Last name Pickens (Pickens 
) , throughout the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Pickens is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Australia, and Canada.
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andrew pickens Revolutionary War militia general in South Carolina (1739-1817), US (b. 1739) |
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andrew pickens American politician, US (b. 1779) |
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israel pickens American politician (1780-1827), US (b. 1780) |
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francis wilkinson pickens American politician (1805–1869), US (b. 1805) |
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| ezekiel pickens American politician (1768-1818), US (b. 1768) |
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lucy pickens Nineteenth-century American socialite (1832-1899), US (b. 1832) |
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william pickens American writer and educator, US (b. 1881) |
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arthur pickens American jockey, US (b. 1888) |
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| rev. andrew calhoun pickens (1852-1925) (b. 1852) |
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| douschka pickens American activist, US (b. 1859) |
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harriet pickens American Naval officer and administrator, US (b. 1909) |
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jane pickens langley American singer on Broadway, radio and television for 20 years and later an organizer in numerous philanthropic and society events, US (b. 1912) |
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slim pickens American rodeo performer, film and television actor, US (b. 1919) |
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t. boone pickens American financier; Chairman, BP Capital Management (1928-2019), US (b. 1928) |
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| andrew lee pickens botanist (b. 1890) |
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