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Clarence Abiathar Waldo Clarence Abiathar Waldo (January 21, 1852 – October 1, 1926) was an United States of America, American mathematician, author and educator, most famous, today, for the role he played in the Indiana Pi Bill affair. Life and career Born in Ha ...

(1852–1926), American mathematician, author, and educator *

Daniel Waldo Daniel Waldo (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864) was an American clergyman. Born in Windham, Connecticut, Waldo served in the American Revolutionary War and later became a missionary and clergyman. In 1856, at the age of 94, Waldo was nam ...

(1762–1864), veteran of the American Revolutionary War, missionary and U.S. House clergyman *

Daniel Waldo (Oregon pioneer) Daniel Waldo (March 22, 1800 – September 6, 1880) was an American legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon, the namesake for the Waldo Hills near Salem, Oregon, and the father of two prominent Oregon politicians. He was also a mem ...

(1800–1880), American legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon * Dr. Dwight B. Waldo (1864–1939), first president of Western Michigan University *

Dwight Waldo Clifford Dwight Waldo (September 28, 1913 – October 27, 2000) was an American political science, political scientist and is perhaps the defining figure in modern public administration. Waldo's career was often directed against a scientific/t ...

(1913–2000), American political scientist * Edward Hamilton Waldo, birth name of American science fiction author

Theodore Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon (; born Edward Hamilton Waldo, February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American fiction author of primarily fantasy, science fiction and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 sh ...

(1918–1985) * George E. Waldo (1851–1842), American politician *

Janet Waldo Janet Waldo (born Jeanette Marie Waldo; February 4, 1919 – June 12, 2016) was an American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy Jetson in various Hanna-Barbera media, Nancy in ''Shazzan'', Penelope Pitstop, Princess from ''Batt ...

(1920–2016), American actress and voice artist *

Jim Waldo Jim Waldo is an American computer scientist and the Chief Technology Officer of Harvard University. He is the Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Tec ...

, computer scientist and software architect * John B. Waldo (1844–1907), jurist and conservationist in Oregon, United States * Katita Waldo (born 1968), Spanish ballet dancer and ballet master * Octavia Waldo (born 1929), American writer *

Peter Waldo Peter Waldo (; c. 1140 – c. 1205; also ''Valdo'', ''Valdes'', ''Waldes''; , ) was the leader of the Waldensians, a Christian spiritual movement of the Middle Ages. The tradition that his first name was "Peter" can only be traced back to the f ...

(1140–1218), founder of a Christian sect called the Waldensians *

Rhinelander Waldo Rhinelander Waldo (May 24, 1877 – August 13, 1927) was appointed the seventh New York City Fire Commissioner by Mayor William Jay Gaynor on January 13, 1910. He resigned on May 23, 1911, less than two months after the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist ...

(1877–1927), former U.S. Army captain, Fire and later Police Commissioner of New York City *

Samuel Waldo (merchant) Samuel Waldo (August 7, 1696 – May 23, 1759) was an American merchant, land speculator, army officer and politician in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Biography He was born in Boston, the son of Jonathan Waldo and Hannah Mason. In 1722, h ...

(1696–1759), Massachusetts land speculator, soldier and political figure * Samuel Lovett Waldo (1783–1861), American painter *

William Waldo (California politician) William Waldo (January 16, 1812 – November 2, 1881) was a candidate for Governor of California in 1853. He was born in Harrison County, Virginia (now part of West Virginia) but spent most of his life in Missouri, where he was a merchant and ...

(1812–1881) *

William Waldo (Oregon politician) William Waldo (April 22, 1832 – November 24, 1911) was an American politician and attorney in Oregon. Born in Missouri, he came to the Oregon Country with his family that included father Daniel Waldo. He would serve in the Oregon State ...

(1832–1911)

Fictional characters

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Dylan Thomas Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" ''Under ...

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Under Milk Wood ''Under Milk Wood'' is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC and later adapted for the stage. A film version, ''Under Milk Wood'' directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released in 1972, and another adaptation of ...

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