Trevor (
Trefor in the
Welsh language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...
) is a common
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
or
surname
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of
Welsh origin. It is an
habitational name
A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name, , deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The
Cornish language
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equivalent is
Trevorrow and is most associated with
Ludgvan
Ludgvan ( ; ) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes ...
.
Trevor is also a reduced Anglicized form of the
Gaelic ''Ó Treabhair'' (descendant of Treabhar), which may derive from the original Welsh name.
As a surname
People
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Claire Trevor (1910–2000), American actress
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Hugh Trevor (1903–1933), American actor
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John Trevor (disambiguation), various people
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William Trevor (1928–2016), Irish writer
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William Spottiswoode Trevor (1831–1907), recipient of the Victoria Cross
Fictional characters
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Steve Trevor
General Steven Rockwell Trevor is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Wonder Woman. The character was created by William Moulton Marston and first appeared in ' ...
, in the DC Comics, 1970s television series and 2017 film ''
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...
''
As a given name
People
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Trevor Ariza
Trevor Anthony Ariza (born June 30, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who spent 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A small forward, Ariza played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins ...
(born 1985), American basketball player
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Trevor Bailey, English cricketer
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Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
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Trevor Bayne
Trevor Mitchell Bayne (born February 19, 1991) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, Dirt track racing, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He is currently a pit reporter for NASCAR on Prime Video, ''NASCAR ...
, NASCAR driver
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Trevor Baylis (1937–2018), British inventor
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Trevor Bayliss, Australian cricket coach
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Trevor Berbick, boxer
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Trevor Bigham, policeman
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Trevor Bolder, British musician, bassist for Uriah Heep
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Trevor Brooking
Sir Trevor David Brooking (born 2 October 1948) is a former England national football team, England international Association football, footballer, manager, pundit and football administrator; he now works as director of football development in En ...
, English footballer
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Trevor Cahill
Trevor John Cahill (born March 1, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Roy ...
, baseball player
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Trevor Chappell, Australian cricketer
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Trevor Chinn (born 1935), British businessman and philanthropist
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Trevor Chinn (glaciologist) (c.1937–2018), New Zealand scientist
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Trevor Christensen (born 1993), American DJ
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Trevor Christie (born 1959), English footballer
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Trevor Daley, hockey player
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Trevor Daniel (American football) (born 1994), American football player
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Trevor Daniel (singer) (born 1994), American singer
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Trevor Dawson, arms manufacturer
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Trevor Denbow (born 1998), American football player
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Trevor Denman, Thoroughbred race track announcer, sportscaster
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Trevor Devall, actor
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Trevor Dunn, American bassist (
Mr. Bungle) and composer
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Trevor Engelson (born 1976), American film producer
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Trevor Erhardt (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey player
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Trevor Etienne (born 2004), American football player
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Trevor Eve, actor
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Trevor Foster, Welsh rugby footballer
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Trevor Francis, English footballer
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Trevor Gaskins, Panamaian basketball player
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Trevor Gleeson, Australian basketball coach
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Trevor Guthrie (born 1973), Canadian singer and songwriter
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Trevor Haddon, British artist and illustrator
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Trevor Hauver (born 1998), American baseball player
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Trevor Henry, New Zealand judge
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Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (1693 – 5 May 1742) was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician who sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1713 to 1715 and in the British House of Commons from 1715 to 1722.
Hill was the eldest son of M ...
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Trevor Hockey, Welsh footballer
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Trevor Hoffman, baseball player
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Trevor Horn, English musician
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Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage and screen actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved leading man star status in the film '' Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by '' The Third M ...
, actor
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Trevor Huddleston, Anglican priest and anti-apartheid activist
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Trevor Hudgins (born 1999), American basketball player
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Trevor Hurst, Canadian singer, vocalist for Econoline Crush
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Trevor Jacob, American snowboarder and YouTuber
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Trevor Jacobs (footballer), English footballer
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Trevor Jacobs (politician), American politician
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Trevor James (disambiguation), various people
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Trevor Jones (disambiguation), various people
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Trevor Keegan (born 2000), American football player
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Trevor Keels (born 2003), American basketball player
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Trevor Kidd, hockey player
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Trevor Kirczenow (born 1985), Canadian health researcher and advocate
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Trevor Knight, American football player
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Trevor Lane, American professional baseball player
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Trevor Lawrence
William Trevor Lawrence (born October 6, 1999) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Considered among the highest-touted college football prospect ...
(born 1999), American football player
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Sir Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet
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Trevor Letowski, hockey player
*Trevor Oswin Lewis, 4th
Baron Merthyr
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Trevor Lewis, hockey player
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Trevor Linden, hockey player
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Trevor Lock, comedian
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Trevor Lucas, spoken word artist
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Trevor Mallard, New Zealand politician and Cabinet minister
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Trevor Manuel
Trevor Andrew Manuel (born 31 January 1956) is a retired South African politician and former anti-apartheid activist who served in the cabinet of South Africa between 1994 and 2014. He was the South African Department of Finance, Minister of ...
, South African politician and economist
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Sir Trevor McDonald (born 1939), Trinidadian-British newscaster journalist
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San Francisco Giants minor league players#Trevor McDonald (born 2001), American baseball player
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Trevor Milton (born 1981/1982), American billionaire, CEO and co-founder of Nikola Motor Company
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Trevor Moore (disambiguation), various people
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Trevor Murdoch, wrestler
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Trevor Neal, of British comedy duo
Trevor and Simon
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Trevor Nelson
Trevor Ricardo Nelson, MBE (born 7 January 1964) is an English DJ and radio presenter. He is best known for presenting a range of shows across BBC Radio.
Early life
Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Centra ...
