Baldwin
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The name Baldwin comes from the English origin. The meaning of the name Baldwin is: From the Old English Bealdwine, or the Old German equivalent Baldavin, meaning bold friend. Frequently used in medieval Britain, and was the basis of a number of surnames.
Baldwin may refer to:
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Baldwin is the name of some places in Canada:
- Baldwin, York Regional Municipality, Ontario
- Baldwin, Ontario
- Baldwin, Quebec
- Baldwin Mills, Quebec
- Baldwin Road, Prince Edward Island
- Baldwins Bridge, Ontario
- Baldwinton, Saskatchewan
Baldwin is the name of some places in the United States of America:
- Baldwin, Florida
- Baldwin, Georgia
- Baldwin, Illinois
- Baldwin, Iowa
- Baldwin, Louisiana
- Baldwin, Maine
- Baldwin, Maryland
- Baldwin, Michigan
- Baldwin, Chemung County, New York
- Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
- Baldwin, Pennsylvania
- Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Baldwin (town), Wisconsin
- Baldwin City, Kansas
- Baldwin County, Alabama
- Baldwin County, Georgia
- Baldwin Park, California
- Baldwin Park, Missouri
- Baldwin Township, North Dakota
- Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan
- Baldwin Township, Iosco County, Michigan
- Baldwin Township, Pennsylvania
There are also:
- Baldwin City, Kansas
- Baldwin Park, California
- Baldwinsville, New York
- Baldwinville, Massachusetts
- Baldwin Hills, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California
These places should not be confused with Ballwin, Missouri, nor with Balwyn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
Baldwin Street in Dunedin (New Zealand), is world's steepest street, with a maximum slope of 38%.
[edit] People
- Abraham Baldwin
- Adam Baldwin (born 1962), American actor
- Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor, oldest and best known of the "Baldwin brothers"
- Alfred Baldwin
- Alfred Baldwin, MP
- Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
- Augustus C. Baldwin
- Augustus Warren Baldwin
- Baldwin (bishop) (died ca. 1109), 12th century Catholic bishop of Kraków
- Bill Baldwin
- Billy Baldwin, American interior designer and decorator
- Bob Baldwin
- Bobby Baldwin
- Carol Baldwin
- Carol M. Baldwin
- Charles H. Baldwin (admiral) (1822–1888),
- Charles H. Baldwin (Medal of Honor recipient)
- Christopher Baldwin
- Chuck Baldwin
- Craig Baldwin
- Daniel Baldwin (born 1960), American actor, producer, and director, one of the "Baldwin brothers"
- Danny Baldwin
- Dave Baldwin
- Dwight Hamilton Baldwin
- Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
- Elizabeth Baldwin
- Ephraim Francis Baldwin
- Faith Baldwin
- Frank Baldwin
- Frankie Baldwin
- Frederick W. Baldwin
- Furman Stewart Baldwin, American photographer
- Gardner Baldwin
- George Pearce Baldwin
- Gerald Baldwin
- Hailey Baldwin
- Harry Streett Baldwin
- Henry Baldwin
- Henry Baldwin (judge)
- Henry P. Baldwin
- Henry Alexander Baldwin
- Jack Baldwin
- Jack Baldwin (racing driver)
- James Baldwin (writer) (1924–1987), African-American novelist and essayist, known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain
- James C. Baldwin, Australian big band jazz singer
- J. Baldwin (born 1934), American industrial designer, author, and educator
- James Mark Baldwin (1861–1934), American philosopher and psychologist
- James Baldwin (schoolbook editor and author) (1841–1925)
- James Baldwin (baseball player) (born 1971)
- Jamie Baldwin
- Jason Baldwin
- Jerry Baldwin
- John Baldwin (skater)
- John Brown Baldwin (1820–1873), Virginian statesman, member of Confederate House of Representatives from Virginia
- John E. Baldwin
- John Eustice Arthur Baldwin, a senior Royal Air Force commander
- John W. Baldwin
- John Baldwin, real name of John Paul Jones (musician)
- Jonathan Baldwin
- Joseph Baldwin
- Joseph M. Baldwin (1878–1945), Australian astronomer
- Kathleen Baldwin (novelist)
- Karen Dianne Baldwin
- Lewis V. Baldwin
- Loammi Baldwin
- Loammi Baldwin, Jr.
- Lou Baldwin
- Mark Baldwin
- Mark Baldwin (baseball)
- Matthias W. Baldwin (1795-1866), American steam locomotive builder, founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Melvin Baldwin
- Michael Baldwin
- A. Michael Baldwin
- Mike Baldwin, fictional character
- Mishonda Baldwin
- Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
- Peter Baldwin
- Peter Baldwin (Australian politician)
- Raymond E. Baldwin
- Robert Baldwin
- Robert H.B. Baldwin
- Roger Nash Baldwin, (1884-1981), founder of ACLU
- Roger Sherman Baldwin, (1793-1863), US lawyer and politician
- Ron Baldwin
- Sally Baldwin
- Shauna Singh Baldwin
- Simeon Baldwin
- Simeon Eben Baldwin
- Simon Baldwin
- Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Stephen Baldwin (born 1966), American actor, youngest of the "Baldwin brothers"
- Tammy Baldwin
- Theodore Anderson Baldwin
- Thomas Scott Baldwin (1860–1923), U.S. Army Major and pioneer balloonist
- Tom Baldwin
- Thom Baldwin (1989-present), Discoverer of baldrogen (element number 121), aka Lord Baldemort.
- Tommy Baldwin
- Tommy Baldwin Jr.
- Viv Baldwin
- Warren Baldwin
- Wilhelmina Baldwin
- William Baldwin (born 1963), American actor, one of the "Baldwin brothers"
- William Baldwin (lawyer)
- William Warren Baldwin (1775–1844), Irish-Canadian businessman, lawyer, judge, and political figure
Baldwin is also the name of several rulers:
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem (also Baldwin I of Edessa)
- Baldwin II of Jerusalem (also Baldwin II of Edessa)
- Baldwin III of Jerusalem
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
- Baldwin V of Jerusalem
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- Baldwin I of Flanders
- Baldwin II of Flanders (also Baldwin I of Boulogne)
- Baldwin III of Flanders
- Baldwin IV of Flanders
- Baldwin V of Flanders
- Baldwin VI of Flanders (also Baldwin I, Count of Hainaut)
- Baldwin VII of Flanders
- Baldwin VIII of Flanders
- Baldwin I of Constantinople (also Baldwin IX of Flanders and Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut)
- Baldwin II of Constantinople
- Baldwin II of Boulogne
- Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
- Baudouin of Belgium
- Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Baldwin de Redvers
- Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon
- Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon
- Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
[edit] Companies
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, one of the world's largest builders of steam locomotives in the 19th and early 20th century.
- Baldwin Piano is the largest manufacturer of pianos and keyboard instruments in the United States. It was purchased by Gibson after declaring bankruptcy in 2001.
[edit] Other
- Baldwin the Eagle - Official mascot of Boston College
- The Baldwin Brothers, a Chicago-based electronica band.
- Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, named after Baldwin I of Constantinople as the likely place where he found his death
[edit] Resources
- Baby names list An extensive resource of given names and their meaning.
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