Lennox

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Lennox may refer to:

• Lennox (district), an historic mormaerdom, earldom and then dukedom, in Stirling, Scotland
• Lennox International, a global manufacturer of furnaces and central air conditioners.

Other places around the world, named by Scottish emigrants:

• Lennox, California, United States
• Lennox, South Dakota, United States
• Lennox Gardens, Canberra, Australia
• Lennox County, Ontario, Canada
• Lennox and Addington, an electoral district in Ontario, Canada
• For Lennox, an uninhabited island in Chile, see Picton, Lennox and Nueva

People who have had the surname Lennox include:

• Any person who has held the title of Mormaer of Lennox
• Any person who has held the title of Earl of Lennox
• Any person who has held the title of Duke of Lennox
• Annie Lennox, a popular music artist from Scotland
• Betty Lennox
• Lady Caroline Lennox
• Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730-1804)
• Dave Lennox, inventor of the riveted steel furnace and founder of Lennox International
• David Lennox, a stonemason and bridge-builder, known for his stone bridges in colonial New South Wales
• E. J. Lennox (1844-1933) was a Toronto based architect
• Louisa Lennox
• Lady Sarah Lennox
• Wilbraham Oates Lennox
• William G. Lennox, neurologist
• Zion y Lennox

People who have had the first name Lennox include:

• Sir Lennox Berkeley
• Lennox Lewis, Olympic and World Champion boxer
• Lennox Miller
• Lennox Mohammed
• Lennox Robinson
• Lennox Sebe
• Lennox Sharpe
• Lennox Yearwood

Other things named Lennox include:

• HMS Lennox, the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
• Lennox (character), a fictional character, the "Thane of Lennox" in Macbeth
• Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), also known as Lennox syndrome, a difficult to treat form of childhood-onset epilepsy
• Lennox Stakes, a horse race

[edit] See also

• Lenox
• Linux, the open source Unix-like operating system kernel