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origin, meaning a merchant or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer or seller of goods. It is shared by the following people: *Ajit Merchant (died 2011), Indian composer *Ali Merchant (born 1988), Indian actor *Andy Merchant (born 1950), American baseball player *Anthony Merchant (born 1944), Canadian lawyer and politician * Cameron Merchant (born 1984), Australian cricketer *

Carolyn Merchant Carolyn Merchant (born July 12, 1936 in Rochester, New York) is an American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science most famous for her theory (and book of the same title) on '' The Death of Nature'', whereby she identifies the Scien ...

(born 1936), American ecofeminist philosopher and historian of science * Firoz Merchant, Indian businessman in the United Arab Emirates * Gary Merchant, American politician * George Merchant (1926–2015), Scottish footballer * Henry Merchant (1918–1982), American baseball player * Hoshang Merchant (born 1947), Indian poet * Ismail Merchant (1936–2005), Indian-born film producer * J. Merchant (Sussex cricketer) () *

Jack Merchant John William Merchant (May 3, 1899 – March 31, 1972) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the men's hammer throw at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Competing for the California Golden Bea ...

(1899–1972), American athlete * Jessica Merchant (born 1983), American softball coach *

Jimmy Merchant James Edward Merchant (born February 10, 1940) is an American singer and musician. He was a member of the doo-wop group The Teenagers. Merchant was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a member of the Teenagers. He retired from ...

(born 1940), American musician * Katherine Merchant (born 1985), English rugby union player * Kenneth Merchant, American accounting educator *

Kishwer Merchant Kishwer Merchant Rai (née Merchant; born 3 February 1981) is an Indian television actress and model. Merchant is well known for acting in the shows ''Hip Hip Hurray'', '' Ek Hasina Thi'', '' Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar'', '' Har Mushkil Ka Hal Ak ...

(born 1981), Indian actress *

Larry Merchant Larry Merchant (born Larry Kaufman; February 11, 1931) is an American sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO sports presentations of ''HBO World Championship Boxing'', '' Boxing After Dark'' and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, called "the gre ...

(born 1931), American sportswriter and commentator * Lisa Merchant, Canadian actress * Livingston T. Merchant (1903–1976), American diplomat * Louis A. Merchant (1860–1950), American politician *

Mark Merchant Mark Alan Merchant (born January 23, 1969) is an American former professional baseball player whose career spanned ten seasons in minor league baseball, parts of one season in the Northern League, and one season in the Atlantic League of Professi ...

(born 1969), American baseball player * Minhaz Merchant, Indian journalist * Moelwyn Merchant (1913–1997), Welsh academic, novelist, sculptor, poet and Anglican priest *

Natalie Merchant Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first seven albums before ...

(born 1963), American musician * Pana Merchant, (born 1943), Canadian politician *

Piers Merchant Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant (2 January 1951 – 21 September 2009) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 1983 to 1987, and then MP for Beckenham from 1992 until ...

(1951–2009), British politician *

Sabeeha Merchant Sabeeha Sabanali Merchant (born 1959) is a professor of plant biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the photosynthetic metabolism and metalloenzymes In 2010 Merchant led the team that sequenced the ''Chlamydomonas'' genom ...

(born 1959), Indian-born American plant biologist * Sabira Merchant (born 1942), Indian actress and etiquette trainer *

Salim Merchant Salim, Saleem or Selim may refer to: People *Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin **Salim (poet) (1800–1866), Kurdish poet **Saleem (playwright), Palestinian-American gay Muslim playwright, actor, DJ, and dancer * ...

, Indian musician * Sally Merchant (1919–2007), Canadian television personality and politician *

Stephen Merchant Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office (British TV series), The Office'' (2001–2003), and co-writer ...

(born 1974), British writer, director, and comic actor * Sulaiman Merchant, Indian musician * Suzy Merchant (born 1969), American basketball coach * Tamzin Merchant (born 1987), British actress and poet * Tanzeel Merchant, Canadian architect and urban planner * Uday Merchant (1916–1985), Indian cricketer *

Vaibhavi Merchant Vaibhavi Merchant is an Indian dance choreographer working in Bollywood films. She won the National Film Award for Best Choreography for the song ''Dholi Taaro Dhol Baaje'' from ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' in 1999. Career Merchant born in Che ...

(born 1975), Indian dance choreographer * Verónica Merchant (born 1967), Mexican actress *

Vijay Merchant Vijay Singh Madhavji Merchant , (born Vijay Madhavji Thackersey; 12 October 1911 – 27 October 1987) was an Indian cricketer. A right-hand batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Merchant played first-class cricket for Bombay c ...

(1911–1987), Indian cricketer *

Vivien Merchant Ada Brand Thomson (22 July 1929 – 3 October 1982), known professionally as Vivien Merchant, was an English actress. She began her career in 1942, and became known for dramatic roles on stage and in films. In 1956 she married the playwright Ha ...

(1929–1982), British actress *

William Alfred Merchant William Alfred Merchant (31 July 1919 – 26 May 2001), was an English dwarf clown who performed under the name of "Little Billy" Merchant. Born in a workhouse in Barton Hill, Bristol, Merchant was abandoned by his parents as a young child an ...

(1919–2001), English clown *

Yahya Merchant Yahya Merchant (1903–1990) was an Indian Dawoodi Bohra architect. Among his designs are the Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum for Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, and the Raudat Tahera Mausoleum for Syedna Taher Saifuddin in Mumbai. References

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(1903–1990), Indian architect *

Yasin Merchant Yasin Merchant (born 17 December 1966) is India's second professional snooker player. The late Omprakesh Agrawal was the first. Merchant won the National Snooker championships on 3 occasions, in 2001, 2000 and 1991He was honoured by ...

(born 1966), Indian professional snooker player

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