Parker is a surname of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England. In the United States, it ranked in 1990 as the 47th most-common surname. A Aaron Parker (born 1986), American soccer player Aaron Parker (American football) (born 1998), American football player A. J. Parker (born 1998), American football player Alan Parker (1944–2020), English film director Alison Parker, news reporter victim of Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward in 2015 Alton B. Parker, American judge and presidential candidate Andrea Parker, American actress Andrea Grimes Parker, American computer scientist Anthony Parker (born 1975), American NBA basketball player and general manager of Lakeland Magic Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist Ashley Parker, U.S. journalist B Bertha Parker Pallan (1907–1978), archaeologist of Abenaki and Seneca descent Bonnie Parker (1910–1934), American outlaw Brandon Parker (born 1995), American football player Buddy Lee Parker, ring name of American wrestler DeWayne Bruce (born 1962) C Caitlin Parker (born 1996), Australian boxer Candace Parker (born 1986), American basketball player Camilla Parker Bowles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Cameron Parker, Scottish businessman Cary Millholland Parker, American landscape architect Charles Parker (disambiguation), several people, including: Charlie Parker (1920–1955), American jazz musician Claire Parker, American engineer and animator Chris Parker (disambiguation), several people Clifton Parker, English composer Colonel Tom Parker (1909–1997), Dutch-American manager of Elvis Presley Constance-Anne Parker (1921–2016), British sculptor Corey Parker (disambiguation), several people Critchley Parker (1862–1944), Australian newspaperman, also his son (died 1942) Cynthia Ann Parker, American captive of Comanche D Dave Parker (born 1951), American baseball player Dave Parker (rock musician), American musician Dave Parker (rugby), English rugby league player Daniel Parker (artist) (born 1959), American sculptor Dawaun Parker, hip hop producer Deborah Parker (born 1970), American activist and indigenous leader Dee Parker (died 2000), American actress Devante Parker (born 1996), German soccer footballer DeVante Parker (born 1993), American football player Donald C. Parker, American physician and amateur astronomer Dorothy Parker (born Dorothy Rothschild), American writer Douglas H. Parker (1926–2019), American law school professor E Eddie Parker (pool player) (c. 1932–2001), American pool player, believed by many to have been the inspiration for the character "Fast Eddie" Felson in the novel The Hustler and two films Edie Parker (artist) (born 1956), Canadian sculptor Edna Parker (1893–2008), American supercentenarian E. T. Parker Ernest Tilden Parker, (1926–1991), mathematics professor Edward Harper Parker (1849–1926),