Joslyn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Allyn Joslyn
Allyn Joslyn (July 21, 1901 – January 21, 1981) was an American stage, radio, television and film actor, known for his roles playing aristocratic wealthy snobs.
Biography
Allyn Joslyn was born in Milford, Pennsylvania, the son of a mining en ...
(1901–1981), American stage, film and television actor
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Betsy Joslyn
Betsy Joslyn (born April 19, 1954 in Staten Island, New York) is a Broadway musical and dramatic actress and soprano. Joslyn is best known for her Broadway work, including the original 1979 production of ''Sweeney Todd''. She appeared in the e ...
(born 1954), Broadway musical and dramatic actress and soprano
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Cliff Joslyn
Cliff Joslyn (born 1963) is an American mathematician, cognitive scientist, and cybernetician. He is currently the Chief Knowledge Scientist and Team Lead for Mathematics of Data Science at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Seattle, Was ...
(born 1963), American information systems scientist
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Frank Joslyn Baum
Frank Joslyn Baum (December 3, 1883 – December 2, 1958) was an American lawyer, soldier, writer, and film producer, and the first president of The International Wizard of Oz Club.
He is best known as the author of ''To Please a Child'' (a b ...
(1883–1958), lawyer, soldier, writer, and film producer
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Hezekiah Joslyn (died 1865), American abolitionist
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Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (born 1954), former British 400m athlete
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Lewis Joslyn
Lewis Danforth Joslyn (November 14, 1907 – August 29, 1980) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who served in the Missouri General Assembly. He served in the Missouri Senate from 1941 until 1945 and in the Missouri House of Repres ...
, American politician
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Marcellus L. Joslyn
Marcellus L. Joslyn (February 6, 1873 – 1963) was the founder and principal stockholder of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company, a Chicago, Illinois electrical supply firm.
Early life
Marcellus Linsey Joslyn was born in Woodstock, Illinoi ...
(1873–1963), founder of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company, a Chicago, Illinois electrical supply firm
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Matilda Joslyn Gage
Matilda Joslyn Gage (March 24, 1826 – March 18, 1898) was an American writer and activist. She is mainly known for her contributions to women's suffrage in the United States (i.e. the right to vote) but she also campaigned for Native Americ ...
(1826–1898), suffragist, Native American activist, abolitionist, freethinker, and prolific author
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Maynard A. Joslyn (1904–1984), Russian-born American food scientist in the rebirth of the California wine industry after 1933
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Patrick Allen Joslyn (born 1986), American drag queen known as Joslyn Fox
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Steve Joslyn, American college baseball coach
See also
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Joslyn Musey
''Warchild'' is a science fiction novel by Canadian writer Karin Lowachee. It was published by Warner Aspect in 2002. It won the Warner Aspect First Novel Award. ''Warchild'' was also a finalist for the 2002 Philip K. Dick Award.
Plot summary
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, protagonist of the novel ''Warchild''
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Joslyn Art Museum
The Joslyn Art Museum is the principal fine arts museum in the state of Nebraska, United States. Located in Omaha, it was opened in 1931 at the initiative of Sarah H. Joslyn in memory of her husband, businessman George A. Joslyn. It is the only m ...
, the principal fine arts museum in the state of Nebraska, United States of America
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Joslyn Castle
The George and Sarah Joslyn Home (officially named "Lynhurst," and known locally as Joslyn Castle), is a mansion located at 3902 Davenport Street in the Gold Coast Historic District of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in the Scottish Baron ...
, folly located at 3902 Davenport Street in the District of Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Jocelyn
Jocelyn is a surname and first name. It is a unisex (male/female) name. Variants include Jocelin, Jocelyne, Jocelynn, Jocelynne, Joscelin, Josceline, Joscelyn, Joscelynn, Joscelynne, Joseline, Joselyn, Joselyne, Joslin, Joslyn, Josselin, Josselyn, ...
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Joslin (disambiguation)
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Josselin Castle
Josselin Castle (french: Château de Josselin, br, Kastell Josilin, la, Castellum Joscelini) is a medieval castle at Josselin, in the Morbihan department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, France, first built in 1008 by Guéthénoc, ...
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