# Tasker

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'''Tasker''' is a surname and occasionally a given name. Notable people with the name include:

==Surname==
===People===
* [Alfred Tasker](/source/Alfred_Tasker) (born 1934), English cricketer
* [Benjamin Tasker, Sr.](/source/Benjamin_Tasker%2C_Sr.) (1690–1768), Provincial Governor of Maryland
* [Benjamin Tasker, Jr.](/source/Benjamin_Tasker%2C_Jr.) (1720–1760), Maryland politician, delegate to the Albany Congress, racehorse owner
* [Caleb Tasker](/source/Tasker_(producer)) (born 1996), Australian Music Producer
* [Charlie Tasker](/source/Charlie_Tasker) (born 2006), English footballer
* [Bruce Tasker](/source/Bruce_Tasker) (born 1987), British bobsleigher and track athlete
* [Elizabeth Tasker](/source/Elizabeth_Tasker), Australian fire ecologist
* [Elizabeth J. Tasker](/source/Elizabeth_J._Tasker) (born 1980), British astrophysicist
* [Glenn Tasker](/source/Glenn_Tasker), Australian sports administrator
* [Homer G. Tasker](/source/Homer_G._Tasker) (1899–1990), American sound engineer
* [Jill Tasker](/source/Jill_Tasker) (born 1964), American actress
* [Joe Tasker](/source/Joe_Tasker) (1948–1982), British climber
* [John Tasker (disambiguation)](/source/John_Tasker_(disambiguation)), multiple people, including:
* [J. Wilder Tasker](/source/J._Wilder_Tasker) (1887–1974), American collegiate football, basketball, and baseball coach
* [Leo Tasker](/source/Leo_Tasker) (1900–1948), Australian rules footballer
* [Luke Tasker](/source/Luke_Tasker) (born 1991), American wide receiver
* [Marianne Allen Tasker](/source/Marianne_Allen_Tasker) (1852–1911), New Zealand domestic servant
* [Martin Tasker](/source/Martin_Tasker) (born 1951), British/New Zealand journalist
* [Nathan Tasker](/source/Nathan_Tasker), Australian Christian pop artist
* [Paul Tasker](/source/Paul_Tasker), English engineer
* [Peter Tasker](/source/Peter_Tasker), Australian Anglican bishop
* [Ralph Tasker](/source/Ralph_Tasker), (1919–1999), American high-school basketball coach
* [Robert Tasker](/source/Robert_Tasker), (1868–1959) British architect and politician
* [Rolly Tasker](/source/Rolly_Tasker) (1926–2012), Australian sailor
* [Roly Tasker](/source/Roly_Tasker) (1907–1972), Australian rules footballer 
* [Sean Tasker](/source/Sean_Tasker) (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
* [Steve Tasker](/source/Steve_Tasker) (born 1962), American football player and sports broadcaster
* [William Tasker](/source/William_Tasker) (1891–1918), Australian rugby player and World War I soldier
* [William Tasker (poet)](/source/William_Tasker_(poet)) (1740–1800), English clergyman, scholar and poet

===Fictional characters===
* Harry Tasker, protagonist of the action-comedy film ''[True Lies](/source/True_Lies)''
* [Marissa Tasker](/source/Marissa_Tasker), in the soap opera ''All My Children''

==Given name==
* [Tasker H. Bliss](/source/Tasker_H._Bliss) (1853–1930), United States Army general, Army Chief of Staff, and diplomat
* [Tasker Cook](/source/Tasker_Cook) (1867–1937), politician in the Dominion of Newfoundland
* [Tasker Oddie](/source/Tasker_Oddie) (1870–1950), American politician
* [Tasker Watkins](/source/Tasker_Watkins) (1918–2007), Welsh Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice

==See also==
* [Kemp & Tasker](/source/Kemp_%26_Tasker), British architectural firm of the 1930s
* [Taskers of Andover](/source/Taskers_of_Andover), manufacturer of steam traction engines
* [Task (disambiguation)](/source/Task_(disambiguation))

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Category:Masculine given names
Category:English-language masculine given names

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