Glick

The surname Glick is a Yiddish or Ashkenazic variation of the German word Glück (luck/happiness). The name is also commonly found among Swiss and Palatine Anabaptist immigrants to the United States. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexis Glick, a national television personality who was a temporary host for the third hour of NBC's Today Show in 2006
• Alex Glick, a boy who, via charity raffle, won a minor appearance in a South Park episode, Red Man's Greed
• Arie Gill-Glick (1930-2016), Israeli Olympic runner
• Caroline Glick, American-Israeli journalist, deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post
• Deborah Glick, the Democratic New York State Assembly member for the 66th Assembly District (lower Manhattan)
• Elmo Glick, pseudonym of songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
• George Washington Glick, an American politician
• Hirsh Glick, a poet from the Vilna Ghetto, writer of the lyrics for the partisan song Zog nit Keynmol
• Jeff Glick (d. 1985), American bridge player
• Jeremy Glick, a man who died in the September 11, 2001 attack and who fought back against the terrorists on United Airlines Flight 93
• Jiminy Glick, a fictional character portrayed by Martin Short in the TV series Primetime Glick (2001–2003)
• Larry Glick, a Boston radio talk show host
• Robert Glick, the Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
• Roman Glick, bass guitarist for American rock band Jackyl
• Ruth Glick, best-selling author of healthy cookbooks and has also written dozens of romantic suspense novels under the pen name Rebecca York.
• Shimon Glick, Israeli physician
• Shmuel Glick, Jewish theologian
• Srul Irving Glick, composer, radio producer, conductor, teacher
• Stacey Glick, a former child actress
• Thomas F. Glick, historian of science
• Yehuda Glick, Israeli activist
• Mendel Glick, founder of Glick's Bakery chain in Melbourne 1966