Wadsworth
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Wadsworth refers to:
- Persons
- Alexander S. Wadsworth (1790–1851), U.S. Navy officer; fought in the War of 1812; eponym of three ships
- Andre Wadsworth (b. 1974), American professional football player
- Benjamin Wadsworth (1670–1737), American clergyman and educator; president of Harvard University
- Charles Wadsworth (contemporary), American classical pianist and musical promoter
- Daniel Wadsworth (1771–1848), American artist, arts patron, and founder of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
- Decius Wadsworth (fl. early 19th c.) U.S. Army officer and cryptologist; developed a progressive cipher system
- Derek Wadsworth (b. 1939), British composer and arranger
- Edward Wadsworth (1889–1949), English artist
- Geoff Wadsworth (contemporary), American country musician
- George Wadsworth (1893–1958), American diplomat; specialized in the Middle East
- George Wadsworth (1902–1979), British politician; MP for the East Riding of Yorkshire
- James Wadsworth (1730–1816), American general in the Revolution; delegate to the Continental Congress
- James S. Wadsworth (1807–1864), American politician, philanthropist, and general in the Civil War
- James Jeremiah Wadsworth (1905–1984), U.S. diplomat; ambassador to the UN
- James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846–1926), American politician; U.S. representative from New York
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877–1952), American politician; U.S. representative and U.S. Senator from New York
- Jeremiah Wadsworth (1743–1804), American sea captain; delegate to the Continental Congress; U.S. representative from Connecticut
- Ken Wadsworth (1946–1976), New Zealand cricketer
- Michael Wadsworth (sociologist) (contemporary), British sociologist and socio-medical researcher
- Mick Wadsworth (b. 1950), English football coach
- Peleg Wadsworth (1748–1829), U.S. Army officer in the American Revolution; grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Walter Wadsworth (1890–1951), English football player
- William Wadsworth (fl. early 19th c.), U.S. Army officer in the War of 1812
- Places and geographical features
- Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
- Wadsworth, Nevada, USA
- Wadsworth, Ohio, USA
- Wadsworth, Texas, USA
- Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio, USA
- Wadsworth Falls, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
- Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
- Other
- Fort Wadsworth, former United States military base on Staten Island, New York
- USS Wadsworth, three different ships of the U.S. Navy
- Wadsworth Atheneum, art museum in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Wadsworth Institute, former Mennonite seminary in Wadsworth, Ohio, USA, until 1878