Claiborne
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Claiborne is a name with multiple meanings:
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[edit] People
- Billy Claiborne -- western outlaw
- Corinne Claiborne Boggs -- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana; U.S. Ambassador to Vatican
- Craig Claiborne -- U.S. food writer and columnist for the New York Times
- Hamilton C. Claiborne -- U.S. Consul
- Harry Claiborne -- Member of Nevada House of Representatives
- James Robert Claiborne -- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri
- John Claiborne -- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
- John Claiborne -- Baseball Executive
- John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne -- Member of Mississippi state legislature
- John Herbert Claiborne -- Surgeon and physicist
- John Marshall Claiborne -- Member of Texas Senate
- Liz Claiborne (1929-2007) -- pioneer fashion designer and entrepreneur; founder of company bearing her name; revolutionized the women's clothing industry with her clothing lines marketed to working women
- Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne -- Member of Virginia state legislature, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
- Stephen Claiborne - writer
- Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) -- Member of Virginia state legislature; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia
- Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) -- Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee
- William Claiborne (c.1600-1676), Virginias statesman
- William Charles Cole Claiborne -- Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee and first Governor of Louisiana
- Claiborne P. Ellis -- Ku Klux Klan member turned civil rights activist
- Claiborne de Borda Pell -- U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
- Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. -- United States Ambassador to Portugal
- Robert Claiborne (1919-1990) -- American folk-singer, labor organizer and writer of books on Science, Anthropology and Linguistics.
[edit] Businesses
Liz Claiborne, Inc., clothing manufacturer founded by Liz Claiborne; first company founded by a woman to be listed on the Fortune 500 Claiborne Brothers Music and Sound
[edit] Places
- Claiborne Farm is a prominent thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Paris, Kentucky
- Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
- Claiborne County, Tennessee
- Claiborne, Alabama
[edit] Other
- Dolores Claiborne -- novel by Stephen King
- Dolores Claiborne (film) -- the film based on the novel