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Church is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert T. Church (born 1947), Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy * Alonzo Church (1905–1995), logician, famous for the Church-Turing thesis and lambda calculus * Captain Benjamin Church (1639–1718), colonial officer during King Philip's War * Benjamin Church (1734–1776), first Surgeon General of the Continental Army and grandson of Captain Benjamin Church * Benjamin F. Church (1807-1887), American pioneer amd builder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Bill Church, American musician * Brad Church (born 1976), Canadian ice hockey player * Charlotte Church (born 1986), Welsh soprano singer and talk show host * Doug Church, video-game designer * Ellen Church (1904 - 1965), first airline stewardess * Forrester Church (born 1948), American minister, son of Senator Frank Church * Francis Pharcellus Church (1839–1906), American writer (famous for the editorial Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus) * Frank Church (1924–1984), four-term U.S. Senator from Idaho. * Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), landscape painter * Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924), American artist. * George W. Church, Sr. (? - 1956), founder of Church's Chicken, a chain of franchised fried chicken restaurants * James E. Church (1869 - 1959), pioneered the techniques used to measure snow and forecast seasonal water supplies * John A. Church, an expert on sea-level and its changes * Judith Church (born 1953), a politician in the United Kingdom * Louis K. Church (1845 - 1898), New York Supreme Court justice * Mary Church Terrell (1863–1954), American writer and civil-rights activist * Mike Church (born 1962) , a Southern United States radio commentator * Richard Church (general) (1784–1873), a British military officer and general in the Greek army * Richard William Church (1825–1890), an English divine, nephew of the general * Richard Church (poet) (1893–1972), an English poet and man of letters * Robert Reed Church (1839–1912), the first African-American millionaire * Ryan Church (born 1978), an American baseball player * Simon Church (born 1988), Welsh international footballer * Thomas Dolliver Church (1902–1978), American landscape architect * Thomas Haden Church (born 1961), American actor in television and film * Thomas Langton Church (1870–1950), Canadian politician * Walter G. Church, Sr., member of the North Carolina General Assembly * William Church (c. 1778–1863), American inventor who patented a typesetting machine in 1822 ru:Чёрч