Hampden

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'Hampden' may refer to:

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Asia/Pacific 1.2 Canada 1.3 Europe 1.4 United States 2 People 3 Other

[edit] Places

[edit] Asia/Pacific

• Hampden (township), North Otago, New Zealand
• Hampden Cup (cricket tournament), Perth, Western Australia

[edit] Canada

• Hampden, Newfoundland and Labrador

[edit] Europe

• Hampden Park (stadium), Glasgow, Scotland
• Hampden Park (suburb), East Sussex, England
• Great Hampden and Little Hampden (villages), Buckinghamshire, England

[edit] United States

• Hampden (town), Penobscot County, Maine
• Hampden (census designated place), Penobscot County, Maine
• Hampden (neighborhood), Baltimore City, Maryland
• Hampden (county), Massachusetts
• Hampden (town), Hampden County, Massachusetts
• Hampden Avenue is a major arterial in Denver and Aurora, Colorado

[edit] People

• John Hampden (circa 1595–1643), English politician and Roundhead in the English Civil War
• John Hampden (1653-1696), English politician, pamphleteer, and opponent of Charles II and James II, convicted of treason after the Monmouth Rebellion.
• Renn Dickson Hampden (1793–1868), English theologian and Professor at Oxford
• Richard Hampden (1631–1695), English Whig politician, Privy Counsellor, and Chancellor of the Exchequer for William III of England.
• Walter Hampden (1879–1955), American actor
• The Viscounts Hampden.

[edit] Other

• Handley Page Hampden, a twin-engine medium bomber aircraft
• Hampden-Sydney College, an all-male liberal arts college in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia