Stockdale

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Stockdale is a surname probably originating from the North of England. Just south of Carlisle is a village called Stockdaleworth (pronounced locally as "Stogglewerth"). The surname is very common in Australia.

Contents 1 Notable persons with this name 2 Place names 3 Institutions with this name 4 Other

[edit] Notable persons with this name

• Andrew Stockdale, lead singer of Australian band Wolfmother.
• Carl Stockdale, US actor.
• David Stockdale, Darlington footballer.
• Fletcher Stockdale, US politician.
• Admiral James Stockdale.
• Joseph Stockdale, first editor and printer of The Bermuda Gazette (est 1784). Commemorated on a Bermuda stamp in 1984.
• Percival Stockdale, anti-slavery English poet.
• Robbie Stockdale, Middlesbrough footballer.
• Stuart Stockdale, clothing designer. Head of design at Pringle of Scotland (left 2005).
• William Stockdale, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1494.

[edit] Place names

• Stockdale, Pennsylvania
• Stockdale Shales, The Lake District, (Skelgill beds), a Silurian period geological formation. Part of the Llandovery Group.
• Stockdale, Texas

[edit] Institutions with this name

• Stockdale High School, Bakersfield California

[edit] Other

• USS Stockdale (DDG-106), weapon of mass destruction currently bearing the name USS Stockdale.