Tasker is a surname and occasionally a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Alfred Tasker Alfred George Ernest Tasker (born 16 June 1934) was an English first-class cricketer who played in one match, keeping wicket for Worcestershire against Cambridge University in 1956. He took one catch, to dismiss future Test player Bob Bar ...

(born 1934), English cricketer * Benjamin Tasker, Sr. (1690–1768), Provincial Governor of Maryland *

Benjamin Tasker, Jr. Colonel Benjamin Tasker Jr. (February 14, 1720–21 – October 17, 1760) was a politician and slave trader in colonial Maryland, and Mayor of Annapolis from 1754 to 1755. He was the son of Benjamin Tasker Sr., Provincial Governor of Marylan ...

(1720–1760), Maryland politician, delegate to the Albany Congress, racehorse owner * Caleb Tasker (born 1996), Australian Music Producer *

Bruce Tasker Bruce Tasker (born 2 September 1987) is a British former bobsledder and track athlete. He qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 4-man discipline. Life and career Tasker was born in 1987 in Lawrenny, Wales. When young, Tasker was a tale ...

(born 1987), British bobsleigher and track athlete *

Elizabeth Tasker Elizabeth Mary Tasker is an Australian fire ecologist. She obtained a PhD in Science at the University of Sydney in 2002. She is a researcher at the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, and previously worked for the University of Wollon ...

, Australian fire ecologist * Elizabeth J. Tasker (born 1980), British astrophysicist * Glenn Tasker, Australian sports administrator *

Homer G. Tasker Homer G. Tasker (February 19, 1899 – January 9, 1990) was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Sound Recording. Selected filmography * '' Three Smart Girls'' (1936) * ''One Hundred Men and a ...

(1899–1990), American sound engineer * Jill Tasker (born 1964), American actress *

Joe Tasker Joe Tasker (12 May 1948 – 17 May 1982) was a British climber, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He died while climbing Mount Everest. Early life Born into a traditional Roman Catholic family in 1948, Tasker was the second of t ...

(1948–1982), British climber * John Tasker (disambiguation), multiple people, including: *

J. Wilder Tasker Joshua Wilder Tasker (June 25, 1887 – March 14, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Connecticut Agricultural College—now known as the University of Connecticut—from 1921 to 1 ...

(1887–1974), American collegiate football, basketball, and baseball coach *

Leo Tasker Thomas Leo Tasker (21 October 1900 – 1 June 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Aust ...

(1900–1948), Australian rules footballer * Luke Tasker (born 1991), American wide receiver *

Marianne Allen Tasker Marianne Allen Tasker (1852–1911) was a New Zealand domestic servant, feminist, community leader and trade unionist. She was born in Brighton, Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that ...

(1852–1911), New Zealand domestic servant *

Nathan Tasker Nathan Tasker is a prominent Christian singer/songwriter from Australia. He was named 2006 "Artist of the Year" and awarded "Song of The Year" by the Australian Christian Music Charts. He has written, recorded and produced several gospel albums ...

, Australian Christian pop artist *

Paul Tasker Paul Juan Tasker is an electrical engineer known for his research on microwaves. He is a professor at Cardiff University, Wales, and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Education and career Tasker earned his Bac ...

, English engineer *

Peter Tasker Peter Tasker is a former assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Bishop of Georges River. Tasker was educated at Moore Theological College and ordained in 1964. After curacies in Wollongong, Chatswood and Engadine he was Vicar ...

, Australian Anglican bishop *

Ralph Tasker Ralph Edwin Tasker (July 15, 1919 - July 19, 1999) was a high school boys' basketball coach. Born in Moundsville, West Virginia, he coached for over 50 years, including 49 years at Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico. As head coach at Sulphur ...

, (1919–1999), American high-school basketball coach * Robert Tasker, (1868–1959) British architect and politician * Rolly Tasker (1926–2012), Australian sailor *

Roly Tasker Roland Frederick Tasker (28 August 1907 – 29 August 1972) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between ...

(1907–1972), Australian rules footballer *

Sean Tasker Sean Tasker (born 18 June 1968) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tasker was North Adelaide's leading goal-kicker in 1989 but played as a ...

(born 1968), Australian rules footballer *

Steve Tasker Steven Jay Tasker (born April 10, 1962) is an American sports reporter, locally in Western New York on the MSG Western New York cable TV station, and on WGR Radio and formerly for CBS Sports. He is a former football player who was a wide rece ...

(born 1962), American football player and sports broadcaster *

William Tasker William George "Twit" Tasker (15 October 1891 – 9 August 1918) was an Australian World War I soldier who had been a national representative rugby union player making six Test appearances for the Wallabies.Australian Rugby - The Game and t ...

(1891–1918), Australian rugby player and World War I soldier *

William Tasker (poet) William Tasker (1740–1800) was an English clergyman, scholar and poet. He made translations of works of Pindar and Horace. His own poems celebrated the "genius of Britain", which to him was both artistic and military. He was also interested in ...

(1740–1800), English clergyman, scholar and poet

Fictional characters

* Harry Tasker, protagonist of the action-comedy film ''

True Lies ''True Lies'' is a 1994 American spy action comedy film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Art Malik, Tia Carrere, Bill Paxton, Eliza Dushku, Grant Heslov and Charlton Heston ...

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Marissa Tasker Marissa Tasker is a fictional character on the soap opera, ''All My Children''. She was portrayed by Brittany Allen from April 21, 2009, to December 21, 2010, and by Sarah Glendening from December 27, 2010, to September 23, 2011. Character histo ...

, fictional character in the soap opera ''All My Children''

Given name

* Tasker H. Bliss (1853–1930), United States Army general, Army Chief of Staff, and diplomat *

Tasker Cook Sir Tasker Keech Cook (June 30, 1867 – September 25, 1937) was a politician in the dominion of Newfoundland, who served as mayor of St. John's from 1921 to 1929.Melvin Baker, "St. John's Municipal Chairmen and Mayors, 1888-1988. ''Newfoundla ...

(1867–1937), politician in the Dominion of Newfoundland *

Tasker Oddie Tasker Lowndes Oddie (October 20, 1870 – February 17, 1950) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator. He was a member of the Republican Party. Biography Oddie was born on ...

(1870–1950), American politician * Tasker Watkins (1918–2007), Welsh Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice

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