Cedric
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For other uses, see Cedric (disambiguation).
Cedric is a male given name invented[citation needed] by Walter Scott in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe, possibly misread for Cerdic, the name of a Saxon king, anglicized from Welsh caredig (‘beloved’).
Notable people with the name include:
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[edit] People
- Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990), British writer
- Cedric Benson (born 1982), American football player
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala (born 1974), American musician
- Cedric Brooks (born 1943), Jamaican musician
- Cedric Ceballos (born 1969), American basketball player
- Cédric Gracia (born 1978), French cyclist
- Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960), Irish-born American art director
- Cedric Glover (born 1965), American politician
- Cedric van der Gun (born 1979), Dutch footballer
- Cedric Hardwicke (1893–1964), British actor
- Cédric Heymans (born 1978), French rugby player
- Cedric Holland (1889–1950), British naval officer
- Cédric Kanté (born 1979), French football player
- Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), French film director
- Cedric Kyles (born 1964), aka Cedric the Entertainer, American actor and comedian
- Cedric Maxwell (born 1955), American basketball player
- Cédric Michaud (born 1976), French skater
- Cédric Mongongu (born 1989), Congolese football player
- Cedric Morris (1889–1982), Welsh painter
- Cedric Payne, American voice actor
- Cédric Penicaud (born 1971), French swimmer
- Cédric Pioline (born 1969), French tennis player
- Cedric Price (1934–2003), British architect
- Cedric Smith, several people
- Cédric Taymans (born 1975), Belgian judoka
- Cédric Villani (born 1973), French mathematician
- Cedric Yarbrough (born 1973), American comedian and actor
[edit] Fiction
- Cédric, character in the French comic book Cédric by Laudec and Cauvin
- Cedric, character in the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- Cedric the Saxon, character in the 1819 novel Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
- Cedric Daniels, character in the television series The Wire
- Cedric Diggory, character in the Harry Potter universe
- Cedric Errol, character in the 1886 novel Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Cedric (W.I.T.C.H.), character in the Italian comic book series W.I.T.C.H.
- Cedric Sneer, character in The Raccoons, a Canadian animated television series
[edit] See also
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