Quaker (disambiguation)

Quaker or Quakers is a reference to the Religious Society of Friends, a faith-based community.

Quaker could also refer to:

People with the name

• Bernard Barton (1784-1849), sometimes referred to as "The Quaker Poet"
• John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), nicknamed "The Quaker Poet"
• See List of Quakers

Places

• Quaker, Indiana (or Quaker Point), an unincorporated community in Vermillion County, Indiana
• Quaker, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Pennsylvania, sometimes called "The Quaker State"
• Quakers Hill, New South Wales, a suburb in Sydney, Australia

Animals and plants

• Quaker lady (disambiguation), name given to several flowers
• Quaker butterfly, Neopithecops zalmora
• Quaker parrot, also known as the monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
• Quaker, one of several names for Dissosteira carolina, also known as the Carolina grasshopper

Brands and enterprises

• Quaker, an Ecuadorian beverage, made from oats (hence the name, a reference to the Quaker Oats Company) and fruit juice (typically naranjilla, orange, or pineapple), sugar, and spices
• Quaker Oats Company, a U.S. food company
• Quaker State Corporation, a former motor oil manufacturer

Sport

• Quakers, the nickname of Darlington F.C. in the north of England and many other businesses in Darlington
• Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Earlham College
• Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Guilford College
• Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Orchard Park, NY
• Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Salem, Ohio
• Penn Quakers, the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania
• Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)

Other uses

• Quakers (band), a hip-hop supergroup
• Quaker, a name used in coffee roasting to denote an unripe or poorly roasted coffee bean, the number of which is often used to judge the quality of a batch of coffee
• Quaker, a player of the video game Quake

See also

• Quake (disambiguation)
• Quackers, a puppet who appeared with Ray Alan