Sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland, the , which is common ...
is a political or legal office, varying greatly between countries.
Sheriff or Sherriff may also refer to:
People
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Alexander Clunes Sheriff
Alexander Clunes Sheriff (1816 – 17 March 1878) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to his death in 1878.
Sheriff was the son of A. Sherriff. He w ...
(1816–1878), English businessman and Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester 1865–78
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Frank Sheriff
Frank Sheriff (born 1957) is an abstract sculptor who was born in Yokohama, Japan to an American father and a Japanese-American mother. Because his father was employed by the United States Army, Frank lived in Japan, Nevada, California, New Y ...
(born 1957), abstract sculptor
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Mary Sheriff, American art historian
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Noam Sheriff
Noam Sheriff (; 7 January 1935 – ) was an Israeli composer, conductor, educator, and arranger.
Noam Sheriff was Artistic Director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra, Music Director of the Israel Rishon LeZion Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Co ...
(1935–2018), conductor, composer, and arranger
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Paula Sherriff, British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Dewsbury 2015–2019
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R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975), writer, novelist and playwright
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Ryan Sherriff (born 1990), American Major League Baseball player
Nickname or pseudonym
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Eli Cohen (footballer, born 1951)
Eli Cohen (), nickname: "The Sheriff" (), born 3 January 1951) is a former Israeli football player and manager.
Soccer career
Between 1968 and 1986 he was a player with Maccabi Ramat Amidar and Shimshon Tel Aviv, and earned a gold medal ...
, Israeli soccer player and manager nicknamed "The Sheriff"
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Del Gainer (1886–1947), American Major League Baseball player nicknamed "Sheriff"
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Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American former professional American football, football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed "the Sheriff", he spent 14 seasons with the In ...
(born 1976), American retired National Football League player nicknamed "The Sheriff"
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Ken Owens
Kenneth James Owens (born 3 January 1987) is a former Welsh rugby union player who played as a hooker for the Scarlets and Wales. He made his debut for the Scarlets in 2006, taking over from Matthew Rees as their first-choice hooker upon Re ...
(born 1987), Welsh rugby player nicknamed "The Sheriff"
Arts and entertainment
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Sheriff (band)
Sheriff was a Canadian rock band in the early and mid 1980s, best known for their 1982 song " When I'm with You" which became a ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit upon re-release in early 1989.
Biography
The band was formed in 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, C ...
, a Canadian rock band from the early 1980s
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''Sheriff'' (album)
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''The Sheriff'' (album), an album by Modern Jazz Quartet
* "The Sheriff", a track on the 1972 album ''
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three distinct works that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games. Three-part works that are considered components of ...
'' by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
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''The Sheriff'' (1918 film), a film starring Fatty Arbuckle
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''The Sheriff'' (1959 film), an Italian Western comedy film
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Sheriff (''Cars''), a character from the ''Cars'' franchise
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''Sheriff'' (video game), an arcade game by Nintendo in 1979
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Sheriff: Narko Integriti'', a 2024 Malaysian crime film
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Sheriff Mountain, Montana, United States
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Sheriff (company)
Sheriff () is the largest company in the unrecognised breakaway state Transnistria, behind Moldova Steel Works. Based in the city of Tiraspol, it was formed in the early 1990s by Viktor Gushan and Ilya Kazmaly, former members of the KGB. Sheri ...
, a Transnistrian (Moldovan) conglomerate
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Sheriff (Slovenia), a term coined by the Slovenian media in reference to local politicians faced with accusations of political corruption and with criminal investigations
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Sheriff (weapon), a crowd-control vehicle of the U.S. military
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FC Sheriff Tiraspol
Fotbal Club Sheriff Tiraspol (), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, that plays in the Liga, the top tier ...
, a Moldovan football club founded by the company
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Sharif (disambiguation)
Sharif (also spelled Sherif) is an Arabic word () meaning "noble", "highborn", or "honourable", traditionally used as a title for the descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Sharif may also refer to:
Name
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Sherif
Sherif, also spelled Sharif (and, in countries where Francophone Romanization is the norm, Cherif or Charif), is a proper name derived from the Arabic word (, 'noble', 'highborn', 'honorable'), originally a title designating a person descended f ...
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