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

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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 Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

* 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 Steven Emory (born August 31, 1989, in Fort Collins, Colorado) is an American soccer player. Career Youth, college and amateur Emory began his career at Fort Collins High School in 2005 where he was named Second Team All-State pick in 2005, Fi ...

(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 Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( , ; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, Literary genre, genres and Theme (narrative), th ...

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