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Ripley may refer to:
[edit] People
Ripley is the surname of:
- Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, is a fictional character in the Alien movie series.
- Brian D. Ripley, statistician associated with the R programming language
- Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist
- General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, (1782-1839), graduate of Dartmouth College and officer in the War of 1812.
- George Ripley (American social reformer), American Transcendentalist
- George Ripley (Alchemist), English alchemist
- James Wolfe Ripley, Civil War Union general
- John Ripley - Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
- John Ripley(USMC) - United States Marine Corps recipient of the Navy Cross for actions during the Vietnam War
- Robert Ripley, is an American cartoonist and entrepreneur, creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Roswell S. Ripley, Civil War Confederate general and nephew of James W. Ripley
- Thomas Ripley (architect), (1686-1758) English architect
- William Z. Ripley (1867-1941) — American economist and anthropologist
- Andy Ripley Andy Ripley, the English rugby union player
- Tom Ripley, is a fictional character in several books by Patricia Highsmith (the "Ripliad"), as well as in several film adaptations of them
[edit] Places
[edit] In Canada
[edit] In England
[edit] In the United States
- Ripley, Illinois
- Ripley, Maine
- Ripley, Michigan
- Ripley, Mississippi
- Ripley, New York
- Ripley, Ohio
- Ripley, Oklahoma
- Ripley, Tennessee
- Ripley, West Virginia
- Ripley County, Indiana
- Ripley County, Missouri
- Ripley Township, Dodge County, Minnesota
- Ripley Township, Morrison County, Minnesota
[edit] See also
