Merrick (surname)
Merrick or Merick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts and entertainment
- Bryn Merrick, British guitarist with The Damned
- David Merrick, American theatre producer
- Doris Merrick, American actress
- Elizabeth Merrick, American writer and publisher
- Frank Merrick, English pianist
- Gordon Merrick, gay American writer and actor
- Jerry Merrick, American singer-songwriter
- James Merrick, English poet
- Leonard Merrick, English novelist
- Linda Merrick, British clarinettist
- Lynn Merrick, American Actress
- Sarah Newcomb Merrick, Canadian-American teacher, writer, businessperson, physician, inventor
- Thom Merrick, American artist
- Will Merrick, English screen and stage actor
- Zack Merrick, bassist in the band All Time Low
Business
- George E. Merrick, real estate developer of Coral Gables, Florida
- John Merrick (insurance), African-American founder of North Carolina Mutual & Provident Insurance Company
- Samuel Vaughan Merrick, American manufacturer
Politics and governance
- Ben Merrick, Director of Overseas Territories in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Cathy Merrick, Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
- Henry Merrick, Canadian politician
- John Merrick, English ambassador to Russia
- Raymond Merrick, member of the Kansas senate
- Scott Merrick, member of New Hampshire House of Representatives
- William Duhurst Merrick, US senator from Maryland
- William Matthew Merrick, United States Circuit Court judge and congressman from Maryland
- John Merrick (MP), politician and soldier
Sports
- Alan Merrick, English association football player who played in the USA
- Bob Merrick, Australian rules footballer
- Ed Merrick, American football coach of the University of Richmond Spiders
- Ernie Merrick, Scottish association football manager
- Gil Merrick, English association football goalkeeper and manager
- John Merrick (golfer), American golfer
- Wayne Merrick, Canadian ice hockey player
- Merrick Elderton, English cricketer
Other
- A. W. Merrick, American journalist
- Anne Morrissy Merick, pioneering American journalist
- Christene Merick, American philanthropist
- Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities known as the "Elephant Man"
- Joseph Merrick (missionary), Jamaican missionary to Cameroon
- Mary Virginia Merrick, American social reformer
- Richard T. Merrick, American lawyer
- Suds Merrick, New York criminal