Pendleton

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Pendleton may refer to:

[edit] Places

United States

• Pendleton, Indiana
• Pendleton, New York
• Pendleton, Oregon
• Pendleton, South Carolina
• Pendleton County, Kentucky
• Pendleton County, West Virginia
• Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California

United Kingdom

• Pendleton, Lancashire, England
• Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England

[edit] Persons

• Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865), American politician, governor of Texas during the American Civil War
• Austin Pendleton, (born 1940), American film,television, and stage actor
• Brian Pendleton (1944-2001), guitarist with British group The Pretty Things in the 1960s
• Chris Pendleton (born 1982), American amateur wrestler, winner of the NCAA Division I wrestling titles in 2004 and 2005
• Don Pendleton (1927–1995), American author, creator of the Mack Bolan character
• Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), American politician, lawyer, and judge, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia
• George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), American politician, senator from Ohio, eponym of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
• Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), American Marine Corps general, eponym of Camp Pendleton
• Nat Pendleton (1895–1967), American Olympic wrestler and film actor
• Terry Pendleton (born 1960), American professional baseball player 1984–1998
• Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English track cyclist
• [ Pendleton L Raines] (born 1924), American Realestate developer

[edit] Other

• Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, 1883 law of the US Congress establishing the United States Civil Service Commission
• Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, Oregon, USA, best known for its usually-plaid woollen shirts
• Pendleton Airport, near Ottawa, Canada
• Pendleton (band), a punk band from Manchester, England
• Pendleton 8, a nickname given to the eight soldiers involved in the Hamdania incident because of their confinement at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
• Pendelton State University, fictional university on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (note different spelling)