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Avery is an English surname of ambiguous origin. Some scholars believe that the name is of Anglo-Norman origin and derived from "Every" or "Evreux". The name may have arrived in England after the Norman Conquest. It is the name of a county in Normandy. It can also be found in the northern Spanish region of Navarra, where the House of Évreux was a ruling royal house from 1328 to 1441. At the time of the,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Avery Meaning and Distribution ) Retrieved 25 January 2014〕 its frequency was highest in Devon (5.9 times the British average), followed by Sussex, Buckinghamshire, Rutland, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire, Kent, Warwickshire, Cornwall and Somerset. In acting: * Brian Avery, American actor known for playing Carl Smith in ''The Graduate'' * James L. Avery, Sr., American actor known for playing "Uncle Phil" on ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' * Margaret Avery, American singer and actress * Phyllis Avery, American actress * Shondrella Avery, American actress * Stephen Morehouse Avery, screenwriter In science and engineering: * Clarence W. Avery, an early engineer at Ford Motor Company * John Scales Avery, theoretical chemist and peace activist * Oswald Avery, physician and scientist * William H. Avery, aeronautics engineer In music: * Brad Avery, guitarist for the Christian rock band Third Day * Eric Avery, original bass player for Jane's Addiction In law: * Brian Avery, former volunteer for the International Solidarity Movement * Jack Avery, the former Attorney General of the Guam * John Keith Avery, the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991 * Steven Avery, the first person in the U.S. to be charged with a homicide after being exonerated by DNA evidence for a previous crime In activism: * Byllye Avery, American health care activist * Greg Avery, British animal rights activist and co-founder of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty * Rachel Foster Avery, corresponding secretary of the National American Woman Suffrage Association during the late 19th century In politics: * Ephraim Kingsbury Avery, Methodist minister accused of the 1832 murder of Sarah Cornell and acquitted in 1833 for lack of evidence * Isaac E. Avery, grandson of Waightstill Avery and a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * John Avery, physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan * Waightstill Avery, North Carolina's first Attorney General and colonel during the American Revolutionary War * William H. Avery (1911-2009), former Governor of Kansas In literature: * Fiona Avery, comic book and television writer * Gillian Avery, British children’s writer and scholar * Harold Avery, British author of children's literature * Tom Avery, explorer, mountaineer, author and motivational speaker * Valeen Tippetts Avery, American biographer and historian known for her work on American Old West and Latter Day Saint history In sports: * Albert Avery, English rugby league footballer * John Avery, professional Canadian football player * Ryan Avery, former professional lacrosse player * Sean Avery, professional hockey player * Steve Avery, former Major League Baseball pitcher * William Avery, professional basketball player * Xavier Avery (born 1990), American baseball player In artistry: * Milton Avery, American painter whose works specialize in American Modernism * Tex Avery, animator and director; creator of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck In fiction: * Shug Avery, one of the main characters in the 1983 novel The Color Purple * Bree Avery, the protagonist of the popular ''lonelygirl15'' Internet video series * Rupert Avery, a main character in The Serpentwar Saga * Avery, a minor Death Eater in the Harry Potter series. In other fields: * Bryan Avery, British architect * Cyrus Avery, the "Father of Route 66" * Henry Every (or Avery), 17th century pirate * James Avery, Union Navy seaman and recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War * Peter Avery, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge * R. Stanton Avery, founder of Avery Dennison Corporation and namesake of Caltech's Avery House * Sewell Avery, U.S. businessman ==See also== * Every (surname) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avery (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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