Armstrong (surname)

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Armstrong is a surname, and may refer to:

• Clan Armstrong, a Scottish clan from the border area between England and Scotland

[edit] Real people

• Adam Armstrong (1909-1982), Australian politician
• Alexander Armstrong, British comedian
• Annie Armstrong (1850 - 1938) American missionary leader
• Anton Armstrong, American choral conductor and St. Olaf College professor
• B. J. Armstrong, former basketball player, most notably with the Chicago Bulls
• Billie Joe Armstrong, American vocalist of Green Day
• Brad Armstrong (porn star), Canadian porn star
• Bruce Armstrong, American football player
• Campbell Armstrong, a Scottish writer
• Charles Armstrong, English ethnographer and technologist
• Charles Armstrong (rower), American Olympic gold medalist in rowing
• Charles Armstrong (soldier), an English World War II Brigadier
• Charles Armstrong (physician), American virologist in the US Public Health Service
• Craig Armstrong, Scottish composer
• Darrell Armstrong, American professional basketball player
• Davey Armstrong, American boxer
• David L. Armstrong, mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, Jefferson County Judge-Executive and Attorney General of Kentucky
• David Malet Armstrong, an Australian philosopher
• Debbie Armstrong, Olympic gold medalist in the area of Alpine skiing
• Dido (singer), aka Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong, British pop singer
• Edwin Armstrong (1890-1954), American electrical engineer and inventor of FM radio
• Edward R. Armstrong, American inventor
• Elizabeth Armstrong, American water polo goalkeeper
• Ernest Armstrong (1915–1996), British Labour Party politician.
• Eugene Armstrong, American construction contractor who was beheaded in Iraq
• Frank A. Armstrong, American Air Force General
• Frankie Armstrong, English vocalist
• Garner Ted Armstrong (1930-2003), American evangelist, son of Herbert W. Armstrong
• Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
• George Armstrong, Harvard Law professor, inventor of a popular variation of 3 Flies Up
• George Armstrong (actor), English actor
• George Armstrong (footballer), English football player
• George Armstrong (hockey), Canadian hockey player
• George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars
• Gillian Armstrong, Australian film director
• Heather Armstrong, aka Dooce, American writer
• Herbert Rowse Armstrong (1870-1922), British murderer - the "Hay poisoner",
• Herbert W. Armstrong (1892-1986), American evangelist, father of Garner Ted Armstrong
• Hilary Armstrong, British politician
• Hilton Armstrong, American basketball player
• Hubert Tim Armstrong, (1875-1942) New Zealand politician
• J. Scott Armstrong, Wharton Business School professor
• Jackson Armstrong, Canadian historian
• James Armstrong (Pennsylvania), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• James Armstrong (footballer), former professional footballer
• Jeannette Armstrong, Canadian writer
• Jerome Armstrong, American journalist
• John Armstrong (footballer born 1936), former professional footballer
• John Armstrong (poet) (1709-1779) Scottish poet.
• John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong, Canadian politician
• Joseph G. Armstrong, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Karen Armstrong, English author
• KC Armstrong, American radio personality and comedian
• Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
• Kerry Armstrong, Australian actress
• Kevin Armstrong, Antrim GAA great
• Kristin Armstrong, professional road bicycle racer
• Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and record 7 time Tour de France winner
• Lee Armstrong, American actress
• Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), American jazz pioneer
• Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, first person on Moon
• Otis Armstrong, American football player
• Rebekka Armstrong, a bodybuilder, former Playboy model and AIDS activist
• Richard Lee Armstrong (1937-1991), American/Canadian professor, geochemist
• Robert Armstrong, founder of Armstrongism
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster
• Samaire Armstrong, American actress
• Samuel C. Armstrong (1839-1893), American educator
• Samuel Turell Armstrong (1874-1850), American politician
• Sir Thomas Armstrong (1898-1994), organist and conductor
• Tim Armstrong, American punk rock musician
• Vaughn Armstrong, American actor
• Warwick Armstrong, Australian Test cricketer
• William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810-1900), English industrialist
• William L. Armstrong, American politician

[edit] Fictional people

• Alex Louis Armstrong, the state alchemist from Full Metal Alchemist
• Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, a radio series character on the show of the same name (1933-51).
• Stretch Armstrong, an action figure first introduced in the 1970s.
• Tina Armstrong and her father, Bass, people from the Dead or Alive video game series