Ripley
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Ripley may have several meanings. There are a number of places with that name:
- In England:
- *Ripley, Derbyshire
- *Ripley, Surrey
- *Ripley, North Yorkshire
- In the United States:
- *Ripley, Illinois
- *Ripley, Maine
- *Ripley, Michigan
- *Ripley, Mississippi
- *Ripley, New York
- *Ripley, Ohio
- *Ripley, Oklahoma
- *Ripley, Tennessee
- *Ripley, West Virginia
- *Ripley County, Indiana
- *Ripley County, Missouri
- *Ripley Township, Dodge County, Minnesota
- *Ripley Township, Morrison County, Minnesota
- In Canada:
- *Ripley, Ontario
- Brian Ripley, statistician associated with the R programming language
- S. Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist
- General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, (1782-1839), graduate of Dartmouth College and officer in the War of 1812.
- Sergeant Ellen Ripley, is a fictional character in the Alien movie series.
- George Ripley, American Transcendentalist
- Robert Ripley, is an American cartoonist and entrepreneur, creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Thomas Ripley, is a fictional character in several books by Patricia Highsmith (the "Ripliad"), as well as in several film adaptations of them.
- William Z. Ripley (1867-1941) — American economist and anthropologist.
In Chile and Peru Ripley is not really a place or surname, but a brand - [Ripley department store]
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