Strong

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Contents 1 General usage 2 Famous people 2.1 Strong (surname) 2.2 Strong (descriptive name) 2.3 Strong (given name) 2.4 Armstrong 3 Strong People 4 Fictional persons 5 Place names 6 Other 7 See also

Strong is a generic adjective pertaining to strength. It is the opposite of weak. Its comparative form is stronger, and the superlative is strongest.

Strong may also refer to:

[edit] General usage

• Strong acid
• Strong agnosticism
• Strong AI
• Strong atheism
• Strong cardinal
• Strong coloring
• Strong convergence
• Strong CP problem
• Strong cryptography
• Strong inflection
• Strong interaction (Strong force)
• Strong key
• Strong language
• Strong operator topology
• Strong priors
• Strong program
• Strong RSA assumption
• Strong symptoms

[edit] Famous people

[edit] Strong (surname)

• Anna Louise Strong (1885–1970), American communist journalist
• Barrett Strong (1941—), American Motown singer and songwriter
• Brenda Strong (1958—), American actress
• Caleb Strong (1745–1819), American politician, Governor of Massachusetts 1800–1807, 1812–1816
• Rider Strong (1979—), American actor
• Danny Strong (1974—), American actor
• George Veazey Strong (1880–1946), American army general
• George Strong (c. 1836–[?]), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Gwyneth Strong (1959—), British actress
• Henry Strong (18??–1919), American businessman, president of the Eastman Kodak Company 1884–1919
• Henry Strong (19th century), American railroad man
• Jamal Strong (1978—), American professional baseball player
• James Strong (1822-1894), American Methodist biblical scholar, creator of Strong's Concordance
• James Hooker Strong (1814–1882), American US Navy admiral
• John Franklin Alexander Strong (1856–1929), American politician, Governor of Alaska Territory 1913–1918
• Josiah Strong (1847–1916), American clergyman and author
• Ken Strong (1906–1979), American professional football player
• Leonard Strong (1896–1958), English writer, novelist, journalist, and poet
• Maurice Strong (1929—), Canadian industrialist, Secretary-General of the UN Earth Summit
• Nathan Leroy Strong (1859-1939), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Roy Strong (1935—), English arts curator, writer, broadcaster and garden designer
• Samuel Henry Strong (1825–1909), Canadian judge, Chief Justice of Canada
• Shiloh Strong (contemporary), American actor
• Tara Strong (1973—), Canadian voice actress
• William Strong (1763–1840), American congressman and judge from Vermont
• William Strong (1808–1895), American jurist, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
• William Barstow Strong (1837–1914), American railroad executive
• William Duncan Strong (1899–1962), American archaeologist and anthropologist
• William L. Strong (1827–1900), American politician, Mayor of New York City 1895–1897

[edit] Strong (descriptive name)

• Magnus the Strong (1106–1134), Danish prince, pretender to the throne
• Robert the Strong ([?]–866), French nobleman
• Styrbjörn the Strong (c. 960–c. 984), Viking hero in the old Norse sagas

[edit] Strong (given name)

• Strong Vincent (1837-1863), American General during the United States Civil War, killed at the Battle of Gettysburg

[edit] Armstrong

• Debbie Armstrong (Gold Medal winner in alpine skiing)
• Lance Armstrong (A consecutive winner of the Tour de France)
• Neil Armstrong (The first man to walk on the moon)

[edit] Strong People

• Stephanie Dzurnak - AKA Super Swol (1983-__), American Powerlifter, holds all the Ohio records

and a national bench press record at 303.12 lb, ranks second in the nation

• Geoff Capes budgie trainer and stong man.
• Stretch Armstrong he has stong arms.

[edit] Fictional persons

• Ale the Strong, character in Norse mythology
• Strong Bad, character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner
• Strong Mad, character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner
• Strong Sad, character in the fictional world of Homestar Runner
• Tom Strong, character in a comic book series for America’s Best Comics
• Captain Strong, a character in the video game EarthBound.

[edit] Place names

Strong is also the name of several place in the United States:

• Strong, town in Union County, Arkansas
• Strong, town in Franklin County, Maine
• Strong, village in Monroe County, Mississippi
• Strong City, town in Chase County, Kansas
• Strong City, town in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

[edit] Other

• Christopher Strong, 1933 American film starring Katharine Hepburn
• Strong Medicine, television series on the Lifetime network
• Strong’s Concordance, concordance of the King James Bible
• Strong Memorial Hospital, hospital at University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, USA
• Strong - National Museum of Play, museum in Rochester, New York, USA
• Strong Poison, 1931 novel by Dorothy L. Sayers
• USS Strong (DD-467), destroyer of the US Navy (1942–1943)
• USS Strong (DD-758), destroyer of the US Navy (1945–1973)
• <strong></strong>, an HTML element

[edit] See also

• Mild
• Armstrong