William Penn (disambiguation)

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William Penn refers to several things:

[edit] People

• William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania.
• William Penn (admiral) (1621–1670), English admiral and the father of William Penn.
• William Penn (pen name) was the pen name used by Jeremiah Evarts (1781–1831) in his essays against Indian Removal

[edit] Schools and societies

• William Penn University, a private liberal arts university in Iowa
• The William Penn Society, A fraternity at Whittier College
• William Penn High School in New Castle, Delaware
• William Penn High School in High Point, North Carolina
• William Penn High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

[edit] Ships

• USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628), a submarine that was going to be named the USS William Penn