Family Name
People with the surname include:
- Alistair Harkness - an Australian politician
- Anna M. Harkness - an American philanthropist
- Daniel Harkness - an Australian compositor and motion graphics designer
- Craig Harkness - a Scottish graphic designer
- David Harkness - Prominent Irish Historian specializing in Modern Irish History
- Douglas Harkness - a Canadian politician
- David (Davy) Harkness aka 'Harko' - Groundsman at Somerset Park, home of Ayr United Football Club, from 1978–Present
- Edward Harkness - an American philanthropist
- Lamon V. Harkness - an American business and important Standardbred horse breeder
- Stephen V. Harkness - best friend and business partner of John D. Rockefeller
- Charles W. Harkness - namesake of Harkness Tower at Yale University
- Georgia Harkness - an American Christian theologian
- H. W. Harkness – an American mycologist and natural historian
- Jack Charles Harkness - DJ
- Jack Leigh Harkness - an English expert on roses who wrote several books on their care and breeding.
- James Harkness - mathematician
- Keith Harkness - Irish Entrepreneur and Management for a Blue Chip Company
- Kenneth Harkness - manager of the United States Chess Federation.
- Nancy Harkness Love - an American pilot
- Ned Harkness - a college and NHL coach
- Rebekah Harkness - founder of the Harkness Ballet
- Robert Harkness - an English geologist
- Ruth Harkness - American fashion designer and socialite who brought the first giant panda to the western world.
- William L. Harkness - inherited Standard Oil
- Harkness Nelson Matteson - H. N. "Bud" Matteson, mechanical engineer and expert outdoorsman
Fictional characters with the name:
- Agatha Harkness - a witch in the Marvel Comics universe
- Horace Harkness - a naval officer in the 'Honorverse'
- Captain Harkness - Captain of the torchship Mayflower in Farmer in the Sky, by Robert A. Heinlein
- Captain Jack Harkness, one of the main protagonists in the fictional television series Torchwood and a companion of the television series Doctor Who.
- George "Digger" Harkness aka Captain Boomerang - a supervillain from the DC Comics universe
- Harkness - Rivet City security officer in the video game Fallout 3
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Providing for one’s family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for “doing the best” for his children?”
—Eva Figes (b. 1932)
“While one family is well-fed and clothed, a thousand others grumble.”
—Chinese proverb.