Penrose

Penrose may refer to:

Places

• Penrose, Arlington, Virginia, a neighborhood in the United States
• Penrose, Colorado, a town in the United States
• Penrose, Padstow, a small village in north Cornwall, England, with a World War II base near it
• Penrose, Philadelphia, a neighborhood in the United States
• Penrose, Porthleven, a country house (in private ownership) and National Trust estate in west Cornwall, including Loe Pool and Bar
• Penrose, New Zealand, a suburb of Auckland
• Penrose, New South Wales (Wingecarribee), a small town south-west of Sydney, Australia
• Penrose, New South Wales (Wollongong), a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

People

• Barrie Penrose (born 1942), British investigative journalist, interviewer and trainer
• Boies Penrose (1860–1921), American lawyer and Republican Senator from Philadelphia
• Charles Penrose (disambiguation)
• Craig Penrose (born 1953), American football player
• Edith Penrose (1914–1996), British economist
• 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
• James Doyle Penrose (1862-1932), Irish painter, father of Lionel and Roland Penrose
• John Penrose (clergyman) (1778–1859), Church of England clergyman and theological writer
• John Penrose (archer) (1850–1932), British archer
• John Penrose (actor) (1914–1983), British actor
• John Penrose (politician) (born 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 (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) after whom are named
  • Penrose tiling, a nonperiodic infinite tiling of a plane
  • Penrose triangle, an impossible geometry object
  • Penrose stairs, an impossible geometry object
• 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 (born 1970), English actress and singer
• Willie Penrose (born 1956), Irish labour party politician

Other

• 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 (brand), a brand name owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc., used only for pickled sausages

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