Selfridge
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Several people are or were named Selfridge:
- Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), founder of Selfridges Department Store
- Oliver Selfridge, grandson of Harry Gordon Selfridge and a pioneer in artificial intelligence
- Thomas O. Selfridge (1804-1902), an admiral in the United States Navy, during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War
- Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. (1836 – 1924), United States Navy and son of Thomas O. Selfridge
- Thomas Selfridge (1882 – 1908), a lieutenant in the US Army and the first person to die in a powered airplane crash
- John Selfridge, a mathematician
Places named Selfridge:
- Selfridge, North Dakota
- Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, named for Thomas Selfridge
Other:
- Selfridges, a chain of department stores in the United Kingdom
- USS Selfridge (DD-320), a United States Navy destroyer named for Thomas O. Selfridge
- USS Selfridge (DD-357), a United States Navy destroyer named for Thomas O. Selfridge and Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.