Remington may refer to:
Organizations
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Remington Arms
Remington Arms Company, LLC was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition, now broken into two companies, each bearing the Remington name. The firearms manufacturer is ''Remington Arms''. The ammunition business is called ''Remingto ...
, American firearms manufacturer
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Remington Rand
Remington Rand was an early American business machine manufacturer, originally a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mainframe computers. Formed in 1927 following a merger, Remington Rand wa ...
, American computer manufacturer
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Remington Products
Remington Products, commonly known as simply Remington, is an American personal care brand which manufactures hair clippers, electric shavers, epilators, and haircare products. It is a subsidiary of Spectrum Brands and Oak Hill Capital.
His ...
, American manufacturer of shavers and haircare products
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Remington College
Remington College is a common name used by all 16 campuses of a group of private colleges throughout the United States. Remington College operates 16 campuses in several US states. Some of the affiliated institutions have been in operation since th ...
, American chain of private schools
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Remington Records Remington Records was a low budget record label. It existed from 1950 until 1957 and specialized in classical music. Unfortunately, the discs suffered from considerable surface noise.Soundfountain website
History
The earliest Remington recordings ...
, American record label
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E. Remington and Sons
E. Remington and Sons (1816–1896) was a manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. Founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, on March 1, 1873, it became known for manufacturing the first commercial typewriter.
History
The r ...
, American manufacturer of firearms and typewriters 1816–1896
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The Remingtons
The Remingtons were an American country music group founded in 1991. They consisted of guitarists and vocalists Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey. Griffin was previously a member of the soft rock group Bread, while Mainegra and Ya ...
, American country music group
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Remington & Co, a British publisher
Places
United States
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Remington, Indiana
Remington is a town in Carpenter Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2010 census.
History
Remington was first laid out in 1860 by Jesse H. Fordice. It was originally called Carpenter Station, after Carp ...
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Remington, Ohio
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Remington, Virginia
Remington is a small incorporated town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The population was 598 at the 2010 census. It is near the highways, U.S. Route 15, U.S. Route 17, U.S. Route 29, and Virginia State Route 28. Remington is les ...
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Remington, Wisconsin
Remington is a town in Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 305 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Babcock is located in the town.
Geography
Remington is a rectangle, 12 miles east to west by 6 miles north t ...
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Remington, Baltimore, Maryland
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Remington Ranch, Texas
Remington Ranch is a master planned community located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. The development, with 2,100 single-family houses, is located between Interstate 45 and the Hardy Toll Road. It is north of Greenspoint Mall and in proximi ...
Antarctica
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Mount Remington
Mount Remington () is a mountain (1,775 m) 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Bresnahan in the north part of Helliwell Hills. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–6 ...
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Remington Glacier
Remington Glacier is a steep glacier about long in Doyran Heights in the Sentinel Range of Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. It rises just north of McPherson Peak and flows east-southeast to debouch between the terminus of Hough Glacier and ...
Other uses
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''Remington'' (album), a 2016 album by Granger Smith
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Remington Steele
''Remington Steele'' is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from Oc ...
'', an American television series
People
Given name
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Remington Kellogg
Arthur Remington Kellogg (5 October 1892 – 8 May 1969) was an American naturalist and a director of the United States National Museum. His work focused on marine mammals.
Early life and career
Kellogg was born in Davenport, Iowa, and quick ...
(1892–1969), American naturalist and a director of the United States National Museum
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Remington Leith, singer of fashion-art rock band
Palaye Royale
Palaye Royale is a Canadian-American rock band from Las Vegas, formed in 2008 by brothers Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett. The brothers' true surname is Kropp; each one's stage moniker makes use of their respective middle ...
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Remington Norman, British merchant and author
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Remington Schuyler
Remington Schuyler (1884–1955) was an American painter, illustrator and writer during the early to mid twentieth century. He was born in Buffalo, New York and was named after Frederic Remington, a distant cousin of his mother and an accompli ...
(1884–1955), American painter, illustrator, and writer
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Remington D. B. Vernam (1896–1918), American flying ace pilot enlisted in the French Air Force during World War I before transferring to the U.S. Army Air Service
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Remington Vernam (land developer)
Remington Vernam (January 1843 – July 3, 1907) was an American lawyer and real-estate developer from New York, best known for founding and developing the community of Arverne, which became part of New York City in 1898, from land he had purchas ...
(1843–1907), American lawyer, real-estate developer, and founder of the Arverne community in Queens, New York
Surname
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Arthur Remington
Arthur Edward Remington (28 July 1856 – 17 August 1909) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
Biography
Remington was born in 1856 at New Plymouth. Due to the New Zealand Wars, the family returned to their native Jers ...
(1856–1909), New Zealand politician
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Ashley Remington
Brett Giehl (born March 4, 1986), better known by the ring name Dalton Castle, is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his tenure in Ring of Honor (ROH) where he was a ROH World Champion.
Giehl is a two-time ROH World Six- ...
