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Pendleton
Pendleton
Pendleton is a place name and a surname of English origin and may refer to: • delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), American politician, senator from Ohio, eponym of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), American Marine Corps general, eponym of Camp Pendleton Nat Pendleton (1895–1967), American Olympic wrestler and film actor Terry Pendleton (born 1960), American professional baseball player 1984–1998 Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English track cyclist
Places
Pendleton, Indiana Pendleton, Missouri Pendleton, New York Pendleton, Oregon Pendleton, South Carolina Pendleton County, Kentucky Pendleton County, West Virginia Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California • Pendleton, Cincinnati, Ohio, a neighborhood United Kingdom • Pendleton, Lancashire, England • Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England • • • • • • • • •
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Other
• Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, 1883 law of the US Congress establishing the United States Civil Service Commission • Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, Oregon, USA, best known for its usuallyplaid woollen shirts • Pendleton Airport, near Ottawa, Canada • Pendleton (band), a punk band from Manchester, England • Pendleton 8, a nickname given to the eight soldiers involved in the Hamdania incident because of their confinement at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton • Pendelton State University, fictional university on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (note different spelling) • Erina Pendleton, a character from the anime/manga series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Persons
• Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865), American politician, governor of Texas during the American Civil War • Austin Pendleton, (born 1940), American film,television, and stage actor • Brian Pendleton (1944-2001), guitarist with British group The Pretty Things in the 1960s • Chris Pendleton (born 1982), American amateur wrestler, winner of the NCAA Division I wrestling titles in 2004 and 2005 • Don Pendleton (1927–1995), American author, creator of the Mack Bolan character • Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), American politician, lawyer, and judge,
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