Ballantyne
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Ballantyne may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- Ballantyne a Charlotte, North Carolina neighborhood
[edit] Companies
There are many companies that use the name Ballantyne including a renowned cashmere manufacture that boasts many Hollywood stars as clients.
[edit] People
Ballantyne is a surname of Scottish origins From the time of the Celts, Ballantyne was defined as “a place of ancient pagan worship among the Celts” according to William Arthur’s An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names with an Essay on their Derivation and Import published in 1857.[1]
- Anthony Ballantyne, British writer
- Charles Ballantyne, Canadian politician
- Elspeth Ballantyne, Australian actress
- Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- James Ballantyne, Scottish publisher
- James R. Ballantyne, grammarian of Hindi
- John Ballantyne or Bellenden, Scottish writer of the sixteenth century
- Joyce Ballantyne, American painter of pin-ups
- Linda Ballantyne, voice actress
- Martin Ballantyne, British Actor
- R. M. Ballantyne, Well-known 19th Century Scottish author
- Thomas Ballantyne, Canadian politician
- Tony Ballantyne, British writer