Duckworth (surname)

Duckworth

Pronunciation	UK: /ˈdʌkwəθ/ US: /ˈdʌkwɜːrθ/
Language	English
Origin
Word/name	from Duckworth, near Bury, Lancashire

Duckworth is a surname. ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

Actual persons

• Angela Duckworth (born 1970), American psychologist, MacArthur fellow
• Anthony Duckworth-Chad (born 1942), English businessman and senior county officer
• Arthur Duckworth (1901–1986), British politician
• Ben Duckworth (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballer
• Billy Duckworth (born 1959), Australian rules footballer
• Bob Duckworth, American politician
• Bobby Duckworth (born 1958), American football player
• Brandon Duckworth (born 1976), American baseball player
• Carl W. Duckworth (1955–2018), American politician
• Christopher Duckworth (1933–2014), South African cricketer
• Dick Duckworth (footballer born 1882), English footballer
• Dick Duckworth (footballer, born 1906), English footballer
• Don Duckworth, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
• Sir Dyce Duckworth, English physician and 1st Baronet Duckworth, of Grosvenor Place
• Eleanor Duckworth (born 1935), Canadian thinker and educator
• Frank Duckworth, a cricket statistician who co-invented the Duckworth–Lewis method for determining the result of shortened one-day cricket matches
• George Duckworth (1901–1966), English cricketer
• George Herbert Duckworth (1868–1934), English public servant
• Gerald Duckworth (1870–1937), English publisher
• Henry Duckworth (1915–2008), Canadian physicist and university administrator
• James Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Duckworth (physicist) (1916–2015), British physicist
• Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, British naval officer
• Col. Joseph Duckworth (1903–1964), American aviator
• Justin Duckworth, Anglican bishop of Wellington, New Zealand
• Keith Duckworth (1933–2005), English engineer
• Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter
• Kevin Duckworth (1964–2008), U.S. basketball player
• Landon Duckworth (born 2007), American football player
• Michael Duckworth (born 1992), English footballer
• Muriel Duckworth (1908–2009), Canadian feminist
• Canon Noel Duckworth (1912–1980), Canon of Accra
• Reverend Robinson Duckworth, contemporary of Lewis Carroll and model for the duck in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Santiago J. Duckworth, was in the California State Assembly and a real estate developer
• Shannon Rogers Duckworth, American bishop
• Susan Duckworth, American politician
• Tammy Duckworth (born 1968), American politician serving as the junior Senator from the state of Illinois
• Thomas Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Duckworth (disambiguation), multiple people
• Willie Duckworth, U.S. soldier and composer of The Duckworth Chant (or Sound Off!)

Fictional persons

• Dom Duckworth, fictional character in the children's TV show Horrible Histories
• Jack Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street
• Vera Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; wife of Jack
• Clifford Duckworth, fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street; brother of Jack
• Elsie Duckworth, fictional character from the soap opera Coronation Street; wife of Clifford
• Terry Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; son of Jack and Vera
• Lisa Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; wife of Terry
• Tommy Duckworth, fictional character in the soap opera Coronation Street; son of Terry and Lisa
• Frank Duckworth, fictional character in the TV show Black-ish
• Donna Duckworth, fictional character in the TV show Black-ish; wife of Frank
• Sharon Duckworth, fictional character in the TV show Black-ish; daughter of Frank and Donna
• Carl Duckworth, fictional character in the Kendrick Lamar (see above) song FEAR.; cousin of Lamar
• Mary Duckworth/Duxbury, fictional character in The Cat Who... mystery novels

References

1. Reaney, P. H.; Wilson, R. M. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames (3 ed.). London & New York: Routledge. p. 982. ISBN   0-415-05737-X . Retrieved 26 August 2018.