(real name: Dalton Castle) (born 1986), an American pro wrestler in Chikara
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Barbara Remington
Barbara Remington (23 June 1929 – 23 January 2020) was an American artist and illustrator. Born in Minnesota, she was probably best known for her cover-art for Ballantine Books' first paperback editions of J. R. R. Tolkien's novels ''The Hobbi ...
(1929–2020), American artist and illustrator
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Charles Lee Remington
Charles Lee Remington (January 19, 1922 – May 31, 2007) was an American entomologist known for studies of butterflies and moths, a Yale University professor, and is considered the father of modern lepidoptery. He established a Periodical Cica ...
(1922–2007), American entomologist and lepidopterist
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Cyrus Remington
Cyrus C. Remington (November 10, 1824 – October 12, 1878) was an American politician and jurist.
Born in Sheridan, New York, Remington and his family moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1840 and settled near Waukesha, Wisconsin Territory. He r ...
(1824–1878), American politician and jurist
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Deborah Remington
Deborah Remington (June 25, 1930 – April 21, 2010) was an American abstract painter. Her most notable work is characterized as Hard-edge painting abstraction.
She became a part of the San Francisco Bay Area's Beat scene in the 1950s. In 1965, ...
(1930–2010), American painter
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Eliphalet Remington
Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as ''E. Remington'' followed by ''E. Remington & Son'' and then ''E. ...
(1793–1861), American firearms designer
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Emory Remington
Emory Brace Remington (1892–1971) was a trombonist and music teacher. His unique method made him one of the most well-known and influential trombone educators in history. He was a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1923 to 1949 ...
(1892–1971), American trombonist
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Frank J. Remington (1922–1995), American law professor
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Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United State ...
(1861–1909), American painter and sculptor
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Jennifer Kes Remington, American composer and filmmaker
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Keith Remington
Keith Henry Remington (29 April 1923 – 23 March 2020) was an Australian politician.
Born and educated in Williamstown, Remington joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1944, during World War II, where he was assigned to the 14th/32nd Batt ...
(1923–2020), Australian politician
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Mary Remington
Mary Remington (1910–2003) was a British oil painter and artist.
Biography
Remington was born at Reigate in Surrey and, after attending the Redhill School of Art, won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London. She studied at the Ro ...
(1910-2003), British artist
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Phil Remington
Phil Remington (January 22, 1921 – February 9, 2013) was an American motorsports engineer.
Early life
Remington was born in Santa Monica, California and was a pre-engineering student at Santa Monica Junior College. He initially was a component ...
(1921–2013), American motorsports engineer
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Philo Remington
Philo Remington (October 31, 1816 – April 4, 1889) was an American businessman. He was the eldest son of Eliphalet Remington, the founder of Remington Arms.
Early life
Philo Remington was born on October 31, 1816 in Litchfield, New York, U.S. ...
(1816–1889), American firearms and typewriter manufacturer, son of Eliphalet Remington
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Ralph Remington
Ralph Remington (born January 2, 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a multidisciplinary artistic leader and community builder, theater director, essayist, actor, writer, and former American politician. Ralph was appointed by Mayor London Bree ...
(born 1963), American theater producer and former politician
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William Remington
William Walter Remington (1917–1954) was an economist employed in various federal government positions until his career was interrupted by accusations of espionage made by the Soviet spy and defector Elizabeth Bentley. He was convicted of ...
(1917–1954), American economist and McCarthy era "communist suspect"
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William P. Remington (1879–1963), American athlete
Characters
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Rip Kirby
''Rip Kirby'' is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Ward Greene featuring the adventures of private detective Rip Kirby. The strip ran from 1946 to 1999 and was in the hands of artist John Prentice for more than 40 years.
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(Remington "Rip" Kirby), a comic strip detective character
* Constable Remington, a character from the comic series
''Knuckles the Echidna''
* Remington Tufflips, a character from ''
Sanjay and Craig
''Sanjay and Craig'' is an American animated sitcom created by Jim Dirschberger, Jay Howell, and Andreas Trolf for Nickelodeon. Produced by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, the series revolves around Sanjay, voiced by Maulik Pancholy, and his bes ...
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* Charles Remington, a character in the 1996 film ''
The Ghost and the Darkness
''The Ghost and the Darkness'' is a 1996 American historical adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins and starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. The screenplay, written by William Goldman, is a fictionalized account of the Tsavo man-eaters, ...
'', played by Michael Douglas
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Rimington (disambiguation) Rimington may refer to:
*Rimington, Lancashire, England
* Rimington, Ontario, Canada
* Dave Rimington Trophy, an award in American football
People with the surname
*Dave Rimington, American football player
* Michael Rimington, British Army officer ...
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Rimmington (disambiguation)
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Remy (disambiguation)
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Remi (disambiguation) The Remi were an ancient Belgic tribe.
Remi may also refer to:
People
* Georges Prosper Remi (1907–1983), a Belgian comic book writer and artist, best known for his comic ''The Adventures of Tintin'', better known as "Hergé"
* Jose Vega Sant ...
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