Pendergast (, ''Piondárgas'') is a Norman-
Irish surname
A formal Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames (distinct from patronymic, patronyms, which are seen in Icelandic names for example). The form of a surname varies according ...
derived from
Prendergast. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aloysius Pendergast
Aloysius Xingu Leng Pendergast is a fictional character appearing in novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. He first appeared as a supporting character in their first novel, ''Relic'' (1995), and in its 1997 sequel ''Reliquary'', before ...
, character in novels by
Douglas Preston
Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the '' Agent Pendergast'' series and ''Gideon Crew'' series), he has als ...
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Lincoln Child
Lincoln Child (born October 13, 1957) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. Though he is most well known for his collaborations with Douglas Preston (including the Agent Pendergast series and the Gideon Crew series, among ...
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Anna Pendergast (born 1961), Canadian basketball player
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Bill Pendergast
William John Pendergast (13 April 1915 – May 2001) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Chester and New Brighton. He was also on the books at Manchester United and Wolve ...
(1915–2001), Welsh footballer
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Charlie Pendergast (1899–1972), Australian rugby league footballer
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Clancy Pendergast
Clarence Clifford Pendergast III (born November 29, 1967) is an American football coach who served as defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, California Golden Bears, and USC Trojans football teams.
Early coaching ca ...
(born 1967), American football coach
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David M. Pendergast (born 1934), American archaeologist
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Oaklee Pendergast
Oaklee Pendergast (born 24 June 2004) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in '' The Impossible'' and '' The Woman in Black: Angel of Death''.
Career
Pendergast made his acting debut in 2008, appearing in an episode of ''EastEnde ...
(born 2004), English actor
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James Pendergast
James Francis Pendergast (January 27, 1856 – November 10, 1911) was a Democratic politician and the first Big City Boss of Kansas City, Missouri. He rose to prominence in the West Bottoms as the proprietor of saloons and gambling establishme ...
(1856–1911), American politician from Kansas City, Missouri; brother of Tom Pendergast
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James F. Prendergast (1917–1985), American politician from Pennsylvania
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Jane Pendergast
Jane Pendergast is an American biostatistician specializing in multivariate statistics and longitudinal data. She is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics at Duke University.
Education and career
Pendergast majored in ...
, American biostatistician
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Kevin Pendergast
Kevin Pendergast is a former American football and soccer player. He was the most valuable player for the Notre Dame soccer team before Coach Lou Holtz recruited him to play for the football team as a placekicker. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to ...
, American football and soccer player
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Leeanna Pendergast
Leeanna Pendergast (born ) is a former Canadian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 to 2011, representing the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga.
Background
Pendergast was born in Kitchener, Ont ...
(born 1962), Canadian politician from Ontario
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Tim Pendergast
Tim Pendergast (born August 15, 1958) is an American former college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Hamilton College in 2000 and at Cornell University from 2001 to 2003, compiling a career head coaching record of 9–28.
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(born 1958), American college football coach
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Tom Pendergast
Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1872 – January 26, 1945), also known as T. J. Pendergast, was an American political boss who controlled Kansas City and Jackson County, Missouri, from 1925 to 1939.
Pendergast only briefly held elected ...
(1872–1945), American political boss from Kansas City, Missouri; brother of James Pendergast
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Tom Pendergast (footballer)
Thomas Pendergast (12 January 1870–1946) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Accrington.
Season 1889-90
Thomas Pendergast made his club and League debut as a 19-year-old on 19 October 1889. The match was played at ...
(1870–1946), English footballer
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Victoria Pendergast
Victoria "Tori" Pendergast (born 25 January 1991) is an Australian F58 athletics shot put competitor and LW12.1 classified Para-alpine skier. When she competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, she became Australia's first female sit ...
(born 1991), Australian Paralympian
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Anglicised Irish-language surnames