Weldon may refer to:
Places
In Canada:
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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:
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Weldon, Northamptonshire
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Weldon, Northumberland
In the United States:
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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 ...
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Weldon, California
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Weldon, Illinois
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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 ...
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Weldon, North Carolina
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Dan Wheldon, British racecar driver who won 2 Indianapolis 500 races
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Dave Weldon, American Congressman (R-FL)
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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
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Felix de Weldon
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Georgina Weldon, British campaigner against the lunacy laws
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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Richard B. Weldon Jr.
Richard Weldon (born September 26, 1958) was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland District 3B, which then included parts of Frederick and Washington County, Maryland. He defeated Lisa Baugher in 2002 for the new 3B ...
, American politician
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Thomas Weldon (disambiguation) Thomas Weldon may refer to:
* Thomas Weldon (politician) (died 1567), English politician and courtier
* Thomas Dewar Weldon
Thomas Dewar "Harry" Weldon (5 December 1896 – 13 May 1958) was a British philosopher.
Life
Thomas Weldon was born a ...
, several people
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Walter Weldon, British chemist, developer of the
Weldon process in chlorine manufacture
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Raphael Weldon, British statistician
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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 ...
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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
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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
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Weldon Santos de Andrade, Brazilian football player
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J. Weldon Jones, American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines
Other uses
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Weldon’s bark-grinding mill
Bark mills, also known as Catskill's mills, are water, steam, horse, ox or wind-powered edge mills used to process the bark, roots, and branches of various tree species into a fine powder known as tanbark, used for tanning leather. This powderin ...
, a type of bark mill
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D. B. Weldon Library at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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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
See also
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Welden (surname)
Welden is an English language surname, a variant of Weldon. Notable people with the name include:
*Ben Welden (1901–1997), American character actor
* Louis Welden Hawkins (1849–1910), English symbolist painter
* Oliver Welden (1946–2021), C ...
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Welton (disambiguation)
Welton may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Nether Welton, a place in Cumbria
* Welton, Cumbria, a place in Cumbria
* Welton, East Ayrshire, Scotland; a UK location
*Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire
*Welton, Lincolnshire
** Welton Hill, a haml ...
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