Researching Gary Younge
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 171 people with the Younge surname? In that year Younge was ranked number 3408 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Gary means "spear carrier" and is of English origin.
Records of Gary Younge on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gary Younge and the Younge Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 282 people with the Younge surname in the UK? Younge is now ranked number 3777 for popularity in the UK. |
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Gary Younge
Gary Andrew Younge, (born January 1969) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and academic. He was editor-at-large for The Guardian newspaper, which he joined in 1993. In November 2019, it was announced that Younge had been appointed as professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and would be leaving his post at The Guardian, where he was a columnist for two decades, although he would continue to write for the newspaper. He also writes for the New Statesman.
Younge is the author of the books No Place Like Home (2002), Stranger in a Strange Land (2006), Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century? (2011), The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream (2013) and Another Day in the Death of America (2016).
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