Sedgwick (surname)

Sedgwick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Academics

• Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), British geologist
• Adam Sedgwick (1854–1913), British zoologist
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009), American queer theorist
• Mark Sedgwick (born 1960), British historian of Arab and Islamic Studies
• Leonard John Sedgwick (1883–1925), Indian botanist and civil servant
• Romney Sedgwick (1895–1972), British historian, civil servant and diplomat
• William Thompson Sedgwick (1855–1921), American biologist

Performers

• Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), American actress and model
• Edward Sedgwick (1892–1953), American movie director, writer, actor and producer
• Eileen Sedgwick (1898–1991), American actress, sister of Edward
• Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), American actress
• Robert Sedgwick American actor
• Toby Sedgwick (born 1958), British theatre director, actor and choreographer

Politicians

• Charles B. Sedgwick (1815–1883), US Representative from New York
• Henry J. Sedgwick (1812–1868), New York politician
• Theodore Sedgwick (1746–1813), Senator

Sportspeople

• Bill Sedgwick (born 1955), NASCAR driver
• Cam Sedgwick (born 1978), lacrosse player
• Chris Sedgwick (born 1980), footballer
• Herbert Sedgwick (1883–1957), cricketer

Theologians

• Obadiah Sedgwick (1599/1600–1658), Puritan divine
• Thomas Sedgwick (died 1573), Catholic theologian and martyr
• Timothy F. Sedgwick, academic and theologian
• William Sedgwick (bishop) (1858–1948), New Zealand bishop

Writers

• Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873–1935), writer
• Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), writer
• Ellery Sedgwick (1872–1960), editor
• Henry Dwight Sedgwick (1861–1957), lawyer and writer
• Marcus Sedgwick (born 1968), author and illustrator
• Peter Sedgwick (1934–1983), socialist activist and writer
• Theodore Sedgwick (writer) (1811–1859), writer

Others

• John Sedgwick (1813–1864), American Civil War general
• Joseph Sedgwick (1898–1981), lawyer
• Robert Sedgwick (1611–1656), Colonist
• Samuel H. Sedgwick (1848–1919), Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
• Steve Sedgwick (public servant), (born 1950) Australian senior public servant

See also

• Sedgwick family, the American branch of the family started by Robert Sedgwick