Merrick (surname)

Merrick or Merick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

• Bryn Merrick (1958–2015), British guitarist with The Damned
• David Merrick (1911–2000), American theatre producer
• Doris Merrick (1919–2019), American actress
• Elizabeth Merrick (born c. 1973), American writer and publisher
• Frank Merrick (1886–1981), English pianist
• Gordon Merrick (1916–1988), gay American writer and actor
• Jerry Merrick, American singer-songwriter
• James Merrick (1720–1769), English poet
• Linda Merrick (born 1963), British clarinettist
• Lynn Merrick (1919–2007), American Actress
• Sarah Newcomb Merrick (1844–?), Canadian-American teacher, writer, businessperson, physician, inventor
• Thom Merrick (born 1963), American artist
• Will Merrick (born 1993), English screen and stage actor
• Zack Merrick (born 1988), bassist in the band All Time Low

Business

• George E. Merrick (1886–1942), real estate developer of Coral Gables, Florida
• John Merrick (insurance) (1859–1919), African-American founder of North Carolina Mutual & Provident Insurance Company
• Samuel Vaughan Merrick (1801–1870), American manufacturer

Politics and governance

• Ben Merrick, Director of Overseas Territories in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Cathy Merrick (1962–2024), Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
• Henry Merrick (1837–?), Canadian politician
• John Merrick (fl. ca. 1596–1621), English ambassador to Russia
• Raymond Merrick (born 1939), member of the Kansas senate
• Scott Merrick (born 1985), member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
• William Duhurst Merrick (1793–1857), US senator from Maryland
• William Matthew Merrick (1818–1889), United States Circuit Court judge and congressman from Maryland
• John Merrick (MP) (1584–1659), politician and soldier

Sports

• Alan Merrick (born 1950), English association football player who played in the USA
• Bob Merrick (1893–1981), Australian rules footballer
• Ed Merrick, American football coach of the University of Richmond Spiders
• Ernie Merrick (born 1953), Scottish association football manager
• Gil Merrick (1922–2010), English association football goalkeeper and manager
• John Merrick (golfer) (b.orn 1982), American golfer
• Wayne Merrick (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• Merrick Elderton (1884–1939), English cricketer

Other

• A. W. Merrick (1840–1902), American journalist
• Anne Morrissy Merick (1933–2017), pioneering American journalist
• Christene Merick (1916–2008), American philanthropist
• Joseph Merrick (1862–1890), English man with severe deformities known as the "Elephant Man"
• Joseph Merrick (missionary) (1808–1849), Jamaican missionary to Cameroon
• Mary Virginia Merrick (1866–1955), American social reformer
• Richard T. Merrick (1828–1885), American lawyer
• Suds Merrick (died 1884), New York criminal