Emory (name)

Emory ( ) is an English language given name, a variant spelling of Emery, of Old German origin (meaning 'home strength, industrious leader'). Emory is also an English language surname.

Given name

Template:Infobox given name People with the given name include:

• Emory Bellard (1927–2011), American college football coach
• Emory L. Bennett (1929–1951), American soldier awarded Medal of Honor
• Emory S. Bogardus (1882–1973), American sociologist who founded the sociology department at the University of Southern California
• Emory Campbell, Gullah community leader of South Carolina and Georgia, USA
• Emory Cohen (born 1990), American actor
• Emory Leon Chaffee (1885–1975), American physicist
• Emory Douglas (born 1943), American graphic designer for the Black Panther Party
• Emory Ellis (1906–2003), American biochemist
• Emory Folmar (1930–2011), American politician
• Emory Hale (1969–2006), American professional wrestler
• Emory Holloway (1885–1977), American author
• Emory Jones (born 2000), American football player
• Emory King (1931–2007), Belizean historian, author and journalist
• Emory S. Land (1879–1971), American Naval officer
• Emory Long (1911–1976), American baseball player
• Emory Conrad Malick (1881–1959), American aviator
• Emory McClintock (1840–1916), American actuary
• Emory B. Pottle (1815–1891), American politician
• Emory H. Price (1899–1976), American politician
• Emory Rains (1800–1878), American politician
• Emory Remington (1891–1971), American trombonist
• Emory Sekaquaptewa (1928–2007), American Hopi leader and scholar
• Emory M. Sneeden (1927–1987), American judge
• Emory Sparrow (1897–1965), American professional hockey forward
• Emory Tate (1958–2015), American International Master of chess
• Emory Andrew Tate III (born 1986) British-American internet personality and kickboxer
• Emory M. Thomas (born 1939), American university professor
• Emory Upton (1839–1881), American general
• Emory Washburn (1800–1877), American politician

People with the surname Emory include:

• D. Hopper Emory (1841–1916), American politician
• Dave Emory (born 1949), American talk radio host
• Ed Emory (1937–2013), American football coach
• John Emory (1789–1835), American Methodist bishop, eponym of Emory University
• Julia Emory (1885–1979), American suffragist
• Kenneth Emory (1897–1992), American anthropologist
• Logan Emory (born 1988), American soccer player
• Ron Emory (born 1962), American rock musician, member of TSOL
• Sonny Emory (born 1962), American drummer
• Steven Emory (born 1989), American soccer player
• William Hemsley Emory (1811–1887), American army officer and surveyor

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with the name include:

• Emory, an Aqua Teen Hunger Force character
• Emory Bortz, a professor of Jacobean tragedies in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.

See also

• Emery