Weldon may refer to:

Places

In Canada: *

Weldon, Saskatchewan Weldon (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a List of villages in Saskatchewan, village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Kinistino No. 459 and Division No. 15, Sas ...

In England: *

Weldon, Northamptonshire Weldon is a suburban village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It is two miles away from Corby. The village is listed in the Domesday Book as 'Weledene', in the Colby Hundred. The head of the manor ...

* Weldon, Northumberland In the United States: *

Weldon, Arkansas Weldon is a town in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 75 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, th ...

Weldon, California Weldon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. It sits at the southeast tip of Lake Isabella. Weldon is located east-southeast of Wofford Heights, California, Wofford Heights, at an elevation of . The popu ...

Weldon, Illinois Weldon is a village in Nixon Township, DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 369 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the 2010 census, Weldon has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 census the ...

Weldon, Iowa Weldon is a city in Clarke and Decatur counties of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 136 at the time of the 2020 census. History Weldon got its start in the year 1880, following construction of the Humeston and Shenandoah Railroad thro ...

Weldon, North Carolina Weldon is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,655 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1752, Daniel Weldon purchased 1,273 acre ...

Weldon Township, Michigan Weldon Township is a civil township of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 542 at the 2010 census. The township is in the south central portion of the county. One half of the village of Thompsonville is located in the ...

Weldon, Texas Weldon is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas. The estimated population is 131. It lies on Farm to Market Road 230. Weldon is served by the Lovelady Independent School District. USAAF TB-25C Plane Crash On July 14, 1945, a USAAF ...

People

People named Weldon, Welldon or Wheldon *

Anthony Weldon Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648) was an English 17th-century courtier and politician. He is also the purported author of ''The Court and Character of King James I'', although this attribution has been challenged. Relations with King James The sto ...

, English courtier and politician *

Caroline Weldon Caroline Weldon (born Susanna Karolina Faesch; December 4, 1844March 15, 1921) was a Swiss-American artist and activist with the National Indian Defense Association. Weldon became a confidante and the personal secretary to the Lakota Sioux Ind ...

(1844–1921), Swiss-American artist and activist *

Casey Bill Weldon William "Casey Bill" Weldon (February 2, 1901 or December 10, 1909 – September 28, 1972) was an American country blues musician. Some details of Weldon's life are unconfirmed. According to some sources, he was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, an ...

, American blues musician *

Christopher Joseph Weldon Christopher Joseph Weldon (September 6, 1905 – March 19, 1982) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts from 1950 to 1977. In 2020, an investigation by the Diocese of ...

, American Roman Catholic bishop *

Curt Weldon Wayne Curtis Weldon (born July 22, 1947) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. He was defeated in November 2006 ...

, former American Congressman (R-PA), involved in various national security roles *

Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series season, 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indiana ...

, British racecar driver who won 2 Indianapolis 500 races *

Dave Weldon David Joseph Weldon (born August 31, 1953) is an American politician and physician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing , and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in Flori ...

, American Congressman (R-FL) *

Fay Weldon Fay Weldon CBE, FRSL (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English author, essayist and playwright. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including ''Puffball'' (1980), '' The ...

, British writer *

Felix de Weldon Felix Weihs de Weldon (April 12, 1907 – June 3, 2003) was an American sculptor. His most famous pieces include the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial, 1954) in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, US, and the Mal ...

Fred Wheldon George Frederick Wheldon (1 November 1869 – 13 January 1924) was an English sportsman. He was sometimes known as Fred or Freddie Wheldon. In football, he was an inside-forward with good footwork and an eye for goal who played for England and ...

George Weldon George Anthony Thomas Weldon (5 June 1908, in Chichester, England – 17 August 1963, in South Africa) was an English conductor. Biography Weldon was the son of Major F H Weldon of the Sherwood Foresters."Mr. George Weldon", ''The Times'', 9 ...

Georgina Weldon Georgina Weldon (née Thomas; 24 May 1837 – 11 January 1914) was a British litigant and amateur soprano of the Victorian era. Early years She was born at Tooting Lodge, Clapham Common in 1837, one of seven children and the oldest daughter bo ...

, British campaigner against the lunacy laws *

Huw Wheldon Sir Huw Pyrs Wheldon, (7 May 1916 – 14 March 1986) was a Welsh broadcaster and BBC executive. Early life Wheldon was born on 7 May 1916 in Prestatyn, Flintshire, Wales. He was educated at Friars School, Bangor, at the time an all-boys gra ...

