Maddock is a Welsh surname. Maddock is the anglicised spelling of 'Madog', which originates from the ancient Welsh male given name 'Matoc', a diminutive of 'mad' meaning 'fortunate' or 'good'. [1] There are many variations to the name, including Maddocks, Maddox, Maddick, Mattock, Mattack, Maddog, Madog, and Madoc.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Maddock (1917-2009), English inorganic chemist, radiochemist and spectroscopist
- Bea Maddock (1934-2016), Australian artist
- Chris Maddock (born 1977-78), American stand-up comedian
- Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock (1945-2020), British politician
- Harold Russell Maddock (1918 - 2014), Australian race jockey
- Hopkin Maddock (1881–1921), Welsh international rugby union player
- Ieuan Maddock (1917-1988), Welsh nuclear researcher
- Joe Maddock (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kenneth Maddock (1937-2003), Australian anthropologist
- Shirley Maddock (1928-2001), New Zealand television producer
- Thomas Herbert Maddock (1792-1870), English MP
- Walter Maddock (1880-1951), briefly governor of North Dakota in the 1920s
See also
References
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surname Maddock.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
Maddock is a Welsh surname. Maddock is the anglicised spelling of 'Madog', which originates from the ancient Welsh male given name 'Matoc', a diminutive of 'mad' meaning 'fortunate' or 'good'. [1] There are many variations to the name, including Maddocks, Maddox, Maddick, Mattock, Mattack, Maddog, Madog, and Madoc.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfred Maddock (1917-2009), English inorganic chemist, radiochemist and spectroscopist
- Bea Maddock (1934-2016), Australian artist
- Chris Maddock (born 1977-78), American stand-up comedian
- Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock (1945-2020), British politician
- Harold Russell Maddock (1918 - 2014), Australian race jockey
- Hopkin Maddock (1881–1921), Welsh international rugby union player
- Ieuan Maddock (1917-1988), Welsh nuclear researcher
- Joe Maddock (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kenneth Maddock (1937-2003), Australian anthropologist
- Shirley Maddock (1928-2001), New Zealand television producer
- Thomas Herbert Maddock (1792-1870), English MP
- Walter Maddock (1880-1951), briefly governor of North Dakota in the 1920s
See also
References
This page lists people with the
surname Maddock.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.