Wick
A candle wick or lamp wick is usually made of braided cotton that holds the flame of a candle or oil lamp. A candle wick works by capillary action, conveying the fuel to the flame. When the liquid fuel, typically melted candle wax, reaches the flame it then vaporizes and combusts.
People born in Wick (First 49 people) - Page 24
Simon Crane
British stuntman
Vic Briggs
British musician
Mariah Gale
Australian-British actress
Edward Dwelly
Lexicographer
Michael Hurll
Television producer
Lenny Pidgeley
English footballer
Amélie of Orléans
Gaye Brown
Actress
William Allmond Codrington Goode
Former Governor of Singapore
David Abulafia
Historian
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
British author
Peter Stagg
Rugby union player
Peter J. Olver
American mathematician
Harvey Shield
Musician
Claire Forlani
Actress
David M. Allen
British record producer
Garry Johnson
British author
Alison Thomson
Chris Harwood
Musical artist
Vivien Noakes
British biographer
Seymour de Ricci
Bibliographer
Celia Quansah
Olympic athlete
William Ayerst Ingram
Painter
Anna Calvi
English singer-songwriter
Alastair Gray
British tennis player
Percy Stafford Allen
Hallam Tennyson
British author
David Mindel
Songwriter
Howard Pearce
Former Governor of the Falkland Islands
Owen Frederick Morton Tudor
Larissa Tudor's husband
Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse
Humphrey Jennings
Filmmaker
Dave Fiore
Former American football player
Wayne Fereday
English footballer
John Seale
Australian cinematographer
Adrienne Pickering
Australian actress
Matt Campbell
American football coach
Justin O'Neill
Rugby league rugby centre
Paul Neville
Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Charles Chauvel
Former Member of the New Zealand Parliament
Delissa Kimmince
Australian footballer
Mark Steketee
Cricketer
Damian Wyvill
Australian cinematographer
Anna Bligh
Former Premier of Queensland
Cyril Clowes
Australian soldier
Barry Reilly
Duncan Thompson
Australian tennis player
