Wick (surname)

An English topographic name for someone who lived on an outlying farm; it is a modern variation of the Anglo-Saxon wic. The surname is also of German origin.

People

• Cole Wick (born 1993), American athlete and NFL player
• Denis Wick (1931–2025), British orchestral trombonist
• Douglas Wick (born 1954), American movie producer
• Emily Wick, American academic and MIT professor
• Frances Wick (1875–1941), American physicist
• Gian-Carlo Wick (1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist
• Hal Wick (1944–2018), American politician
• Helmut Wick (1915–1940), German Luftwaffe fighter pilot
• Johann Jakob Wick (1522-1588), a Protestant clergyman from Zürich
• John Wick (game designer)
• John Wick, a whistleblower responsible for the disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament
• Rowan Wick (born 1992), Canadian baseball player
• Stan Wick, (born 1984) Swiss-born Irish ice hockey centre, currently contracted to HC Ambrí-Piotta.
• Walter Wick (born 1953), American artist and photographer
• William W. Wick (1796–1868), American politician, United States Congressman, and Secretary of State of Indiana
• Milton I. Wick, American newspaper businessman who founded Wick Communications Company.
• Hilton Wick (1920–2006), American politician and Vermont Senator
• Temperance Wick, American heroine

Fictional characters

• John Wick, titular character of the eponymous film series, and films John Wick: Chapter 1 (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019).

See also

• Wick (disambiguation)
• Wicks (surname)