, British TV presenter and executive *

James Welldon James Edward Cowell Welldon (25 April 1854 – 17 June 1937) was an English clergyman and scholar. He was Bishop of Calcutta from 1898 to 1902, Dean of Manchester from 1906 to 1918, and Dean of Durham from 1918 to 1933. Early life Welldon was ...

(1854–1937), English clergyman and scholar, Bishop of Calcutta from 1898 to 1902 *

James Welldon (cricketer) James Turner Welldon (3 August 1847 – 6 February 1927) was an English first-class cricketer active 1867 to 1869 who played for Kent and Cambridge University. He was born in Tonbridge; died in Ashford, Kent.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricke ...

(1847–1927), English cricketer *

Jo Weldon Jo Weldon (born 1962), commonly known as Jo Boobs or Jo Boobs Weldon, is a performer, author, activist, and educator based in New York City. Weldon's body of work centers around stripping and striptease. She established and runs The New York Sch ...

, American performer *

Joan Weldon Joan Weldon (born Joan Louise Welton; August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021) was an American actress and singer in film, television, and theatre. Early years Weldon was born in San Francisco, California in 1930. Her grandmother, Olio Cornell, rai ...

(born Joan Louise Welton; 1930–2021), American actress and singer *

John Weldon (disambiguation) John Weldon may refer to: * John Weldon (animator) (born 1945), Canadian animator * John Weldon (musician) (1676–1736), British musician * John Wesley Weldon John Wesley Weldon (ca 1809 – 1885) was a lawyer, judge and political figure i ...

, several people *

Juliet Wheldon Dame Juliet Louise Wheldon DCB, QC (26 March 1950 – 2 September 2013) was a British civil servant, latterly (as of 2009) the legal adviser to Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England. From July 2000 until 2006 she was the first Britis ...

, British civil servant *

Mark Weldon Mark Rhys Weldon (born 19 September 1967) is a New Zealand businessman and swimmer. Education Born in Auckland, Weldon has Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Commerce (First Class Hons) degrees from the University of Auckla ...

, New Zealand CEO and former swimmer *

Paul Weldon Paul Weldon is a Canadian musician architect and graphic artist from Toronto, Ontario. Weldon was a founding member of the Canadian band Edward Bear, which had Top 5 hits in Canada and charted well in the United States. and worldwide. Weldon was ...

* Richard B. Weldon Jr., American politician * Thomas Weldon (disambiguation), several people *

Walter Weldon Walter Weldon FRS FRSE (31 October 183220 September 1885) was a 19th-century English industrial chemist and journalist. He was President of the Society of Chemical Industry 1883/84. Life He was born in Loughborough on 31 October 1832, the son ...

, British chemist, developer of the

Weldon process The Weldon process is a process developed in 1866 by Walter Weldon for recovering manganese dioxide for re-use in chlorine manufacture. Commercial operations started at the Gamble works in St. Helens in 1869. The process is described in considerab ...

in chlorine manufacture *

Raphael Weldon Walter Frank Raphael Weldon Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (15 March 1860 – 13 April 1906), was an English evolutionary biologist and a founder of biometry. He was the joint founding editor of ''Biometrika'', with Francis Galton and Karl Pea ...

, British statistician *

William Weldon (officer of arms) Sir William Henry Weldon, (1837 – 25 August 1919) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Weldon is most unusual among the heralds of the College of Arms for having once been the owner of a circus. He was involved ...

William C. Weldon William C. Weldon (born November 26, 1948) is a former chairman of Johnson & Johnson, He was the eighth chairman in Johnson & Johnson's history of more than one hundred years. Early life and education He was born in Brooklyn, New York. His paren ...

, CEO of Johnson & Johnson *

Weldon L. Kennedy Weldon Lynn Kennedy (September 12, 1938 – June 13, 2020) was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served for 33 years. He is known for negotiating a peaceful end to the Atlanta Prison Riots and his involvement in the inve ...

, former Deputy Director of the FBI * Weldon Santos de Andrade, Brazilian football player * J. Weldon Jones, American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines

Other uses

* Weldon’s bark-grinding mill, a type of bark mill *

D. B. Weldon Library Western Libraries is the library system of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. In 1898, the university Senate appointed James Waddell Tupper as the University of Western Ontario's first University Librarian. In 1918, John Davis ...

at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada *

Weldon Park Academy Weldon Park Academy was a private school located at 451 Ridout Street North in London, Ontario that closed down in 2004. The school offered students a contiguous education from Montessori Casa up to OAC and was a member of the Conference of Ind ...

, also in London

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