Waldo

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Contents 1 Things 2 Literature 3 Persons 3.1 Surname Waldo 3.2 Given name Waldo 3.3 Fictional 4 Places in the United States

Waldo may refer to:

[edit] Things

• a remote manipulator
• a library consortium (the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization)

[edit] Literature

• Waldo (short story), a novella by Robert A. Heinlein about a crippled man who uses remote manipulators
• Waldo (1967 novel), a novel written by Paul Theroux and first published in 1967
• Where's Waldo?, a children's book series and television show
• The Life of Waldo, a biography of the famous Irish poet Patrick Walls

[edit] Persons

[edit] Surname Waldo

• Clarence Abiathar Waldo (1852–1926), mathematics professor best known for his role in the Indiana Pi Bill affair
• Daniel Waldo (1762–1864), veteran of the American Revolutionary War, later missionary and U.S. House clergy
• Daniel Waldo (Oregon pioneer) (1800–1880), pioneer in Oregon of the United States
• Dwight Waldo (1913– 2000), American political scientist
• Dr. Dwight B. Waldo (1864–1939), first president of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Edward Hamilton Waldo, the birth name of American science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), who legally changed his name in 1929
• John B. Waldo (1844–1907), jurist and conservationist in Oregon of the United States
• Peter Waldo, (1140–1218), founder of a Christian sect called the Waldenses
• Rhinelander Waldo (1877–1927), a former U.S. Army Captain who served as the Fire and later the Police Commissioner of New York City in the early to mid 1910's.
• William Waldo (California politician) (1812–1881), California politician and namesake of Waldo Point and the Waldo tunnel in Marin County, California, USA
• William Waldo (Oregon politician) (1832–1911), President of the Oregon Senate in 1885, namesake of Waldo Park in Salem, Oregon, USA

[edit] Given name Waldo

• Abbot Waldo of Reichenau (740–814), advisor of Charlemagne
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), famous American writer of the 19th century
• Waldo Vila Gilabert (born 1978), Valencian pilotari
• Waldo McBurney (born 1902), credit as "America's Oldest Worker"
• "Waldo", nickname of the Tourist guy at the World Trade Center
• Waldo Jeffers, character from the Lou Reed short story The Gift and the Velvet Underground song of the same name.

[edit] Fictional

• Waldo Faldo, a character from the television series Family Matters
• "Waldo", character in the Our Gang series, played by child actor Darwood Kaye
• Waldo Pepper, titular character of the film The Great Waldo Pepper

[edit] Places in the United States

• Waldo, Alabama
• Waldo, Arkansas
• Waldo, Florida
• Waldo, Kansas
• Waldo, Maine
• Waldo, Kansas City, Missouri
• Waldo, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Waldo, New Mexico
• Waldo, Ohio
• Waldo, Oregon
• Waldo, Wisconsin
• Mount Waldo, mountain in Maine
• Waldo Covered Bridge, Alabama
• Waldo-Hancock Bridge, a suspension bridge in Maine
• Waldo Lake, a freshwater lake in Oregon
• Waldo Stadium, home to the Western Michigan University Broncos football team
• Waldo Tunnel, a tunnel taking U.S. Route 101 from just north of the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito, California