Garth

Garth

A garth is an enclosed yard or garden, especially that of a monastery cloister (ME.; ON, "garthr"; akin to AS. geard)

In addition, Garth may refer to these real people:

*Garth Brooks, top-selling American country music artist
*Garth Crooks, former Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur footballer
*Garth Ennis, Irish comics writer
*Garth Hudson, Canadian organist for The Band
*Garth Jennings, film director in Hammer & Tongs team
*Garth Nix, Australian fantasy author
*Garth Richardson, Music producer
*Garth Williams, American children's book illustrator
*John Garth, 1701–1764, a British politician
*John Garth, 1721–1810, an English composer
*Jennie Garth, American "Beverly Hills 90210" actress
*Leonard I. Garth, American judge
*Sir Richard Garth, 1820-1903, Chief Justice of Bengal and Privy Counsellor
*Sir Samuel Garth, 1661-1719, British physician
*Charles Garth MP, c.1734-1784 MP for Devizes, British colonial agent, South Carolina
*General Thomas Garth, Equerry to George III
*Captain Thomas Garth, British Naval Commander

Or these fictional characters:

*Garth Algar, Wayne's brilliant and geeky friend, portrayed by Dana Carvey in "Wayne's World"
*Garth of Izar, also known as Lord Garth, Master of the Universe, fictional insane character in "Star Trek"'s "Whom Gods Destroy"
*Garth (Shannara), fictional character in the "The Heritage of Shannara" series by Terry Brooks
*Garth (comics), a DC Comics superhero known as Aqualad and Tempest.
*Garth Marenghi, the fictional horror author
*Garth (comic strip), hero of long-running British newspaper strip, in the 1970s drawn by Frank Bellamy
*Garth Ranzz, also known as Lightning Lad or Live Wire, is a fictional superhero from DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes.

Or these places or things:

*Garth (Scotland), castle in Perthshire
*Garth, Shetland, settlement on the Shetland Islands
*Garth, Bridgend, village in Wales
**Garth (Mid Glamorgan) railway station
*Garth, Powys, village in Wales
**Garth (Powys) railway station
*Garth, one of many other minor
*Planet Garth, setting of David Brin's novel "The Uplift War".
*Garth, pagan local worship group


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