Wharton

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Wharton most often refers to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Other uses of the name may include:

[edit] Places

• Wharton, Cheshire, England
• Wharton, New Jersey
• Wharton, Ohio
• Wharton, Texas
• Wharton, West Virginia
• Wharton Township, Pennsylvania
• Wharton, a neighborhood in Philadelphia.

There is also:

• Wharton Creek in New York State
• Wharton State Forest in New Jersey
• Mount Wharton in Antarctica

[edit] People

• Alan Wharton, English cricketer
• Arthur Wharton, soccer player.
• Clifton R. Wharton, Sr., American diplomat
• Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., former United States Deputy Secretary of State
• Edith Wharton, the early 20th century author.
• Henry Wharton, English writer.
• Ken Wharton, Formula One driver.
• John A. Wharton, Confederate general during the American Civil War.
• Joseph Wharton, for whom the school and New Jersey town was named.
• Michael Wharton, newspaper columnist.
• Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton
• Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton
• Robert Wharton, Mayor of Philadelphia, 1798-1800, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1814-19
• Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton
• Thomas Wharton Jr., Governor of Pennsylvania
• Thomas Wharton, Canadian novelist
• William Wharton, American novelist.
• William H. Wharton, Republic of Texas politician.
• Wharton Barony and Duke of Wharton, English nobility.
• Ben Wharton, soccer player.