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Alex Chilton
William Alexander Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s ...
(1950–2010), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, the lead singer of the Box Tops
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Allenby Chilton
Allenby C. Chilton (16 September 1918 – 15 June 1996) was an English footballer.
Playing career
Chilton started his career with Seaham Colliery before joining Liverpool as an amateur in the summer of 1938, but he never played a senior game f ...
(1918–1996), English football player
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Bart Chilton
Bartholomew Hamilton Chilton (May 1, 1960 – April 27, 2019) was an American civil servant.
He was Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2007 to 2014. In April 2014, he joined DLA Piper as a Senior Policy Advis ...
(1960–2019), commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Charles Chilton
Charles Chilton MBE (15 June 1917 – 2 January 2013) was a British presenter, writer and producer who worked on BBC Radio. He created the 1950s radio serials ''Riders of the Range'' and ''Journey into Space'', and also inspired the stage ...
(1917–2013), BBC radio presenter, a writer and a producer
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Charles Chilton (zoologist)
Charles Chilton (27 September 1860 – 25 October 1929) was a New Zealand zoologist, the first rector to be appointed in Australasia, and the first person to be awarded a D.Sc. degree in New Zealand.
Biography
Chilton was born on 27 September ...
(1860–1929), New Zealand
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Chris Chilton
Christopher Roy Chilton (25 June 1943 – 20 May 2021) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Hull City and Coventry City.
Chilton was born in Sproatley, East Riding of Yorkshire.
Chilton played as an insi ...
(1943–2021), British footballer
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David Chilton
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David Harold Chilton (1951–1997) was an American pastor, Reconstructionist, speaker and author of several books on economics, eschatology and Christian Worldview from Placerville, California. He contributed three books on eschatolo ...
(1951–1997), pastor and Christian Reconstructionist
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David Barr Chilton
David Chilton is a Canadian author, investor, and television personality from Waterloo, Ontario. As a venture capitalist, he appeared on television in the Canadian version of Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series), Dragons’ Den.
Personal life
Chilt ...
, Canadian financial author
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Frederick Oliver Chilton
Brigadier Sir Frederick Oliver Chilton, (23 July 1905 – 1 October 2007) was a senior officer in the Australian Army and a public servant.
Early life
Born in Sydney on 23 July 1905 and educated at North Sydney High School, Chilton studied la ...
Australian brigadier
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Glen Chilton, Canadian-Australian professor, author, ornithologist and behavioural ecologist
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Horace Chilton
Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas.
Biography
Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the ...
(1853–1932), printer, lawyer, and Democratic US Senator from Texas
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James Chilton
James Chilton (c. 15561620) was a Leiden Separatist passenger on the historic 1620 voyage of the ship ''Mayflower'' and was the oldest person on board. Upon arrival in the New World, he was a signer of the Mayflower Compact. James Chilton was ...
(c. 1556 – 1620), ''Mayflower'' settler
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John Chilton
John James Chilton (16 July 1932 – 25 February 2016) was a British jazz trumpeter and writer. During the 1960s, he also worked with pop bands, including The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Escorts. He won a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 19 ...
(1932–2016), British jazz trumpeter and writer
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Kevin Patrick "Chily" Chilton (born 1954), 4-star general in the USAF and NASA astronaut
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Mark Chilton
Mark James Chilton (born 2 October 1976) is an English first-class cricketer. Chilton was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Durham University where he won the British Universities tournament in 1997. The same year he made his debut for ...
(born 1976), British cricketer
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Mark H. Chilton (born 1970), mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina
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Mary Chilton
Mary Chilton (May 31, 1607 – May 16,1679) was a Pilgrim and purportedly the first European woman to step ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Biography
Mary Chilton was baptized on May 31, 1607 in Sandwich, Kent, England and was the daughter o ...
(1607 – c. 1679), passenger on the ''Mayflower''
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Maurice Chilton
Lieutenant-General Sir Maurice Somerville Chilton, (11 January 1898 – 21 August 1956) was a senior officer in the British Army who served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1955 to 1956.
Military career
Educated at Rugby School, Chil ...
(1898–1956) British Army officer
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Max Chilton
Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British racing driver who last competed for Carlin Motorsport in the IndyCar Series, before announcing his retirement from IndyCar in February 2022. Prior to IndyCar, he competed in Formula ...
(born 1991) British racing driver competing in Formula 1
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Robert H. Chilton
Robert Hall Chilton (February 25, 1815 – February 18, 1879) was an officer in the United States Army, U.S. Army and then a Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served as Chi ...
(1815–1879), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; chief of staff for Robert E. Lee
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Selina Chilton
Selina Chilton (born 1981) is an English actress. After making appearances in various stage productions including ''The Taming of the Shrew'', '' Can-Can'' and '' Marianne Dreams'', she was cast in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors''. She appeared i ...
(born 1981), English actress
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Shirley Chilton (1923–2013), American businesswoman and politician
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Thomas Chilton
Thomas Chilton (July 30, 1798 – August 15, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a prominent Baptist clergyman, and the ghost writer of David Crockett's autobiography.
Born near Lancaster, Kentucky, a son of Rev. Thomas John Chilton a ...
(1798–1854), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, Baptist clergyman, ghostwriter of David Crockett's autobiography
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Thomas H. Chilton
Thomas H. Chilton (August 14, 1899 – September 15, 1972) was a chemical engineer and professor. He is considered a founder of modern chemical engineering practice and lectured widely around the world. He received numerous awards, including an ho ...
(1899–1972), chemical engineer and professor
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Tom Chilton
Thomas James Chilton (born 15 March 1985) is a British racing driver. He has spent most of his career competing in touring car racing; he was a former factory Vauxhall and Honda driver in the British Touring Car Championship, and currently driv ...
(born 1985), British auto racing driver
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Tom Chilton (game developer)
''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...
for the World of Warcraft game
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William Chilton (printer)
William Chilton (1815 – 28 May 1855), was a printer, Owenite, evolutionist, and co-founder with Charles Southwell of ''The Oracle of Reason'', which claimed to be the world's first avowedly atheist journal.
Life
Born in Bristol, the son of Wi ...
(1815–1855), British printer, socialist, atheist, and evolutionist
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William E. Chilton
William Edwin Chilton (March 17, 1858November 7, 1939) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Born in Colesmouth, Virginia (now St. Albans, West Virginia), he attended public and private schools and graduated from Shelton College in St ...
(1856–1939), United States Senator from West Virginia
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William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton (August 10, 1810 – January 20, 1871) was an American politician and author who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862.
Early life
Called Will Chilton, h ...
(1810–1871), lawyer, jurist, and politician serving Alabama and later the Confederate States of America
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