Wheeler
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Wheeler is a commonly used surname and term.
It may also refer to:
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[edit] People
- Albert H. Wheeler, the first African-American mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Alison Wheeler, a British political activist
- Alwyne Wheeler, an ichthyologist
- Anne Wheeler, a Canadian film and television director
- Benjamin Ide Wheeler, a former President of the University of California
- Benjamin Wheeler, an Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1766-1776
- Bert Wheeler, an American comedian
- Candace Wheeler, founder of the Society of Decorative Art in New York City (1877)
- Charles Wheeler (painter)
- Charles Wheeler (cinematographer)
- Sir Charles Wheeler, with the BBC.
- Charles Wheeler (homeopathist)
- Charles Wheeler (politician), a former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, USA and current Missouri State Senator
- Sir Charles Wheeler (sculptor), the President of the Royal Academy of Art
- Cheryl Wheeler, an American singer-songwriter
- Caron Wheeler, an English R&B singer
- Damen Wheeler, an XFL cornerback
- Dan Wheeler, a Major League Baseball pitcher
- David John Wheeler, a computer scientist co-invented the Burrows-Wheeler transform
- David Wheeler, an actor, writer, and director.
- David A. Wheeler, a writer on open source software
- Donald Wheeler, a Soviet spy
- Donald J Wheeler, a statistician and author
- Earle Wheeler, a US Army General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Ellen Wheeler, an American actress
- Erica Wheeler, an American folk singer-songwriter
- Major Felix Wheeler, the Crown Equerry
- Geoffrey Wheeler, a historian of Central Asia and an officer in the British military.
- George Campbell Wheeler, a Lieutenant Colonel in the British Indian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
- George Godfrey Massy Wheeler, Major in the British Indian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
- George Montague Wheeler, a 19th century U.S. Army Captain, explorer and cartographer of the western United States
- Harold Wheeler, a composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, record producer, and music director.
- Hugh Callingham Wheeler, a 20th century English writer
- Major-General Sir Hugh Wheeler, a British general who was in command at the Siege of Cawnpore in 1857
- Jacquetta Wheeler, a British supermodel.
- John Archibald Wheeler, an American physicist
- Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, a conservative British historian of German and diplomatic history
- John Wheeler (ironmaster), of Wollaston, Stourbridge, England (died 1708)
- John Wheeler (commerce), an English businessman
- John Wheeler (actor)
- John Wheeler (audio/video technologist) of Berkeley, California
- Sir John Wheeler, a British politician and Northern Ireland Office minister
- John C. Wheeler, a chemistry professor at UCSD
- John Wheeler (meteorolgist), a TV meteorolgist for WDAY and WDAZ
- Johnny Wheeler, Footballer, Tranmere Rovers F.C, Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool F.C.
- Joseph Wheeler, an American politician and military commander
- Joseph Hugh Wheeler, a British musician and musicologist.
- Juanita Wheeler, Australian politician
- Kenneth "Flex" Wheeler, an American IFBB professional bodybuilder.
- Kenny Wheeler, a Canadian composer
- Lucille Wheeler, a Canadian Alpine skiing world champion
- Maggie Wheeler, an American actress
- Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, a British archaeologist famous for his work on the Indus Valley Civilization
- Nathaniel Wheeler, a 1800s businessman in Bridgeport, CT, United States
- Nick Wheeler, a guitarist of The All-American Rejects band
- Peter Wheeler, an England rugby union international footballer
- Roger Wheeler (British military)
- Roger Wheeler (United States businessman), a former CEO of Telex
- Captain Roger W. Wheeler of Rhode Island
- Shannon Wheeler, the creator of the comic strip Too Much Coffee Man.
- Tim Wheeler, a singer and lead guitarist from the Ash rock band
- Wayne Bidwell Wheeler, an attorney and general counsel for the National Anti-Saloon League
- William A. Wheeler, the 19th Vice President of the United States
- William Morton Wheeler an American entomologist who studied ants
- William G. Wheeler Jr. a drummer in the American rock band "This Hollywood Machine"
- Wilson Roy Wheeler, Australian ornithologist
- Wheeler Hazard Peckham, American lawyer
- Wheeler Thackston, orientalist
[edit] Fictional characters
- Charlie Wheeler, Friends (TV series)
- Matthew Wheeler (Captain Planet character)'
- Wheeler, in science fiction novel, Signal to Noise
- Joey Wheeler or his sister Serenity Wheeler of Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Rick Wheeler, a.k.a. Ryu Suzaku, in F-Zero: GP Legend
- Wheeler, the red truck in the cartoon I-Spy
- Wheelers, the men with wheels instead of hands and feet in Return to Oz
- Detective Megan Wheeler, from L&O: CI.
[edit] Bands
- 18 Wheeler Scottish rock band
[edit] Places
[edit] US towns
- Wheeler Army Airfield
- Wheeler, Illinois
- Wheeler, New York
- Wheeler, Oregon
- Wheeler, Texas
- Wheeler, Wisconsin