Churchill (disambiguation)

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Churchill is the name of a number of places and people, and derived objects and organisations.

Contents 1 People 2 Economy 3 Education 4 Geography 4.1 Australia 4.2 Canada 4.2.1 Rivers 4.3 England 4.4 Ireland 4.5 United Arab Emirates 4.6 United States 5 Culture 6 Objects 7 Fish

[edit] People

• The Churchill family, the family of the English Dukes of Marlborough, which included (chronologically):
  • Winston Churchill (1620-1688), English soldier and politician, father of the Duke of Marlborough
  • John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general during the War of the Spanish Succession
  • Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, Mistress of the Robes
  • Jennie Jerome (Lady Randolph Churchill), mother of Prime Minister Winston Churchill
  • Lord Randolph Churchill, son of John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, father of Winston Churchill
  • Sir Winston Churchill, (1874-1965) British Prime Minister during World War II
  • Randolph Churchill, British Conservative politician and son of Sir Winston Churchill
    • Pamela Churchill, former wife of Randolph Churchill (née Pamela Digby, later Pamela Harriman)
  • Winston Churchill (1940-), British Conservative politician and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill
  • Arabella Churchill daughter of Randolph and charity founder

• Caryl Churchill, British playwright
• Charles Churchill (satirist) (1731–1764), poet, author of the Rosciad
• Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill (soldier) (1794–1840), soldier and Member of Parliament
• Charles Churchill, link to other persons called Charles Churchill
• Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player after whom the Clive Churchill Medal is named
• Jack Churchill, eccentric World War II soldier
• John C. Churchill, American politician
• Peter Churchill, British spy during World War II
• Ward Churchill (b.1948), American professor of ethnic studies
• Winston Churchill (novelist) (1871 - 1947) "the American" contemporary of Sir Winston, and best-selling American author
• Owen Churchill, Olympic Sailor/Inventor Of the Churchill Swim Fin

[edit] Economy

• Churchill (insurance)

[edit] Education

• Churchill College, Cambridge
• Sir Winston Churchill High School, Calgary, AB
• Churchill Junior High School, East Brunswick, NJ
  
• Winston Churchill High School, San Antonio, TX
• Winston Churchill Sports College, Surrey
• Churchill Community School, North Somerset, England
• Churchill Heights Public School, Toronto, Ontario

[edit] Geography

[edit] Australia

• Churchill, Queensland
• Churchill, Victoria

[edit] Canada

• Churchill, Manitoba
• Churchill (electoral district), Manitoba
• Churchill, Simcoe County, Ontario
• Churchill, Wellington County, Ontario

[edit] Rivers

• Churchill River (Hudson Bay), in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
• Churchill River (Atlantic), in Newfoundland and Labrador

[edit] England

• Churchill, Oxfordshire
• Churchill, Somerset
• Churchill (Pershore), Worcestershire
• Churchill in Halfshire, Worcesterhire, now part of the parish of Churchill and Blakedown

[edit] Ireland

• Churchill, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland
• Churchill, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

[edit] United Arab Emirates

• Churchill Towers, a group of two towers in Dubai

[edit] United States

• Churchill, Ohio
• Churchill, Pennsylvania
• Churchill County, Nevada
• Churchill Township, Michigan
• Churchill Downs racetrack

[edit] Culture

• The Churchills, an Israeli music band with the singer Arik Einstein
• The Churchills (U.S. band), a US indie band
• Winston Churchill (Church for short), the name of the cat in Stephen King's novel Pet Sematary

[edit] Objects

• Churchill tank, a British WWII tank named after Sir Winston Churchill
• USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), a US Navy destroyer
• Winston Churchill, a Danish ferry operated by DFDS.
• TCDD 45151 Class steam locomotives, nicknamed "Churchills"
• A type of champagne made by Pol Roger, named after Sir Winston Churchill
• A type of cigar, named after Sir Winston Churchill
• A type of milkshake dessert popular in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, called Churchill where the second 'h' is silent

[edit] Fish

• A species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae (Petrocephalus catostoma)