Dallas (disambiguation)
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Dallas most commonly refers to the City of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas.
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Dallas may also refer to
[edit] Places
[edit] in Australia
- Dallas, Victoria, suburb near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
[edit] in the United Kingdom
- Dallas, Moray, Scotland
[edit] in the United States
- Dallas, Georgia
- Dallas, North Carolina
- Dallas, Oregon
- Dallas, Pennsylvania
- Dallas, South Dakota
- Dallas, West Virginia
- Dallas, Wisconsin, a village within the town of Dallas, Wisconsin (below)
- Dallas (town), Wisconsin
- Melcher-Dallas, Iowa, formed from merger the cities of Dallas and Melcher in 1986
- Dallas, Missouri, former name of Marble Hill, Missouri
- Fort Dallas near Miami, Florida, named for Alexander J. Dallas
See also:
[edit] Dallas (TV series)
- Dallas, a U.S. primetime television soap opera set in Dallas, Texas, that aired on CBS from 1978 to 1991
- Two reunion television movies based on the television series:
- Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996)
- Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998)
- One retrospective television special:
[edit] Naval vessels
- USS Dallas (SSN-700), a U.S. Navy Los Angeles class attack submarine
- USS Dallas (DD-199), an American destroyer, named for Alexander J. Dallas
- USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716), a United States Coast Guard Hamilton class High endurance cutter (1968-...), named for Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas
[edit] Family name
- A family name and sept of the Clan MacKintosh, originating in the northern Highlands of Scotland.
[edit] People
[edit] U.S. Dallas family
- George Mifflin Dallas, 11th Vice President of the United States of America, from 1845 to 1849
- Alexander J. Dallas (statesman), father of George Mifflin Dallas and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under president James Madison
- Alexander J. Dallas (U.S. Navy officer), brother of George Mifflin Dallas and U.S. Navy officer during the War of 1812 and Seminole Wars
[edit] Other people
- E. S. Dallas, a Victorian-era journalist for The Times in London and Paris
- Hugh Dallas, former Scottish football (soccer) referee
- Ian Dallas, Scottish author and former playwright for the BBC, now notable Muslim scholar
- Dallas is a former persona of professional wrestler Lance Hoyt.
- Dallas Clark, professional American Football player
- Dallas Comegys, former professional basketball player
- Dallas Cook, ska trombonist
- Dallas Drake, pro Ice Hockey player
- Dallas Green, former pro baseball player, manager and executive
- Dallas Green (musician), Guitarist/Singer/Pianist of Alexisonfire and City And Colour
- Dallas Long, Olympic champion shotputter
- Dallas Moir, Scottish cricketer
- Dallas Smith, former pro Ice Hockey Player
- Dallas Smith (singer), The singer for Default
- Dallas Taylor, vocalist for the band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
[edit] Fictional characters
- Korben Dallas, ex-soldier and unlikely hero cab-driver played by Bruce Willis in the movie The Fifth Element, set in the 23rd century.
- Steve Dallas, a character in the American comic strips of Berke Breathed, most famously "Bloom County"
- Dallas, a character played by Tom Skeritt, captain of the commercial starship Nostromo in the 1979 science fiction/horror film Alien
- Dallas Winston, a character in S.E. Hinton's novel "The Outsiders"
[edit] Other
- Dallas Semiconductor, now a subsidiary of Maxim Integrated Products, designs and manufactures analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductors (integrated circuits, or ICs).
- 8084 Dallas, an asteroid.