Whitehead

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Whitehead can refer to:

People:

• Alfred North Whitehead, a British philosopher and mathematician
• Cortlandt Whitehead (1842–), bishop
• Commander Edward Whitehead (1908–1978), spokesperson and later president of Schweppes [1]
• Ennis Clement Whitehead (1895–1964), Lieutenant General U.S. Air Force [2]
• Gary Whitehead, American poet
• Gustave Whitehead, German–American aviation pioneer, reportedly made first U.S. powered manned flight in 1901
• John Whitehead (1860–1899), English explorer and naturalist.
• J. Gordon Whitehead, Contributed to the death of Houdini
• J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician and nephew of A. N. Whitehead
• John C. Whitehead, statesman, philanthropist
• Joseph Whitehead (1814–1894), Canadian railway pioneer
• Joseph Whitehead (1867–1938), lawyer, politician, Representative Democrat Virginia 1925–1930
• Robert Whitehead, English engineer — entrepreneur, built first automobile torpedoes in the 1860s
• William Adee Whitehead (1810–1884), historian

Places:

• Canada:
  • Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Tor Bay

• Northern Ireland
  • Whitehead is a village in Northern Ireland

• United States:
  • Cape Whitehead, Cumberland County, Maine 43.3844N 70.1131W
  • Lake Whitehead, Reservoir Napa County, California 38.3529N 122.2755W
  • Whitehead, Alabama, Lauderdale County, Alabama 34.5317N 87.1938W
  • Whitehead, Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi 33.5055N 90.1755W
  • Whitehead, North Carolina, Alleghany County, North Carolina 36.2802N 81.0910W
  • Whitehead, Tennessee, Marshall County, Tennessee 35.2848N 86.4719W
  • Whitehead, Texas, Hunt County, Texas 32.5205N 96.1536W

Things:

• A derogatory term for white people.
• A pimple with a white tip.
• Whitehead is a passerine bird.
• Capo Bianco (capoccia), or "white head", a boss with white hair, mafia
• USS Whitehead (1861–1865), Civil War, 136-ton screw steam gunboat
• John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University