Turk (nickname)
Turk or The Turk is a nickname for:
- Turk Broda (1914–72), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Carolina Duer (born 1978), Argentine world champion boxer
- Turk Lown (1924–2016), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Turk McBride (born 1985), American National Football League player
- Derek Sanderson (born 1946), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
- Raymond Westerling (1919–87), Royal Netherlands East Indies Army officer who attempted a 1950 coup against the Indonesian government, nicknamed "The Turk"
- a resident of Faymonville, Belgium
- a resident of Llanelli, Wales
See also
- El Turco (Spanish for "The Turk"), a list of people
- Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655–1707), chief commander of the army of the Holy Roman Empire, also known as "Türkenlouis" ("Turk Louis"), for his many victories over Turkish armies
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