Wharton

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Wharton most often refers to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Other uses of the name may include:

Places in the United States of America:

• Wharton, New Jersey
• Wharton, Ohio
• Wharton, Texas
• Wharton, West Virginia
• Wharton Township, Pennsylvania
• Wharton a neighborhood in Philadelphia.

There is also:

• Wharton Creek in New York State
• Wharton State Forest in New Jersey
• Mount Wharton in Antarctica

People:

• Arthur Wharton, soccer player.
• Edith Wharton, the early 20th century author.
• Henry Wharton, English writer.
• Ken Wharton, Formula One driver.
• John A. Wharton, Confederate general during the American Civil War.
• Joseph Wharton, for whom the school and New Jersey town was named.
• Michael Wharton, newspaper columnist.
• Robert Wharton, British politician
• Robert Wharton, Mayor of Philadelphia, 1798-1800, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1814-19
• William Wharton, novelist.
• William H. Wharton, Republic of Texas politician.
• Wharton Barony and Duke of Wharton, English nobility.