Heath

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Heath can mean:

• Heath (habitat), a landscape characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation.
• Any of several related genera of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, growing in this habitat:
  • Erica (the genus most widely so known)
  • Calluna
  • Cassiope
  • Daboecia
  • Epacris (also known as Australian Heath)
  • Leucopogon (Beard-heath)
  • Phyllodoce

Contents 1 Places 1.1 In the United Kingdom 1.2 In the United States 1.3 Elsewhere 2 People 2.1 As a surname 2.2 As a forename 3 Other uses

[edit] Places

[edit] In the United Kingdom

• Heath, Cardiff, Wales
• Heath, Cheshire, England
• Heath, Derbyshire, England
• Heath, Devon, England
• Heath, Shropshire, England
• Heath, West Yorkshire, England

[edit] In the United States

• Heath, Alabama
• Heath, Indiana (extinct)
• Heath, Massachusetts
• Heath, Ohio
• Heath, Texas
• Heath Township, Michigan
• Heath Township, Pennsylvania

[edit] Elsewhere

• Heath River, border between Peru and Bolivia

[edit] People

Famous people named Heath include:

[edit] As a surname

• Benjamin Heath, British scholar
• Darren Heath, motor sports photographer
• David Heath, British politician
• Edward Heath, British politician
• Ted Heath (bandleader)
• Lilian Heath, American doctor
• Michael Heath (cartoonist)
• Monroe Heath, American politician
• Samantha Heath, British politician
• Sir Thomas Little (T.L.) Heath, British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
• William Heath, American soldier and politician
• William Heath (artist), British artist and caricaturist
• Joseph Heath, Canadian philosopher
• The Heath Brothers: Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, and Tootie Heath, all American musicians

[edit] As a forename

• Heath Ledger, Australian actor
• Heath Miller, American football player
• Heath Ramsay, Australian butterfly swimmer
• W. Heath Robinson, British cartoonist
• Heath Shuler, Washington Redskins quarterback, now Democratic representative-elect from North Carolina
• Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
• Heath (bassist), bassist of X Japan
• Heath Lamberts, Broadway actor who originated the role of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast.

[edit] Other uses

• Heath bar, a popular candy bar
• Heath, a wyvern knight in the video game Fire Emblem.