Stearne is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Matthew Hopkins was an English witch-hunter whose career flourished during the English Civil War. He claimed to hold the office of Witchfinder General, although that title was never bestowed by Parliament, and was mainly active in East Anglia.
John Hunter may refer to:
Bradley is an English surname derived from a place name meaning "broad wood" or "broad meadow" in Old English.
Niall is a male given name of Irish origin. The original meaning of the name is unknown, but popular modern sources have suggested that it means "champion" ,. According to John Ryan, Professor of Early and Medieval History at University College Dublin, Niall "seems to be so ancient that its meaning was lost before records began."
Pearse is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Hern is an English masculine given name meaning "mythical hunter". There are variants including the English Herne, associated with Herne the Hunter. Hern is also common as a surname, including the British Isles variant "A'hern" and the Irish variant "O'Hern". Recorded alternative spellings include Harn, Hearns, Hearn, Hearne and Herne. People with the name Hern include:
Cardell is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
John Stearne was an associate of self-styled "Witchfinder General" Matthew Hopkins, who was active during the English Civil War. The duo's activities were portrayed unreliably in the 1968 cult classic Witchfinder-General. Stearne was known at various times as the witch-hunter, and "witch pricker".
Stearn is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon Stearne, which means severe or strict. Variations include Stearns, Sterne and Stern. It may refer to the following:
Bryce is a surname of Celtic origin which may denote membership of Sept Bryce, a sept of Clan MacFarlane. Bryce may also refer to:
John Stearne may refer to:
Brenan is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Ridgway is both a given name and an English surname. Notable people with the name include:
Home is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sterne is a surname. It is a variant of Stern, and as such, is either of English or German origin, with many Ashkenazi Jews having adopted the surname as well, due to the Ashkenazi Jewish trend of adopting secular German surnames denoting either profession or natural elements during the early modern period when they were forced to Germanize and/or Slavicize their naming customs. As such, its bearers are concentrated in England, its former colonies, Germany, France, Central Europe and Eastern Europe. Notable people with the surname include:
John Stearne or Sterne (1624–1669) was an Irish academic, founder of the Irish College of Physicians.
Paris is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Robert Stearne Tighe (1760–1835) was an Irish writer and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Tighe is an Irish surname, derived from the Old Gaelic O Taidhg. Notable persons with that name include:
Stern is a given name. Notable people with the name include: