Pye can refer to:
Businesses
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Pye (electronics company)
Pye Ltd was an electronics company founded in 1896 in Cambridge, England, as a manufacturer of scientific instruments. The company merged with EKCO in 1960. Philips of the Netherlands acquired a majority shareholding in 1967, and later gained f ...
, British electronics manufacturer
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Pye Records
Pye Records was a British record label. Its best known artists were Lonnie Donegan (1956–1969), Petula Clark (1957–1971), the Searchers (1963–1967), the Kinks (1964–1971), Sandie Shaw (1964–1971), Status Quo (1968–1971) and Brotherho ...
, British record label
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Pye International Records
Pye International Records was a record label founded in 1958, as a subsidiary of Pye Records. The company distributed many American labels in the UK, including Chess, Kama Sutra, Buddah, Colpix and King. (There was also an American label of th ...
, a subsidiary
People
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Pye (surname) Pye is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. Kenneth Pye (1931–1994), American academic
* Bill Pye (1912–1996), Australian politician
* Brad Pye Jr. (1931–2020), American journalist
* Charles Pye (1820–1876), ...
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Pye Dubois
Pye Dubois is a Canadian lyricist and poet. He has worked mainly with Kim Mitchell and Max Webster (with whom he was considered an unofficial fifth non-performing member), and occasionally Rush.
Career
Dubois accompanied Max Webster in the stu ...
, musician
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Pye Hastings
Julian Frederick Gordon 'Pye' Hastings (born 21 January 1947 in Tomnavoulin, Banffshire, Scotland) is a British musician. Born in Scotland and raised in Canterbury, Kent, he is the guitarist and vocalist of the Canterbury scene band Caravan and b ...
, musician
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Pye Min
Pye Min ( my, ပြည်မင်း, ; 26 May 1619 – 14 April 1672) was king of Toungoo dynasty from 1661 to 1672. Pye Min was a son of King Thalun. During the reign of his brother Pindale, the Prince of Pyay (Prome) led the Burmese resistan ...
(1619-1672), king of Toungoo dynasty, Burma
Other uses
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Pye (Osnabrück district) Pye is a district of the city of Osnabrück, Germany. Its positioning in the countryside on the outskirts of Osnabrück and its good transport connections to the city make it an appealing area for residents.
Until 1972 Pye was a separate village ...
, a district of the city of Osnabrück, Germany
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Ginger Pye
''Ginger Pye'' is a book by Eleanor Estes about a dog named Ginger Pye. The book was originally published in 1951, and it won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1952.
Plot summary
This book is about a puppy nam ...
'', a 1951 novel by Eleanor Estes
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Mr Pye
''Mr Pye'' is a 1953 novel by English novelist Mervyn Peake.
Plot
Mr. Pye travels to the Channel Island of Sark to awaken a love of God in all the islanders. His landlady on the island, Miss Dredger, quickly becomes a devout follower of his teac ...
'', a 1953 novel by Mervyn Peake
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Pye baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for the Pye family. Both are now extinct.
The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckin ...
, two titles in the Baronetage of England
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Pye Bridge railway station
Pye Bridge railway station served the village of Pye Bridge, Derbyshire, England from 1849 to 1967 on the Erewash Valley Line.
History
The station opened as Pye Bridge for Alfreton on 1 December 1851 by the Midland Railway
The Midland ...
, formerly at Pye Bridge, Derbyshire
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Pye Road
Pye Road is a Roman road running from the capital of the Iceni at Venta Icenorum (Caistor St Edmund near Norwich) to the original Roman provincial capital and legionary base at Camulodunum (Colchester). The road was later extended, connecting it t ...
, an ancient Roman road in what is now England
* Pye Corner in the City of London, location of the
Golden Boy of Pye Corner
The Golden Boy of Pye Corner is a small late-17th-century monument located on the corner of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane in Smithfield, central London. It marks the spot where the 1666 Great Fire of London was stopped, whereas the Monument ind ...
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Pye Corner railway station
Pye Corner railway station is a station serving a residential area in the west of Newport, Wales, between the suburbs of Bassaleg and High Cross. It opened on 14 December 2014.
History
Proposal
A report published by the South East Wales Tran ...
, station in Newport, South Wales
* Pye, the name of an owl in the
Guardians of Ga'Hoole
''Guardians of Ga'Hoole'' is a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Scholastic. The series contains a total of 16 books and although originally intended to conclude with the 2008 publication of ''The War of the Ember' ...
series
* Pye dog, or
Indian pariah dog
The Indian pariah dog, also known as the Indian native dog or INDog, South Asian pye dog and Desi Kutta, is a landrace of dog native to the Indian subcontinent. They have erect ears, a wedge-shaped head, and a curved tail. It is easily trainabl ...
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