Deacon (disambiguation)

A deacon is an official in Christian churches. Deacon, the Deacon or Deacons may also refer to:

People

Name

• Deacon (name), a list of people with either the surname or, more rarely, the given name

Nickname

• William Brodie (1741–1788), Scottish master woodworker and city councillor, who burgled from his elite clientele and inspired The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Irving Crane (1913–2001), American pool player nicknamed "the Deacon"
• Steve Hunter (born 1948), American guitarist nicknamed "the Deacon"
• Deacon Jones (1938–2013), professional football player and actor
• Deacon Jones (infielder) (born 1934), American baseball infielder
• Deacon Jones (pitcher) (1892–1952), American baseball pitcher
• Deacon Jones (athlete) (1934–2007), American Olympic steeplechase runner
• Melvyn "Deacon" Jones (1943–2017), American blues organist
• Deacon McGuire (1863–1936), Major League Baseball catcher, manager and coach
• Deacon Phillippe (1872–1952), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Deacon Turner (1955–2011), American National Football League player
• Deacon White (1847–1939), star baseball catcher at the start of the professional era

Epithet

• List of people known as the Deacon

Fictional characters

• Deacon (comics), a Marvel comic book villain and foe of Ghost Rider
• Deacon Claybourne, on the TV series Nashville
• Deacon Frost, a Marvel Comics vampire
• Deacon Palmer, on the TV series The King of Queens
• Deacon Sharpe, on the soap operas The Bold and The Beautiful and The Young and the Restless
• The Deacon (The Wire), on the TV series The Wire
• The Deacon, main antagonist in the movie Waterworld
• Deacon St. John, the protagonist of the video game Days Gone

Title

• Deacon, Scots usage for the leader of a trade guild
• Deacon, an officer in a Masonic Lodge

Places in the United States

• Deacon, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Deacons, New Jersey, an unincorporated community

Other uses

• Deacon (album), second studio album by American singer-songwriter serpentwithfeet
• Deacon (artillery), a British armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War
• Deacon (rocket), a sounding rocket
• Nike-Deacon, an American sounding rocket
• Deacons (law firm), which operates in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China

See also

• Cardinal Deacon, the lowest-ranking of three orders in the College of Cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church
• Deacon process, a chemical process used in the manufacture of alkalies
• Deacon's School, a school from 1721 to 2007 in Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, England
• Wake Forest Demon Deacons, the athletic program of Wake Forest University
  • Demon Deacon, a costumed student who serves as Wake Forest's mascot