Creed (surname)
Creed is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its frequency was highest in Somerset (7.4 times the British average), followed by Gloucestershire, Dorset, Kent, Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Warwickshire, London, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire. Notable people with the surname include:
- Charles W. Creed, (born 1967) Technology Pioneer credited with the proliferation of email, developed "gateways" allowing proprietary email systems to communicate, created interface to x.500 Directory structure to create first global address book
- Barbara Creed, cultural critic
- Consequences Creed (born 1986), early ring persona of American professional wrestler Austin Watson, now better known as Xavier Woods
- Frederick G. Creed (1871–1957), Canadian inventor
- Helios Creed, American musician, guitarist of Chrome
- James Creed, MP for Canterbury
- John Creed (politician) (1842–1930), Australian politician
- John Creed (soldier) (1819–1872), Irish-American soldier
- Linda Creed (1949–1986), American songwriter
- Martin Creed (born 1968), English artist
- Michael Creed (born 1963), Irish politician
- Percy Redfern Creed, Irish author
Fictional characters
- Adonis Creed, a boxer in the Rocky spin-off and sequel Creed
- Apollo Creed, a boxer in the Rocky films
- Graydon Creed, a Marvel Comics villain
- Louis Creed, the protagonist of the Stephen King novel Pet Sematary
- Victor Creed, a.k.a. Sabretooth, a Marvel Comics character
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References
- "Creed Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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