Wick (surname)

An English topographic name for someone who lived on an outlying farm; it is a modern variation of the Anglo-Saxon wic. The surname is also of German origin.

## People

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* Cole Wick (born 1993), American athlete and NFL player
* Denis Wick (1931–2025), British orchestral trombonist
* Douglas Wick (born 1954), American movie producer
* Emily Wick, American academic and MIT professor
* Frances Wick (1875–1941), American physicist
* Gian-Carlo Wick (1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist
* Hal Wick (1944–2018), American politician
* Helmut Wick (1915–1940), German Luftwaffe fighter pilot
* Joe Wick (1916–1994), German orchestra conductor, singer and drummer
* Johann Jakob Wick (1522–1588), a Protestant clergyman from Zürich
* John Wick (game designer)
* John Wick, a whistleblower responsible for the disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament
* Rowan Wick (born 1992), Canadian baseball player
* Stan Wick, (born 1984) Swiss-born Irish ice hockey centre, currently contracted to HC Ambrí-Piotta.
* Walter Wick (born 1953), American artist and photographer
* William W. Wick (1796–1868), American politician, United States Congressman, and Secretary of State of Indiana
* Milton I. Wick, American newspaper businessman who founded Wick Communications Company.
* Hilton Wick (1920–2006), American politician and Vermont Senator
* Temperance Wick, American heroine

## Fictional characters

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* John Wick, titular character of the eponymous film series, and films John Wick: Chapter 1 (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).

## See also

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* Wick (disambiguation)
* Wicks (surname)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Wick.
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