Hampden

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'Hampden' may refer to:

• Places:
  • Asia/Pacific
    • Hampden (township), North Otago, New Zealand
  • Europe
    • Hampden Park (stadium), Glasgow, Scotland
    • Hampden Park (suburb), East Sussex, England
    • Great Hampden and Little Hampden (villages), Buckinghamshire, England
  • United States:
    • Hampden (town), Penobscot County, Maine
    • Hampden (census designated place), Penobscot County, Maine
    • Hampden (neighborhood), Baltimore City, Maryland
    • Hampden (county), Massachusetts
    • Hampden (town), Hampden County, Massachusetts
    • Hampden Avenue is a major arterial in Denver and Aurora, Colorado

• People:
  • John Hampden (circa 1595–1643), English politician and Roundhead in the English Civil War
  • John Hampden (1653-1696), English politician, pamphleteer, and opponent of Charles II and James II, convicted of treason after the Monmouth Rebellion.
  • Renn Dickson Hampden (1793–1868), English theologian and Professor at Oxford
  • Richard Hampden (1631–1695), English Whig politician, Privy Counsellor, and Chancellor of the Exchequer for William III of England.

• Other:
  • Handley Page Hampden, a twin-engine medium bomber aircraft