Pinkerton or Pinkerton's may refer to: *

Pinkerton (detective agency) Pinkerton is an American private investigation and security company established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which l ...

, founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton * '' Pinkerton v. United States'', 328 U.S. 640 (1946), a U.S. Supreme Court case

Places

Pinkerton, Ontario Pinkerton (also Pinkerton's Corners) is an unincorporated rural community in Bradford West Gwillimbury Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. History Matthew Pinkerton, a surveyor and early settler, built a log school house in 1840. A Wesle ...

, Canada, an unincorporated community *

Pinkerton Run Pinkerton Run is a long 1st order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Course Pinkerton Run rises about 0.5 miles west of Madison, Pennsylvania Madison is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Unit ...

, Pennsylvania, United States, a stream * Pinkerton's Landing Bridge, a railroad bridge in Pennsylvania across the Monongahela River

People

Al Pinkerton Alasdair Douglas Pinkerton is a British Liberal Democrat politician and academic who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Surrey Heath since 2024. He has been an associate professor in geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London. P ...

(), British politician and academic *

Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton (August 21, 1819Mackay (1997), p. 20; August 25 was the date of his baptism, which many sources incorrectly give as his birth date. – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American detective, spy, abolitionist, and cooper best known f ...

(1819–1884), Scottish-American detective and spy, founder of what would become the Pinkerton National Detective Agency * Bill Pinkerton (born 1932), Scottish football goalkeeper *

Brian Pinkerton Brian Pinkerton is an American author of fiction in the suspense, thriller, mystery, science fiction and horror genres. He received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and Master's Degree from Northwestern University. Select bibliography Novels ...

(), American fiction author *

David Pinkerton David Pinkerton (26 September 1836 – 23 June 1906) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Dunedin City, in the South Island. Early life Born in Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland. He married Margaret Fairley on 1 December 1857 with whom ...

(1836–1906), New Zealand politician *

Godfrey Pinkerton Godfrey Pinkerton (1858 – 1937) was a London-based British architect. Biography Early life Pinkerton was born at Godstone, Surrey, son of metal broker George Pinkerton (1823 – 1899), son of the missionary and linguist Rev. Robert Pinkerton, D ...

(1858–1937), British architect * Henry Pinkerton (1915–1986), Scottish footballer *

James Pinkerton James "Jim" P. Pinkerton (born March 11, 1958) is an American columnist, author, and political analyst. Career A graduate of Evanston Township High School (1975) and Stanford University (1980), he served on the White House staff under both Ronald ...

(born 1958), American columnist, author and political analyst *

Jay Pinkerton Jay Pinkerton (born June 15, 1977) is a Canadian humourist known for co-writing, with Erik Wolpaw, the story of Valve's video game ''Portal 2''. A former editor of both Cracked.com and '' Cracked'' magazine, '' PlayStation World'' magazine re ...

(born 1977), Canadian humorist *

John Pinkerton John Pinkerton (17 February 1758 – 10 March 1826) was a Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist, historian, and early advocate of Germanic peoples, Germanic Supremacism, racial supremacy theory. He was born in Edinburg ...

(1758–1826), Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian * John Pinkerton (politician) (1845–1908), Irish politician and Member of Parliament *

John Pinkerton (computer designer) John Maurice McClean Pinkerton (2 August 1919 – 22 December 1997) was a pioneering British computer designer. Along with David Caminer, he designed England's first business computer, the LEO computer, produced by J. Lyons and Co in 1951. Pe ...

(1919–1997), British computer designer *

Kathrene Pinkerton Kathrene Pinkerton (June 9, 1887 – September 6, 1967) was a fiction and Non-fiction, nonfiction writer whose writings focused on life in the northern wilderness of Canada. Life Pinkerton was born Kathrene Sutherland Gedney on June 9, 1887, in M ...

(1887–1967), American writer *

Louis Pinkerton Louis Pinkerton is a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party politician who represented the 5th district in the North Dakota House of Representatives The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Ass ...

(), American politician * Mike Pinkerton (), American software engineer *

Nancy Pinkerton Nancy Pinkerton Peabody (May 7, 1940 – March 4, 2010) was an American actress. Pinkerton is perhaps best known as the original actress to play Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 1973 to 1977, a period whic ...

(1940–2010), American actress *

Percy Edward Pinkerton Percy Edward Pinkerton (19 June 1855 – 31 August 1946) was an English translator and poet. His translations included two novels by Émile Zola and a Puccini libretto. Early life Pinkerton was born at Stamford Hill, Middlesex, the third child o ...

(1855–1946), English translator and poet *

Peter Pinkerton Peter Pinkerton FRSE (1870–1930) was a Scottish mathematician who served as Rector of Glasgow High School. Life He was born on 8 June 1870 in Kilmarnock, the sixth son of John Pinkerton (born 1830) an Irish-born boiler-maker, and his wife, Mar ...

(1870–1930), Scottish mathematician *

Robert Pinkerton Robert Pinkerton (1780, Foulshiels near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, ScotlandBiographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (edited by Gerald H. Anderson) – 7 April 1859, Reigate, Surrey, England) was a Principal Agent of the British and For ...

(1780–1859), Scottish missionary, linguist, translator and author *

Romeo Pinkerton The Kentucky Fried Chicken murders were an armed robbery Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or use of fear. According to common law, robbery is defined as taking the property of ...

(born c. 1958), American mass murderer *

Stuart Pinkerton Stuart Ian Pinkerton (born 25 March 1973) is an Australian former professional rugby union player. Born in Newcastle, Pinkerton is an old boy of Scots College and played his first-grade rugby with Randwick. Pinkerton was a permanent fixture i ...

(born 1973), Australian former rugby union player *

William Pinkerton William Pinkerton (1810–1893) was an early English settler in South Australia. He became a major rancher and landowner. He was known for violent retaliation in 1848 against a band of Nauo Aboriginals on his land who had killed one of his shepher ...

(1810–1893), early South Australian settler *

Pinkerton R. Vaughn Pinkerton Ross Vaughn Sr. (1839 – August 22, 1866) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who served during the American Civil War. He was the second Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions aboard the during a battle with Con ...

(1841–1866), American Civil War Marine Corps sergeant awarded the Medal of Honor

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Pinky Pinkerton Percival "Pinky" Pinkerton is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character's first appearance was in '' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos'' #8 (July 1964), in which he replaced Jonathan Junio ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Lieutenant Pinkerton ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luth ...

, in Puccini's opera ''Madama Butterfly''

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* ''Pinkerton'' (album), a 1996 album by Weezer * ''

The Pinkertons ''The Pinkertons'' is a Canadian Western (genre), Western police procedural television series which features crime cases of the Pinkerton (detective agency), Pinkerton detective agency. The show is officially licensed with the Pinkerton detectiv ...

'', a Canadian Western television series

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