Whiting
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Whiting is the name of several species of fish, see whiting (fish).
Whiting (fish) is harvested by the Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative.
Whiting is powdered calcium carbonate sometimes added to paint to improve the paint's opacity.
The are several small towns called Whiting in the United States of America:
Also listed on GNIS are:
- Whiting, Missouri
- Whiting, New Jersey
- Whiting, Wyoming
[edit] Surname
Whiting is also a surname. According to the 1990 U.S. Census, it is the 2565th most popular surname in the United States, carried by 0.005% of the population.
- Charlie Whiting is the FIA Formula One Race Director and head of the F1 Technical Department
- Danny Whiting, fictional character
- John Whiting
- Justin Rice Whiting
- Leonard Whiting
- Margaret Whiting, traditional pop music singer, daughter of Richard Whiting
- Napoleon Whiting
- Nathan Whiting
- Richard Whiting, writer of popular songs, father of Margaret Whiting
- Richard A. Whiting
- Roy Whiting
- William Whiting
- William F. Whiting
- William H. C. Whiting
- William Whiting (politician)
- William Whiting II (politician)
Some things are named in the memory of people called Whiting: see for example Whiting Writers' Award.