Slack (surname)

Slack is the surname of:

Politics, law and the military[edit]

Clayton K. Slack (1896–1976), United States Army private awarded the Medal of Honor
Doug Slack (born 1941), Australian former politician
George Slack (1874–1950), American politician
Granville Slack (1906–2003), British judge and politician
James Slack, British political advisor and journalist, former official spokesperson and Director of Communications for former prime minister Boris Johnson
James R. Slack (1818–1881), American state senator and Union Army brigadier general and brevet major general
Jerald D. Slack (born 1936), US Air National Guard major general
John Slack (cricketer) (1930–2012), English cricketer and judge
John Bamford Slack (1857–1909), British politician and Methodist lay preacher
John M. Slack Jr. (1915–1980), American politician
Leighton P. Slack (1867–1938), American state senator, lieutenant governor of Vermont and justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
Lemuel Ertus Slack (1874–1952), American state senator and lawyer
Thomas Kerr Slack (1875–1956), Canadian politician
Timothy Slack (1913–1976), American politician
William Y. Slack (1816–1862), American lawyer, politician and Confederate officer

Adrian Slack (1933–2018), British landscape gardener, plantsman, author and authority on carnivorous plants
Francis G. Slack (1897–1985), American physicist
Harry Slack (1907–1982), British zoologist
Nancy Guttmann Slack (1930–2022), American plant ecologist, bryologist and historian of science
Roger Slack (1937–2016), British plant biologist and biochemist

Andrew Slack (born 1955), Australian rugby union player
Bill Slack (born 1933), Canadian retired baseball pitcher, manager and coach, member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
Bill Slack (footballer) (1906–1989), English footballer
Charlie Slack (1931–2020), American college basketball player
Henry James Slack (1818–1896), English journalist, liberal activist and science writer
Hiram Slack (Nottinghamshire cricketer) (1808–1853)
Hiram Slack (North of England cricketer) (1843–1918), nephew of the above
Jackie Slack (born 1959), British former footballer
John Slack (cricketer) (1930–2012), English cricketer and judge
Laurie Slack (1915–1991), Australian rules footballer
Mel Slack (1944–2016), English footballer
Pres Slack (1908–1993), American National Basketball Association player
Reggie Slack (born 1968), American former football quarterback
Rodney Slack (born 1940), English former football goalkeeper
Shanon Slack (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
Stuart Slack (1935–1998), racing cyclist, musician and folk songwriter from the Isle of Man
Trevor Slack (born 1962), English former footballer
Wilf Slack (1954–1989), English cricketer

Agnes Elizabeth Slack (1858–1946), English Temperance advocate
Eliza Fraser (c. 1798–1858), née Slack, English shipwreck victim who claimed to have been captured by Australian Aborigines
Freddie Slack (1910–1965), American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader
Paul Slack (born 1943), British historian
Samuel Slack (1757–1822), English bass singer
William Slack (surgeon) (1925–2019), dean of UCL Medical School and Serjeant Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth II