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Pemberton, Greater Manchester Pemberton is a town and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the southwestern bank of the River Douglas,. which separates it from the town of Wigan, and east of the M6 motorway. The a ...

, a residential area of Wigan, historically a part of

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. It is common in the

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. Etymologically, it consists of the elements ''Pen'', Brythonic for hill or head, ''ber'' Anglo-Saxon for barley, and ''ton'' Anglo-Saxon for an enclosure or field; thus "Barley field on the hill".

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* Amy Pemberton, (born 1988), British actress * Brock Pemberton (1885–1950), American theatrical producer and director *

Caroline Pemberton Caroline Pemberton is an Australian beauty pageant contestant, who was crowned Miss Australia in 2007. Career Pemberton was won the 2007 Miss Australia at Star City, Sydney on 4 April 2007. She went on to contest the Miss World title on 1 D ...

(born 1986), Australian model * Charles Reece Pemberton (1790–1840), British actor and lecturer *

Charley Pemberton Coca Cola Corporation was an Atlanta, Georgia company, the first large-scale manufacturer and marketer of beverages based on the Coca-Cola formula, and closely related to The Coca-Cola Company, the corporation that took on that role by 1900 and bec ...

(1854–1894), son of John Pemberton *

Cyril Pemberton Cyril Eugene Pemberton (August 12, 1886, Los Angeles, California – May 16, 1975, Diamond Head, Hawaii) was an American economic entomologist known for his work with sugar cane pests. He was the chief entomologist for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters ...

(1886–1975), US entomologist * Daniel Pemberton (born 1977), English composer *

Ebenezer Pemberton (minister) Ebenezer Pemberton (February 3, 1671 – February 13, 1717) was a colonial American Congregational clergyman, bibliophile, and minister of the Old South Church in Boston from 1700 to 1717. Under his ministry, the church broadened the scope of its ...

(1671–1717), colonial American Congregational clergyman, bibliophile, and minister *

Ebenezer Pemberton Ebenezer Pemberton (1746 – June 25, 1835) was an American educator and 2nd Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1786 to 1793. Refusing to follow his uncle's wishes to become a clergyman, Pemberton pursued a teaching career that would ...

(1746–1835), American educator * Henry Pemberton (1694–1771), English physician and man of letters *

Hugh Pemberton Hugh Pemberton may refer to: * Hugh Pemberton (physician), English physician *Hugh Pemberton (historian) * Hugh Pemberton (MP) for City of London (Parliament of England constituency) The City of London was a parliamentary constituency of the ...

(1890–1956), physician *

Hugh Pemberton (historian) Hugh R. Pemberton, FRHistS, is an academic historian specialising in the late twentieth-century British politics and British social and economic policy. As of 2018, he is Professor of Contemporary British History at the University of Bristol. Care ...

, historian *

John Pemberton John Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist and Confederate States Army veteran who is best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. In May 1886, he developed an early version of a beverage that would later bec ...

(1831–1888), inventor of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886 *

John Pemberton (footballer) John Matthew Pemberton (born 18 November 1964) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, Pemberton played as a defender and made more than 300 appearances in The Football League and the Premier League play ...

(born 1964), English football (soccer) player *

John C. Pemberton John Clifford Pemberton (August 10, 1814 – July 13, 1881) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole Wars and with distinction during the Mexican–American War. He resigned his commission to serve as a Confederate Stat ...

(1814–1881), Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War (1861–1865) *

Johnny Pemberton John deJarnette Pemberton III (born June 1, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, podcast host and streamer from Rochester, Minnesota. He is best known for his role as the titular ''Son of Zorn'' in the short-lived Fox sitcom, and has also appea ...

(born 1981), American actor and comedian * Joseph Despard Pemberton, Canadian surveyor-general * Joseph Scott Pemberton, a US Marine lance corporal who was charged with homicide for the

killing of Jennifer Laude On October 11, 2014, Jennifer Laude (), a Filipina trans woman, was drowned to death by Joseph Scott Pemberton, a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps in Olongapo, Philippines. Pemberton admitted assaulting Laude and deployed a trans ...

, a Filipino trans woman * Max Pemberton (1863–1950), British novelist *

Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown Robert "Robin" Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, (5 January 1927 – 24 November 2013) was a British Peer and banker, who served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1983 to 1993. Education and career Leigh-Pemberton was educated at St P ...

(born 1952), Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993) *

Sophie Pemberton Sophia Theresa "Sophie" Pemberton or Sophie Pemberton Deane-Drummond (13 February 1869 - 31 October 1959) was a Canadian painter considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist. Despite the social limitations placed on female a ...

(1869–1959), Canadian painter *

Stanton C. Pemberton Stanton Clayborn Pemberton (July 9, 1858– May 25, 1944) was an American politician and businessman. Biography Pemberton was born near Oakland, Illinois. He was involved with the lumber and coal business in Oakland, Illinois. He served in th ...

(188–1944), American businessman and politician *

Steve Pemberton Steven James Pemberton (born 1 September 1967) is a British actor, comedian, director and writer. He is best known as a member of ''The League of Gentlemen'' with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss, and Jeremy Dyson. Pemberton and Shearsmith also co- ...

(born 1967), British comedy writer and performer *

Steven Pemberton Steven Pemberton is a researcher affiliated with the Distributed and Interactive Systems group at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands. He was one of t ...

(born 1953), computer scientist *

Thomas Edgar Pemberton Thomas Edgar Pemberton (1 July 1849 – 28 September 1905) was an English novelist, playwright and theatrical historian. Early career Born on 1 July 1849, he was the eldest son of Thomas Pemberton, the head of an old-established firm of brass foun ...

(1849–1905), English playwright and theatrical historian * Tom Pemberton (born 1969), English chef * Victor Pemberton, British script writer and novelist *

Imogen Pemberton Imogen or Imogene may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Imogene, Iowa, a city * Imogene, Minnesota, a populated place * Imogene, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Imogene Pass, a mountain pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado * Imogene La ...

(born 2010),English dancer

Fictional characters

*Frank Pemberton, in the novel '' The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie'' by Alan Bradley *Guy and

Simon Pemberton This is a list of many of the characters from the long-running British radio soap ''The Archers''. The Archer family tree The Archer family Jill Archer née Patterson (born 3 October 1930) (Patricia Greene) is t ...

, characters on the BBC R4 soap ''The Archers'' *

Sylvester Pemberton Sylvester Pemberton, alternately known as The Star-Spangled Kid and Skyman, is a superhero in the DC Comics universe. Sylvester first appeared in ''Star Spangled Comics'' #1 (October 1941) and was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman. Startin ...

, DC Comics superhero the Star-Spangled Kid * Greg Pemberton

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