Garth
A garth is an enclosed quadrangle or yard, especially one surrounded by a cloister (Middle English; Old Norse garþr, garðr; akin to Anglo-Saxon geard).
Garth is a given name
- Garth Brooks, top-selling American country music artist
- Garth Christian, English nature writer
- Garth Crooks, former Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur footballer
- Garth Ennis, Irish comics writer
- Garth Hound, San Francisco based electronic musician
- Garth Hudson, Canadian organist for The Band
- Garth Jennings, film director in Hammer & Tongs team
- Garth Nix, Australian fantasy author
- Garth Richardson, Music producer
- Garth Snow, retired ice hockey goaltender
- Hon. Garth Turner, Canadian MP for Halton (1988-93 & 2006-08)
- Garth Williams, American children's book illustrator
Fictional persons
- Garth of Izar, also known as Lord Garth, Master of the Universe, fictional insane character in Star Trek's "Whom Gods Destroy"
- Garth (Shannara), fictional character in the The Heritage of Shannara series by Terry Brooks
- Garth (comics), a DC Comics superhero known as Aqualad and Tempest.
- Garth Marenghi, the fictional horror author
- Garth (comic strip), hero of long-running British newspaper strip, in the 1970s drawn by Frank Bellamy and [Martin Asbury]
- Garth Ranzz, also known as Lightning Lad or Live Wire, is a fictional superhero from DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes.
- Garth Algar, a main character from the skit and movie series Wayne's World.
- Garth, the Hero of Will from the game Fable II.
Garth as surname
- Charles Garth MP, c.1734-1784 MP for Devizes, British colonial agent, South Carolina
- Jennie Garth, American Beverly Hills, 90210 actress
- John Garth, 1701–1764, a British politician
- John Garth (composer), 1721–1810, an English composer
- Leonard I. Garth, American judge
- Sir Richard Garth, 1820–1903, Chief Justice of Bengal and Privy Counsellor
- Sir Samuel Garth, 1661–1719, British physician
- General Thomas Garth (General), Equerry to George III
- Captain Thomas Garth (Royal Navy), British Naval Commander
- Alfred Garth Jones, 1872-c.1944, an English illustrator
As a place name
See also