Rankin
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Rankin may refer to:
[edit] Places
- In Australia:
- Division of Rankin, an electoral district in the Australian Federal House of Representatives, in Queensland.
- In Canada:
- Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
- Rankin Inlet Airport, Nunavut
- Rankin River, Ontario
- Rankin Lake , Nova Scotia
- In the United Kingdom
- In the United States:
[edit] Persons
- Adam Rankin Alexander, member of the US House of Representatives for Tennessee
- Annabelle Rankin, Australian Senator
- Arthur Rankin, surveyor, entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West
- Arthur Rankin, Jr. of Rankin/Bass animation studios
- Boyd Rankin, Irish cricketer
- Chris Rankin, New Zealand actor
- Claire Rankin, Canadian actress
- Darrell Rankin, leader of the Communist Party of Canada - Manitoba and peace activist
- David Rankin, New York-based Australian artist
- Frank Rankin, Canadian ice hockey player
- Isaiah Rankin, English footballer
- Ian Rankin, Scottish mystery author
- J. Lee Rankin, U.S. Solicitor General
- James Rankin, American lighthouse keeper
- Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of Congress and the only member of Congress to vote against United States entry into both World War I and World War II
- Jennifer Rankin, Australian poet and playwright
- John C. Rankin, American theologian
- John E. Rankin, a Mississippi politician
- John W. Rankin, the captain of the USS Phoenix (CL-46)
- John Rankin, American abolitionist
- John Rankin, Scottish footballer
- John Rankin, Scottish politician
- John Rankin Franklin, Maryland Congressional Representative
- John Rankin Gamble, American lawyer
- John Rankin Rathbone Sr., English politician
- John Rankin Rogers, the third govenor of Washington State
- John Rankin Waddell, also known as Rankin, a British portrait and fashion photographer
- Judy Rankin, American golfer
- Kyle Rankin, American film director
- Lou Rankin, American sculptor
- Harry Rankin, Vancouver lawyer
- Naomi Rankin, leader of the Communist Party of Alberta
- Nell Rankin, American opera singer
- Paul Rankin, an Irish celebrity chef, a mainstay of 'Ready Steady Cook'
- Robert Alexander Rankin, a mathematician
- Robert William Rankin, an australian naval officer
- Robert Rankin, a British Science Fiction and Fantasy author
- The Rankin Family, a Canadian folk music group
- Tim Rankin Rathbone, English politician
- William Rankin Ballard, American pioneer and land developer