Glick
Glick or Glik is a surname that is an Ashkenazi Jewish variation of the German surname Glück.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
Glick
[edit]- Alexis Glick, a national television personality who was a temporary host for the third hour of NBC's Today Show in 2006
- Alex Glick, a boy who, via charity raffle, won a minor appearance in a South Park episode, Red Man's Greed
- Arie Gill-Glick (1930–2016), Israeli Olympic runner
- Caroline Glick, American-Israeli journalist, deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post
- Deborah Glick, Democratic New York State Assembly member for the 66th Assembly District (lower Manhattan)
- Elmo Glick, pseudonym of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- George Washington Glick, American politician
- Hirsh Glick, poet from the Vilna Ghetto, writer of the lyrics for the partisan song Zog nit Keynmol
- Jeff Glick (d. 1985), American bridge player
- Jeremy Glick, a man who died in the September 11, 2001 attack and who fought back against the terrorists on United Airlines Flight 93
- Jiminy Glick, a fictional character portrayed by Martin Short in the TV series Primetime Glick (2001–2003)
- Larry Glick, Boston radio talk show host
- Peter Glick (American football), American football player and coach
- Robert Glick, director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
- Roman Glick, bass guitarist for American rock band Jackyl
- Ruth Glick, American writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels
- Shimon Glick, Israeli physician
- Shmuel Glick, Jewish theologian
- Srul Irving Glick (1934–2002), Canadian composer, radio producer, conductor and teacher
- Stacey Glick, American former child actress
- Thomas F. Glick, historian of science
- Wolfe Glick (born 1995), American streamer and YouTuber
- Yehuda Glick, Israeli activist
Fictional characters
[edit]- Max Glick or Maximilian Glick, a young Jewish coming-of-the-age boy originally in a novel by Canadian humorist writer Morley Todorov, also boy's father, Henry Glick and other family, Sarah Glick, Bryna Glick, Augustus Glick
Glik
[edit]- Kamil Jacek Glik (born 1988, Jastrzębie Zdrój), Polish footballer
See also
[edit]- Glik's, American retail clothing chain based in Granite City, Illinois, founded in 1897 by Joseph Glik
- Glik, an Israeli chocolate brand, now sold under the name Klik
- Gallick, surname
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (30 November 2022). "Glick". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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