Waldron is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843-1909), American author, editor, clubwoman
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Adelbert Waldron, United States Army sniper
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Alfred M. Waldron
Alfred Marpole Waldron (September 21, 1865 – June 28, 1952) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Alfred Waldron was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, ...
, United States politician
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Daniel Waldron, last holder of extensive Waldron real estate in Dover, New Hampshire
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Duncan Waldron
J. Duncan Waldron is a Scottish planetarium astronomer, photographer, and discoverer of two minor planets.
Duncan Waldron was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His first job was creating high quality reproductions of astronomical plates for the Royal Obs ...
, astronomer and photographer
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Henry Waldron
Henry Waldron (October 11, 1819 – September 13, 1880) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Waldron was born in Albany, New York, attended Albany Academy, and graduated from Ru ...
, United States politician
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Irv Waldron, baseball player
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John Waldron (disambiguation) John Waldron may refer to:
* John Waldron (police officer) (1910–1975), commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1968 to 1972
*John C. Waldron (1900–1942), American torpedo squadron commander killed at the Battle of Midway
*Jack Waldr ...
, several people, including
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John C. Waldron
John Charles Waldron (August 24, 1900 – June 4, 1942) was a United States Navy aviator who led a squadron of torpedo bombers in World War II. He was among the twenty-nine men in his squadron who perished in the Battle of Midway.
Birth and ...
, United States Navy aviator
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Jeremy Waldron, legal philosopher
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Kathleen Waldron, president of Baruch College of the City University of New York
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Mal Waldron
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...
, composer and pianist
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Michael Waldron
Michael Waldron (born April 23, 1987) is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on television series ''Rick and Morty'' and ''Heels'', as well as creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe series ''Loki'' and writing the script fo ...
, American screenwriter and producer
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Richard Waldron, second "president" of Colonial New Hampshire
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Richard Waldron (colonel)
Richard Waldron (1650 – 3 November 1730) was a military officer, politician, and business figure of the Province of New Hampshire. He maintained the position of the Waldron family in Dover and colonial New Hampshire through intermarriage with ...
, prominent officeholder in colonial New Hampshire
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Richard Waldron (Secretary)
Richard Waldron (1694–1753) was a major opponent of the Wentworth oligarchy in colonial New Hampshire. He supported a continued political subordination of New Hampshire to Massachusetts and opposed moves to separation from this traditional seni ...
, leading opponent of the Wentworth oligarchy in colonial New Hampshire
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Richard Russell Waldron
Richard Russell Waldron was a purser "and special agent" in the Wilkes Expedition, together with younger brother Thomas Westbrook Waldron (consul). Several landmarks were named after him or his brother. After the expedition was completed Waldro ...
, purser and special agent to the Wilkes Expedition
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Thomas Westbrook Waldron
Thomas Westbrook Waldron was a prominent political figure in Dover, New Hampshire, and a military officer that fought in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745), Siege of Louisbourg of 1745. He later became a commissioner at Albany, New York, and then a r ...
, Militia captain at siege of Louisburg (1745), royal New Hampshire councillor, patriot
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Thomas Westbrook Waldron (consul), first U.S. consul to Hong Kong, captain's secretary to the Wilkes Expedition
Fictional characters:
*Connell Waldron, character in the Irish TV series ''
Normal People'', based on the novel ''
Normal People''
*Sam Waldron, character in the British children's TV series ''
Postman Pat''
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