, British DJ
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Trevor Noah, South African comedian and presenter
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Sir Trevor Nunn, theatre and film director
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Trevor Ogilvie-Grant, 4th Baron Strathspey (1879–1948), member of the House of Lords
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Trevor Olavae (born 1959), Solomon Islands politician
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Trevor Phillips
Sir Mark Trevor Phillips (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003. He presented ''Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Trevor Phillips ...
(born 1953), British politician
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Trevor Pinnock (born 1946), English conductor and harpsichordist
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Trevor Plouffe, baseball player
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Trevor Pryce (born 1975), American football player
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Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist, rock group Yes
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Trevor Read
Trevor Read (born December 1, 1980, in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadians, Canadian former ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Hull Stingrays in England, in 2010–2011.
Career
Read began his professional hockey career in 2002 with th ...
(born 1980), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
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Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman), American billionaire
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Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard), bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales
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Trevor Reid (1908–1965), English actor
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Trevor Reid (gridiron football) (born 2000), American football player
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Trevor Reilly (born 1988), American football player
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Trevor Roach (born 1992), American football player
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Trevor Robbins (born 1949), English neuroscientist
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Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd
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Trevor Rosenthal (born 1990), baseball player
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Trevor St. John, American actor
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Trevor Segstro (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
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Trevor Semper, Montserratian cricketer
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Trevor Siemian, American football player
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Trevor Skeet, Conservative MP
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Trevor Smith (disambiguation), various people
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Trevor Soar (born 1956), retired Royal Navy admiral
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Trevor Spring, gentleman cricketer and army officer
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Trevor Stamp, 3rd Baron Stamp FRCPath
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Trevor Stamp, 4th Baron Stamp FRCP
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Trevor Steven
Trevor McGregor Steven (born 21 September 1963) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-sided midfielder. He progressed through the ranks at Burnley, making his debut in 1981 regularly scoring over the next two seasons ...
, English footballer
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Trevor Story, American baseball player
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Trevor van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
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Trevor Williams (disambiguation)
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Trevor Wilson (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player
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K. Trevor Wilson (born 1981), Canadian comedian, writer, and actor
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Trevor Wright, American actor
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Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator
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Trevor Zegras, American ice hockey player
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Trevor Zinck (born 1970), Canadian politician
Animals
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Trevor (duck) (died 2019), mallard duck in Niue
Fictional characters
*Trevor, titular protagonist of the
1994 short film of the same name
*Trev or Trevor, a series of minor characters created by New Zealand-Australian satirist
John Clarke, part of his Fred Dagg persona
*Trevor, a demon character in ''
The Good Place'' TV series
*Trevor,
Neville Longbottom's pet toad in the ''Harry Potter'' series
*Trevor, titular protagonist of ''
Trevor: The Musical''
*Trevor the Traction Engine in ''
The Railway Series
''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Sodor (fictional island), Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by Wi ...
'' children's books
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Magical Trevor, a magician in ''Weebl's cartoons''
*Trevor Belmont, in the ''
Castlevania'' game series
*Trevor Joseph Brennan/Bauer, main character in the romantic suspense series ''Countermeasure''
*Trevor Evans, childhood of Mike Ross in U.S. TV series ''
Suits''
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Trevor Fitzroy, supervillain in Marvel Comics
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Trevor Goodchild, antagonist in the ''Æon Flux'' franchise
*Trevor Hale, main character of the TV show ''
Cupid
In classical mythology, Cupid ( , meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor (Latin: ...
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*D.S. Trevor Hands in the British crime drama television series ''
M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team''
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Trevor Jordache
Trevor Jordache is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside'', played by Bryan Murray (actor), Bryan Murray. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 8 March 1993. The ...
in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Brookside''
*Trevor Langan, a recurring character and criminal defense attorney in the US TV series ''
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit''
*Trevor Lefkowitz, one of the main characters in the
CBS series ''
Ghosts
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...
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*Trevor McKinney, protagonist in the film ''
Pay It Forward
Pay it forward is an expression for describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying the kindness to others rather than paying it back to the original benefactor. It is also called serial reciprocity.
The concept is old, but the particular ph ...
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Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera ''
EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...
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Trevor Ockmonick in the 1980's TV show ''
ALF''
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Trevor Philips, protagonist of ''Grand Theft Auto V''
*Trevor Reznik, main character of the movie ''
The Machinist''
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Trevor Slattery
Trevor Slattery is a character portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). An actor hired to portray the legendary terrorist leader of the Ten Rings dubbed " the Mandarin", he first appeared in the film ''Iron Man 3'' (201 ...
, character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
*Trevor Spacey, one of the playable characters in ''
Metal Slug 4''
*Trevor Spengler, a ghostbuster, one of the main characters on the film ''
Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' and ''
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire''
*Trevor's Treasure Tracker, strip cartoon about boy named Trevor in
Whoopee!
''Whoopee!'' is a 1928 musical comedy play with a book based on Owen Davis's play, ''The Nervous Wreck.'' The musical libretto was written by William Anthony McGuire, with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Gus Kahn. The musical premiered o ...
comics.
*Trevor Troublemeyer, one of the main characters in the Canadian animated series ''
Sidekick
A sidekick is a close companion or colleague who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to those whom they accompany.
Origins
The first recorded use of the term dates from 1896. It is believed to have originated in pickpocket slang of ...
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See also
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List of Irish-language given names
This list of Irish-language given names shows Irish language given names, their Anglicisation (linguistics), anglicisations and/or English language equivalents.
Not all Irish given names have English equivalents, though most names have an angl ...
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List of Scottish Gaelic given names
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, (15 January 1914 – 26 January 2003) was an English historian. He was Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford), Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford.
Trevor-Rope ...
, Lord Dacre (1914–2003), British historian
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Horace Trevor-Cox (1908–2005), Conservative MP who later joined Labour
References
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