Pidgeon is a surname from an archaic spelling of

pigeon Columbidae () is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. They primarily ...

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Notable persons with the surname include: *

Caroline Pidgeon Caroline Valerie Pidgeon (born 29 September 1972) is a British politician serving as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly since 2018, and a Londonwide Member of the London Assembly (AM) since 2008. Early life and educat ...

, Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom *

Emily Pidgeon Emily Pidgeon born 1 June 1989 in Cheltenham, to parents Stephen and Jessica, is a former UK athlete, specialising in long and middle distance events. Junior career Considered an athletics prodigy as a junior, she is a former 5000 metres Europ ...

(born 1989), English athlete *

Frank Pidgeon Francis Pidgeon Sr. (February 11, 1825 – June 12, 1884) was an American baseball pitcher. He played for Eckford of Brooklyn from 1855 to 1862, and was one of the club's founders. Pidgeon has been called one of the top pitchers of the era, and pa ...

(1825-1884), American baseball player *

George C. Pidgeon George Campbell Pidgeon (March 2, 1872 – June 15, 1971) was a Christian minister, first in the Presbyterian Church in Canada and then in the United Church of Canada, as well as the last Moderator of the Presbyterian Church before amalgamation a ...

(1872–1971), Canadian religious minister * Harry Pidgeon (1869–1954), American sailor, circumnavigator *

Jeff Pidgeon Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor at Pixar. Early life Influenced by Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ''Peanuts'', Jeff Pidgeon dreamed of becoming a newspaper cartoonist. He studied and grad ...

, American writer and actor *

John Pidgeon Sir John Allan Stewart Pidgeon (15 July 1926 – 2 June 2016) was an Australian contractor and property developer. He and his sister, Valmai Pidgeon, have been involved with the Queensland construction industry since joining their father's busin ...

, Australian contractor and property developer *

Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon Lloyd Montgomery Pidgeon, (December 3, 1903 – December 9, 1999) was a Canadian chemist who developed the Pidgeon process, one of the methods of magnesium metal production, via a silicothermic reduction. He is considered the "father" of acad ...

(1903–1999), Canadian chemist and metallurgist *

Monica Pidgeon Monica Pidgeon (29 September 1913 – 17 September 2009) was a British interior designer and architectural writer best known as the editor of ''Architectural Design'' from 1946 to 1975. Early life Pidgeon was born Monica Lehmann in 1913 in Catemu ...

(1913–2009), British interior designer and architectural writer *

Rebecca Pidgeon Rebecca Pidgeon (born October 10, 1965) is an American actress who has appeared on stage and in feature films, and a singer, songwriter and recording artist. She is married to American playwright David Mamet. Early life Pidgeon was born to Engl ...

(born 1965), American actor and songwriter *

Valmai Pidgeon Florence Valmai Miller Pidgeon AM (born c. 1927) is a leading figure in the Arts and the construction industry in Queensland. After completing her education in 1945, Florence joined her father's building construction business F.A. Pidgeon & Son P ...

, Australian philanthropist and construction contractor * W. R. Pidgeon, English inventor of an electrostatic machine *

Walter Pidgeon Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. He earned two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his roles in ''Mrs. Miniver'' (1942) and ''Madame Curie'' (1943). Pidgeon also starred in ...

(1897–1984), Canadian actor *

William Pidgeon William Edwin Pidgeon, aka Bill Pidgeon and Wep, (1909–1981) was an Australian painter who won the Archibald Prize three times. After his death, cartoonist and journalist Les Tanner described him: "He was everything from serious draftsman, b ...

(1909-1981), Australian painter *

William Pidgeon (archaeologist) William Pidgeon (ca. 1800 – ca. 1880) was an antiquarian and archaeologist most famous for his 1858 work, ''Traditions of Dee-Coo-Dah and Antiquarian Researches'', a putative history about lost tribes of the Upper Mississippi and the mounds they ...

(c. 1800 – c. 1880), American antiquarian and archaeologist

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