Darden may refer to:
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Christine Darden
Christine Darden (born September 10, 1942, as Christine Mann) is an American mathematician, data analyst, and aeronautical engineer who devoted much of her 40-year career in aerodynamics at NASA to researching supersonic flight and sonic booms. S ...
(born 1942), American mathematician and engineer
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Christopher Darden
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, actor, and lecturer. He worked for 15 years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, where he gained national attention as a co-prosecutor in the O. J. S ...
(born 1956), American lawyer
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Colgate Darden
Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (February 11, 1897 – June 9, 1981) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia (1933–37, 1939–41), the 54th Governor of V ...
(1897–1981), American congressman, governor, and University of Virginia president
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George Darden
George Washington "Buddy" Darden III (born November 22, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. He served in the state house and then for more than five terms as Congressman from Georgia.
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(born 1943), American politician
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Geraldine Claudette Darden (born 1936), African-American mathematician
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Jaelon Darden
Jaelon Darden (born January 14, 1999) is an American football wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Texas. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth r ...
(born 1999), American football player
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Jimmy Darden
James Wesley Darden (June 19, 1922 – April 29, 1994) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
Darden played college basketball at the University of Wyoming and University of Denver. He was a member of the Wyoming Cowboys team ...
(1922–1994), American professional basketball player and coach
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Joshua Darden
Joshua Darden (born 1979 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) is an American typeface designer. He published his first typeface at the age of 15, becoming according to ''Fonts In Use'' the first known African-American typeface designer.
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(born 1979), American typeface designer
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Mills Darden
Mills Darden (October 7, 1799 – January 23, 1857) was an American who became famous as one of the largest men ever in human history. His enormous size both in terms of his body weight and height made him one of the biggest humans to have ever ...
(1798–1857), American who was one of the largest people in history
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Ollie Darden (born 1944), American retired professional basketball player
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Paul Darden
Paul Darden, Jr. (born October 27, 1968) is an American professional poker player, rap music promoter, and night club owner from New Haven, Connecticut.
Early years
He was accused of murder at the age of 15, due to mistaken identity but was ...
(born 1968), American poker player
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Thom Darden
The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas.
Thom is also a first name variant of the abbreviation " Tom" of "Thomas" that holds the "h".
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(born 1950), American retired National Football League player
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Thomas Darden (1900–1961), 37th governor of American Samoa and US Navy captain
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Tony Darden
Tony Darden (born September 2, 1957) is an American former track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He is best known for winning the men's 400-meter dash at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan.
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(born 1957), American retired sprinter
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Tony Darden (American football)
Tony Darden (born August 11, 1975) is a former American football defensive back who played National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas Tech.
Early life and high school
Darden was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and grew ...
(born 1975), American National Football League player
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Severn Darden
Severn Teakle Darden Jr. (November 9, 1929 – May 27, 1995) was an American comedian and actor, and a founding member of The Second City Chicago-based comedy troupe as well as its predecessor, the Compass Players. He is known from his film appe ...
(1929–1995), American comedian and actor
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Stephen Heard Darden (1816–1902), American politician and Confederate politician and officer
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Willie Darden
Willie Jasper Darden, Jr. (June 1, 1933 – March 15, 1988) was an American man who was executed in Florida for murder during the course of a robbery. Darden's case was notable because of the 14 years that he spent on death row between his deat ...
(1933–1988), American man executed in Florida
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Darden Hamilton
Darden Hamilton (born November 28, 1956) is a former member of the Arizona State Senate
The Arizona State Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members each repr ...
(born 1956), American politician
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Darden Smith
Darden Smith (born March 11, 1962, in Brenham, Texas) is an Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his lyrics and for weaving folk and Americana influences with rock, pop, and the musical roots of his home state.Keith Kachtick, "Quick Ch ...
(born 1962), American singer-songwriter
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Darden, Tennessee
Darden is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Henderson County, Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is ...
, United States, an unincorporated community and census-designated place
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University of Virginia Darden School of Business
The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Darden School offers MBA, PhD, and Executive Education programs. The school was founde ...
, a graduate school
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Darden Field
Darden Field is a historic baseball stadium that has been home to the Colorado School of Mines baseball teams since it was constructed in 1937. Featuring fieldstone stands with flagstone benches built into the hillside, the park was originall ...
, home stadium for the Colorado School of Mines baseball teams
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Darden Hotel (Hamilton, North Carolina)
Darden Hotel, also known as Conoho House and Hamilton House, is a historic hotel building located at Hamilton, North Carolina, Hamilton, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1843, and is a two-story, three bay by four bay, temple form ...
, on the National Register of Historic Places
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City Hotel (Marthaville, Louisiana)
City Hotel in Marthaville, Louisiana, also known as Hotel Darden, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It was built c.1881 upon arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, which stopped at a depot across the street from ...
, also known as "Hotel Darden", on the National Register of Historic Places
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Darden Restaurants
Darden Restaurants, Inc. is an American multi-brand restaurant operator headquartered in Orlando. As of January 2022, the firm owns two fine dining restaurant chains: Eddie V's and The Capital Grille; and six casual dining restaurant chains: O ...
, a restaurant management company
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