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Armstrong can have a number of possible meanings:
[edit] Places
- Armstrong, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Armstrong, Victoria, Australia
- Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada
- Armstrong, Ontario, Canada
- Armstrong, County Fermanagh, (Northern) Ireland
- Armstrong, Iowa, USA
- Armstrong, Missouri, USA
- Armstrong, Oklahoma, USA
- Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Armstrong Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, USA
- Armstrong County, Texas, USA
- Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
[edit] People
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- B.J. Armstrong, former basketball player, most notably with the Chicago Bulls
- Billy Joe Armstrong, American pop vocalist of Green Day
- Brad Armstrong (porn star), Canadian porn star
- Bruce Armstrong, American football player
- Craig Armstrong, Scottish composer
- Davey Armstrong, American boxer
- David L. Armstrong, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County Judge-Executive and Attorney General of Kentucky
- David Malet Armstrong, an Australian philosopher
- Debbie Armstrong, Olympic gold medalist in the area of Alpine skiing
- Dido (singer), aka Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, British pop singer
- Edwin Armstrong (1890-1954), American electrical engineer and inventor of FM radio
- Edward R. Armstrong, American inventor
- Eugene Armstrong, American construction contractor who was beheaded in Iraq
- Frankie Armstrong, English vocalist
- Garner Ted Armstrong (1930-2003), American evangelist, son of Herbert W. Armstrong
- Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
- George Armstrong, Harvard Law professor, inventor of a popular variation of 3 Flies Up
- George Armstrong (farmer), An australian Cattle Farmer based in Mt. Larcom, Queensland Australia.
- George Armstrong (actor), English actor
- George Armstrong (footballer), English football player
- George Armstrong (hockey), Canadian hockey player
- George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars
- Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director
- Heather Armstrong, aka Dooce, American writer
- Herbert W. Armstrong (1892-1986), American evangelist, father of Garner Ted Armstrong
- Hilary Armstrong, British politician
- Hilton Armstrong, American basketball player
- Jackson Armstrong, Canadian historian
- James Armstrong (Pennsylvania), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Jeannette Armstrong, Canadian writer
- Jerome Armstrong, American journalist
- Karen Armstrong, English author
- KC Armstrong, American radio personality and comedian
- Kerry Armstrong, Australian actress
- Kevin Armstrong, Antrim GAA great
- Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and record Tour de France winner
- Lee Armstrong, American actress
- Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), American jazz pioneer
- Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, first person on Moon
- Rebekka Armstrong, a bodybuilder, former Playboy model and AIDS activist
- Richard Lee Armstrong (1937-1991), American/Canadian professor, geochemist
- Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster
- Samaire Armstrong, American actress
- Samuel C. Armstrong (1839-1893), American educator
- Samuel Turell Armstrong (1874-1850), American politician
- Stacy Armstrong, American actress
- Sir Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994), organist and conductor
- Tim Armstrong, American punk rock musician
- Vaughn Armstrong, American actor
- William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810-1900), English industrialist
- William L. Armstrong, American politician
[edit] Fictional people
[edit] Companies
- Armstrong (company), British motorcycling company
- Armstrong World Industries, a manufacturer of flooring, ceilings and cabinets
- Armstrong Whitworth, the British engineering conglomerate which became Vickers-Armstrong
- Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft -a separate entity
- Armstrong Audio, a British audio/hi-fi manufacturer
- Armstrong Group of Companies, a conglomerate begun in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
- Armstrong Telephone Company, a telecommunications provider serving as a local exchange carrier in rural markets in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York
- Koch-Armstrong General Engineering, an engineering company based in San Diego, California
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