- Erskine (disambiguation)
Erskine (from
Erskine , the town inScotland ) can refer to:
*Erskine Bridge , over theRiver Clyde *
Erskine, Minnesota
*Erskine College ,South Carolina
*Erskine, Western Australia
*Erskine, Alberta People known by the name of Erskine include the following members of Scots nobility:
*Ebenezer Erskine (1680-1754)
* Ralph Erskine (1685-1752), younger brother of Ebenezer
* Henry Erskine (1746-1817), younger brother of David Steuart
*Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), younger brother of Thomas
*John Erskine (1721-1803)
*Thomas Erskine (1788-1870)Other people with this name include:
*Albert Russel Erskine (1871–1933), an American businessman who served as president of theStudebaker Corporation from 1915 to 1933.
*Carl Erskine (1926-present), formerMajor League Baseball pitcher who played for the Brooklyn &Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 to 1959.
*Emmanuel Erskine , Ghana Army general and UN peacekeeping commander
*Graves B. Erskine (1897-1973), a U.S. Marine Corps General who led the3rd Marine Division during theWorld War II Battle of Iwo Jima .
*Joe Erskine (American boxer) (1930-present), formerwelterweight boxer and long distance runner.
*Joe Erskine (Welsh boxer) (1934-1990), former British andBritish Empire heavyweight boxing champion.
*Kenneth Erskine (1962-present), a British serial killer known as the "Stockwell Strangler" who murdered seven elderly people in and around London during a three month period in 1986.
*Laurie York Erskine (1894-1976), writer and author
*Peter Erskine (1954-present), drummer
* Ralph Erskine (1914-2005),London -bornarchitect , who lived and worked inSweden for most of his life.
*Robert Erskine (1735–1780), map-maker to George Washington during the Revolutionary War
*Scott Thomas Erskine (1963-present), an Americanserial killer convicted todeath row for the murder of twoCalifornia boys in 1993.Also see:
The
Erskine (automobile) was a brand (marque) of automobiles produced by the Studebaker Corporation from 1927-1930.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.