Church (surname)

Church is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Albert T. Church (born 1947), Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy
Alfred John Church (1829–1912) an English classical scholar
Alonzo Church (1903–1995), logician, famous for the Church-Turing thesis and lambda calculus
Arthur Harry Church (1865–1937), British botanist and botanical illustrator
Arthur Herbert Church (1834–1915), British chemist
Austin Church (1799–1879), American physician and entrepreneur
Captain Benjamin Church (1639–1718), colonial officer during King Philip's War
Benjamin Church (physician) (1734–1776), first Surgeon General of the Continental Army and grandson of Captain Benjamin Church
Benjamin Church (carpenter) (1807–1887), American pioneer and builder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bethine Clark Church (1923–2013), spouse of American senator Frank Church
Brad Church (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
Charlotte Church (born 1986), Welsh soprano singer and talk show host
Doug Church (born 1968), video-game designer
Elihu Dwight Church (1836–1908), American book collector and philanthropist
Ellen Church (1904–1965), first airline stewardess
Eric Church (born 1977), American country music singer
Forrest Church (1948–2009), American minister, son of Senator Frank Church
Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), American writer (famous for the editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus)
Frank Church (1924–1984), four-term U.S. Senator from Idaho.
Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), landscape painter
Frederic A. Church (1878–1936), American engineer and early roller coaster designer.
Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924), American artist.
George Church (geneticist) (born 1954), Harvard geneticist, molecular engineer, and chemist, founder of the Personal Genome Project.
George W. Church Sr. (1903–1956), founder of Church's Chicken, a chain of franchised fried chicken restaurants
Gerald Church (1928–2021), Scottish footballer
Gordon Church (1960–1988), American gay murder victim
Kenneth Church (1930–2020), Canadian jockey
James E. Church (1869–1959), pioneered the techniques used to measure snow and forecast seasonal water supplies
John A. Church (born 1951), an expert on sea-level and its changes
Judith Church (born 1953), a politician in the United Kingdom
Leonard C. Church (1846–1915), American businessman, farmer, and politician
Louis K. Church (1845–1898), New York Supreme Court justice
Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954), American writer and civil-rights activist
Maureen Elizabeth Church (born 1930), Welsh botanist and botanical illustrator
Michael Church, Grenadian politician
Mike Church (born 1962), a Southern United States radio commentator
Richard Church (general) (1784–1873), a British military officer and general in the Greek army
Richard William Church (1825–1890), an English divine, nephew of the general
Richard Church (poet) (1893–1972), an English poet and man of letters
Robert Reed Church (1839–1912), the first African-American millionaire
Rosemary Church, (born 1962), TV anchor
Ryan Church (born 1978), an American baseball player
Simon Church (born 1988), Welsh international footballer
Thomas Church (1798–1860), a British colonial administrator under the British East India Company
Thomas Church (landscape architect) (1902–1978), American landscape architect
Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), American actor in television and film
Thomas Langton Church (1870–1950), Canadian politician
Walter G. Church Sr. (1927–2012), member of the North Carolina General Assembly
William Church (c. 1778 – 1863), American inventor who patented a typesetting machine in 1822

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