Whitehead
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Whitehead can refer to:
People:
- Alfred North Whitehead, a British philosopher and mathematician
- Cortlandt Whitehead (1842-), bishop
- Ennis Clement Whitehead (1895-1964), Lieutenant General U.S. Air Force [link]
- Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer, reportedly made first U.S. powered manned flight in 1901
- John Whitehead (1860-1899), English explorer and naturalist.
- J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician and nephew of A. N. Whitehead
- John C. Whitehead, statesman, war hero, philanthropist
- Joseph Whitehead (1867-1938), lawyer, politician, Representative Democrat Virginia 1925-1930
- Robert Whitehead, English engineer - entrepreneur, built first torpedoes in the 1860s
- William Adee Whitehead (1810-1884), historian
- Gary Whitehead, American poet
- Canada:
- * Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Tor Bay
- Northern Ireland
- * Whitehead is a village in Northern Ireland
- United States:
- * Cape Whitehead, Cumberland County, Maine 43.3844N 70.1131W
- * Lake Whitehead, Reservoir Napa County, California 38.3529N 122.2755W
- * Whitehead, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Alabama 34.5317N 87.1938W
- * Whitehead, Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 33.5055N 90.1755W
- * Whitehead, North Carolina, Alleghany County, North Carolina 36.2802N 81.0910W
- * Whitehead, Tennessee, Marshall County, Tennessee 35.2848N 86.4719W
- * Whitehead, Texas, Hunt County, Texas 32.5205N 96.1536W
Things:
- a pimple with a white tip.
- Whitehead is a passerine bird.
- Capo Bianco (capoccia), or "white head", a boss with white hair, mafia
- USS Whitehead (1861-1865), Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat
- John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, school in university
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