Rockwell may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Rockwell'' (album), a 2009 mini-album by Anni Rossi
* Rockwell, a fictional town and setting of ''
They Hunger
Black Widow Games was a video game developer specializing in promotional mods for '' Quake'' and ''Half-Life'' 3D engines. They are best known for their ''They Hunger'' series. Prominent members included Neil Manke (game and level design), Eina ...
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* ''Rockwell'', a 1994 film about
Porter Rockwell
Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory, he was nicknamed ''Old Port'' and ''The Destroying Angel of Mormondom''.
Rockwell se ...
* Rockwell, Maine, a fictional town in ''
The Iron Giant
''The Iron Giant'' is a 1999 American animated science fiction film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Brad Bird in his directorial debut. It is based on the 1968 novel '' The Iron Man'' by Ted Hughes (which was pub ...
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Brands and enterprises
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Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate involved in aircraft, the space industry, defense and commercial electronics, components in the automotive industry, printing presses, avionics and industrial products. R ...
, a former defense company in the United States, portions of which are now owned by ArvinMeritor, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and
United Technologies
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. It researched, developed, and manufactured products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems ...
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Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. is an American provider of industrial automation whose brands include Allen-Bradley, FactoryTalk software and LifecycleIQ Services.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 26,000 ...
, an industrial automation company that descended from Rockwell International
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Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins was a multinational corporation headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing avionics and information technology systems and services to government agencies and aircraft manufacturers. It was formed when the Collins Radio Comp ...
, a communications and aviation electronics company that also descended from Rockwell International, and now part of
United Technologies
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) was an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut. It researched, developed, and manufactured products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, aerospace systems ...
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Collins Aerospace division.
** Rockwell Semiconductor, a semiconductor company that also descended from Rockwell International, now known as
Conexant
Conexant Systems, Inc. was an American-based software developer and fabless semiconductor company that developed technology for voice and audio processing, imaging and modems. The company began as a division of Rockwell International, before ...
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Rockwell Diamonds
Rockwell Diamonds was a mid-tier diamond mining and development company. The company had an interest in producing and exploration alluvial diamond properties in southern Africa. The stock of the company once traded on the South African, Canadian, ...
, a mid-tier high-value gem diamond producer based in South Africa and headquartered in Canada
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Rockwell Tools
Rockwell Tools is a line of power tools that is currently owned and distributed by Positec Tool Corporation, a China-based company with North American headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The brand offers power tools and hand tools that are ...
, a line of power tools owned and distributed by China-based Positec Tool Corporation
People
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Norman Rockwell
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of Culture of the United States, the country's culture. Roc ...
, an American artist and illustrator
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Rockwell (keyboardist) Danava may refer to:
* Danava (Hinduism), a race of people in Vedic mythology
*Danava dynasty
The Danava dynasty was the first legendary line of rulers in Pragjyotisha, established by Mahiranga Danava. The dynasty was of Kirata origin. These ...
, keyboardist for Danava
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Rockwell (musician)
Kennedy William Gordy (born March 15, 1964), better known by his stage name Rockwell, is an American singer. He is most well known for his hit 1984 single "Somebody's Watching Me" which features Michael Jackson on the chorus vocals. He is the ...
(Kennedy William Gordy), a 1980s R&B musician and a son of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy
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Rockwell (surname) Rockwell is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dick Rockwell (1920–2006), American comic strip and comic book artist, nephew of Norman Rockwell
* Francis W. Rockwell (politician) (1844–1929), American politician
* ...
, several people with the surname
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Rockwell J. Flint
Rockwell J. Flint (March 23, 1842June 23, 1933) was an American newspaper editor and Republican politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing Dunn and Pepin counties. He served as a quartermaster in the Union A ...
, an American politician
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Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent (June 21, 1882 – March 13, 1971) was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager.
Biography
Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York. Kent was of English descent. He lived much of ...
, an American artist
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Rockwell A. Schnabel, an American businessman and diplomat
Places
United States
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Rockwell, Arkansas
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Rockwell, Iowa
Rockwell is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,071 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Rockwell, IA is located at (42.984671, -93.190007) ...
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Rockwell, North Carolina
Rockwell is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,108 at the 2010 census.
History
The George Matthias Bernhardt House, Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church, and Zion Lutheran Church are listed on the Nat ...
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Rockwell, Washington Rockwell was a town in Adams County, Washington. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and ...
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Rockwell City, Iowa
Rockwell City is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,240 in 2020. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.[Rockwell Field
Rockwell Field is a former United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) military airfield, located northwest of the city of Coronado, California, on the northern part of the Coronado Peninsula across the bay from San Diego, California.
This airfield ...]
, a defunct United States Air Force base, San Diego, California
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Rockwell Lake
Rockwell Lake is a lake in Hubbard County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Rockwell Lake was named for Charles H. Rockwell, a pioneer who settled near its banks.
See also
*List of lakes in Minnesota
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Altho ...
, a lake in Minnesota
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Rockwell Township, Norman County, Minnesota
Rockwell Township is a township in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 78 at the 2000 census.
Rockwell Township was organized in 1882, and named after Rockwell, Iowa, the former home of a share of the early settlers.
Geog ...
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Rockwell (CTA)
Rockwell is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an at-grade station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Francisco, which is located across the Chicago River abo ...
, a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Brown Line
Elsewhere
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Rockwell Center
Rockwell Center is a high-end mixed-use area in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, named after James Rockwell, former President of Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company (Meralco). It is a project of Rockwell Land Corporation, which is owned ...
, an upscale urban area in Makati, Philippines
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Rockwell Green
Rockwell Green is a village near Wellington, in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. It lies just east of the Somerset-Devon border and is overlooked by the Blackdown Hills.
The Wellington Monument is visible from almost ...
, a village in West Somerset, England
Other uses
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Rockwell (typeface)
Rockwell is a slab serif typeface designed by the Monotype Corporation and released in 1934. The project was supervised by Monotype's engineering manager Frank Hinman Pierpont. This typeface is distinguished by a serif at the apex of the upper ...
, a typeface
* Rockwell, the original name for Intel's microarchitecture released in second half of 2014 (now called
Broadwell)
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Norman Rockwell Museum
The Norman Rockwell Museum is an art museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, dedicated to the art of Norman Rockwell. It is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art. The museum also hosts traveling exhibitions pertaining to ...
, home to the world's largest collection of original Norman Rockwell art, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
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Rockwell College
Rockwell College ( ga, Coláiste Charraig an Tobair), founded in 1864, is a voluntary day and boarding Catholic secondary school near Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland.
The school has a rugby tradition and has won the Munster Schools S ...
, a secondary school in South Tipperary, Ireland
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Rockwell scale
The Rockwell scale is a hardness scale based on indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell test measures the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load (major load) compared to the penetration made by a preload (minor load). The ...
, a scale of material hardness
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