Glick

Glick or Glik is a surname that is an Ashkenazi Jewish variation of the German surname Glück.[1] Notable people and fictional characters with the surname include:

People

Glick

  • Alexis Glick (born 1972), 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 won a raffle to appear in "Red Man's Greed", a South Park episode
  • Caroline Glick, American-Israeli journalist, deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post
  • Deborah Glick (born 1950), American politician
  • Elmo Glick, pseudonym of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
  • George Washington Glick (1827–1911), American politician
  • Hirsh Glick (1922–1944), poet from the Vilna Ghetto, writer of the lyrics for the partisan song "Zog nit Keynmol"
  • Jeff Glick (died 1985), American bridge player
  • Jeremy Glick (1970–2001), a passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 who, with others, tried to take back the airliner from September 11 hijackers
  • Larry Glick (1922–2009), Boston radio talk show host
  • Peter Glick (American football) (1922–1986), American football player and coach
  • Robert Glick, director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
  • Roman Glick, bass guitarist for the American rock band Jackyl
  • Ruth Glick (born 1942), American writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels
  • Shimon Glick (born 1932), Israeli physician
  • Shmuel Glick, Jewish theologian
  • Srul Irving Glick (1934–2002), Canadian composer, radio producer, conductor and teacher
  • Stacey Glick (born 1971), American former child actress
  • Thomas F. Glick (born 1939), historian of science
  • Wolfe Glick (born 1995), American streamer and YouTuber
  • Yehudah Glick (born 1965), Israeli activist

Glik

Fictional characters

  • Jiminy Glick, in the TV series Primetime Glick (2001–2003), portrayed by Martin Short
  • Max Glick, a young Jewish coming-of-the-age boy in a novel, a film adaptation and a TV series
  • The Glick family in the novel 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Glick
  • All pages with titles containing Glik
  • Glik's, American retail clothing chain based in Granite City, Illinois, founded in 1897 by Joseph Glik
  • Klik (candy), an Israeli chocolate brand, now sold under the name Klik
  • Gallick, surname

References

  1. ^ 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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