Elwood may refer to any one of the following::
Places
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Elwood, Victoria
Elwood is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. Elwood recorded a population of 15,153 at the 2021 census ...
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Elwood, Illinois
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Elwood, Indiana
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Elwood, Kansas
Elwood is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, located west across the Missouri River from Saint Joseph, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,125.
History
A trading post was established at Elwood in ...
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Elwood, Missouri Elwood or Elwood Siding is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community lies along the railroad southwest of the Springfield
Springfield may refer to:
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Elwood, Nebraska
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Elwood-Magnolia, New Jersey
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Elwood, New York
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Elwood, Utah
Elwood is a town in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,034 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Elwood is located in eastern Box Elder County in the Bear River Valley. The Bear River forms part of the eastern border of the tow ...
People
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Elwood Barker
Elwood Barker (October 21, 1878 – April 28, 1953) was an American politician.
Background
Barker born in Hamilton County, Illinois. He went to the public schools and to Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. Barker ...
(1878–1953), American politician
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Elwood Richard Quesada
Elwood Richard Quesada, Order of the Bath, CB, CBE (April 13, 1904 – February 9, 1993), List of aviators by nickname#P, nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air Force General officer, Lt. General, FAA administrator, and, later, a club owner in ...
, American Air Force general
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Elwood Wherry Rev. Elwood Morris Wherry (1843–1927) was an American Presbyterian missionary to India where he spent forty years of his life (between 1868 and 1923). He was keenly interested in "Muslim controversy", or apologetics, making contributions to Christ ...
, American Presbyterian missionary
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Augustus R. Elwood (1819–1881), American politician
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Brian Elwood
Sir Brian George Conway Elwood (born 5 April 1933) is a former New Zealand lawyer, politician, and public servant. He served as mayor of Palmerston North from 1971 to 1985, and was the New Zealand Chief Ombudsman, Chief Ombudsman of New Zealand ...
(born 1933), New Zealand public servant
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Edwin L. Elwood (1847–1907), American soldier
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Eric Elwood (born 1969), Irish rugby union player
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James Elwood
James Stanley Elwood ( December 1921 – 13 December 2021) was a British pathologist who was responsible for 222 cancer misdiagnoses between 1995 and 2000. During the period concerned he was practising as a locum at four NHS trusts: the Princess M ...
(c. 1921–2021), British physician
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Jimmy Elwood
Jimmy Elwood (12 June 1901 in Belfast, Ireland – 30 November 1936) was a former Irish footballer who played as a centre-half.
He played for Glentoran FC, Manchester City FC, Chesterfield FC, Bradford Park Avenue and Derry City FC. He was ...
(1901–1936), Irish footballer
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Joey Elwood Joey Elwood is one of the co-founders of Gotee Records, along with the other Gotee Brothers, Toby McKeehan and Todd Collins. The record label was created when, after failing to find a label willing to sign the group Out of Eden, Elwood, McKeehan, an ...
, one of the founders of Gotee Records
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Paul Elwood (born 1958), American composer and banjo player
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Roger Elwood
Roger Elwood (January 13, 1943 – February 2, 2007) was an American science fiction writer and editor, who edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early to mid-1970s.
Biography
Born and rais ...
(1943–2007), American science fiction writer
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Sheri Elwood
Sheri Elwood is a Canadian screenwriter/director working in film and television, best known as creator of the series ''Call Me Fitz'' starring Jason Priestley
Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television ...
, Canadian screenwriter
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Thomas Elwood (disambiguation), various people
Other
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Elwood (American musician), a hip-hop/rock duo
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Elwood (horse), 1904 Kentucky Derby winner
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Elwood (dog), winner of the 2007 World's Ugliest Dog Contest
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''Elwood'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat that operated in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
*Elwood Blues,
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1979). During his tenure on ''SNL'' ...
's adopted name as a member of the blues and soul band
The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on ''Saturday Night Live''. Belushi and Aykroyd fronted the band, in character, respective ...
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John Elwood Shepherd
''Zombiepowder.'' (stylized as ''ZOMBIEPOWDER.'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. The manga ran in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 27 chapters from August 1999 to February 2000 ...
, a character from the unfinished manga ''Zombiepowder.''
*Elwood P. Dowd, main character from the
play and
movie ''Harvey''
See also
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Ellwood (disambiguation)
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