Penrose

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Penrose may refer to these places:

• Penrose, Padstow, a small village in north Cornwall, England, with a World War II base near it
• Penrose, Porthleven, a small village in south Cornwall
• Penrose, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
• Penrose, Philadelphia, a neighborhood in the United States
• Penrose, Colorado, a town in the United States
• Penrose, Arlington, Virginia, a neighborhood in the United States
• Penrose, New South Wales, a small town south-west of Sydney, Australia
• Penrose (Illawarra), New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, south of Sydney, Australia

Penrose may also refer to these people:

• Barrie Penrose, British investigative journalist, interviewer and trainer
• Boies Penrose (1860–1921), American lawyer and Republican Senator from Philadelphia
• Charles Penrose (1873–1952), English entertainer, father of actor Peter Penrose
• Charles W. Penrose (1832–1925), American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Craig Penrose (1953- ), American football player
• Emily Penrose (1858-1942), English principal at Somerville College, Oxford University
• Francis Penrose (1817-1903), British architect, archaeologist and astronomer
• George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish judge
• John Penrose, British archer
• John Penrose (1914-1983), British actor
• John Penrose (1964- ), British conservative member of parliament
• Jonathan Penrose (born 1933), English chess grandmaster, son of Lionel Penrose
• Lionel Penrose (1898–1972), English geneticist, father of Oliver, Roger and Jonathan Penrose
• Llewellin Penrose, fictional character in the novel, Mr. Penrose: The Journal of Penrose, Seaman by William Williams (artist) (1727-1791)
• Oliver Penrose (born 1929), English mathematician, son of Lionel Penrose
• R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863–1931), American mining geologist and entrepreneur
• Roger Penrose (born 1931), English mathematical physicist, son of Lionel Penrose
• Roland Penrose (1903-1984), English artist, historian and poet
• Scott Penrose (born 1969), British magician, magic and illusion consultant
• Spencer Penrose (1865-1939), American mining magnate, philanthropist and hotelier
• Tricia Penrose (1970- ), English actress and singer
• Willie Penrose (1956- ), Irish labour party politician

Penrose may also refer to:

• The Penrose Annual, a London-based review of graphic arts (1895-1982)
• Penrose drain, a surgical device placed in a wound to drain fluid
• Penrose Medal, the top prize awarded by the Geological Society of America to those who advance the study of geoscience
• Penrose tiling
• Penrose (brand), a brand name owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc.. The Penrose brand is used only for pickled sausages
• Penrose triangle, an impossible geometry object
• Penrose stairs, an impossible geometry object
• Penrose Virtual Directory, an open source Virtual directory project sponsored by Identyx