographer
- Fanny Butcher, American newspaper writer and literary critic
- Goler T. Butcher, American lawyer and professor
- Gordon Butcher, Australian member of The Warumpi Band
- Jim Butcher, American fantasy writer
- Jon Butcher, American singer, guitarist, and producer
- Kristin Butcher, Canadian writer and reviewer
- Lisa Butcher, English fashion model and TV presenter
- May Butcher, writer
- Paige Butcher, Australian fashion model
- Raegan Butcher, American poet and singer
- Sam Butcher, American artist
- The Butcher Brothers, alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores
- Tim Butcher, English journalist and author
- Tom Butcher, English television actor
- Andrew Mrotek, "the Butcher", American drummer for the band The Academy Is...
Other
See also
References
- ^ http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/butcher-family-crest.htm