Worth may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
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Worth, Georgia
Worth is an unincorporated community in Turner County, in the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
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Worth County, Georgia
Worth County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,679. The county seat is Sylvester.
Worth County is included in the Albany, GA Metropolitan Statistical ...
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Worth, Illinois
Worth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 10,970.
Geography
Worth is located at (41.688827, -87.792659).
According to the 2010 census, Worth has a total area of , o ...
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Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois
Worth Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 152,633, with its most populous municipalities including Oak Lawn (pop. 56,690), Evergreen Park (19,852), Alsip (pop. 19,277), and Chicag ...
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Worth Township, Woodford County, Illinois
Worth Township is located in Woodford County, Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro Ea ...
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Worth Township, Indiana
Worth Township is one of twelve townships in Boone County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,454 and it contained 1,020 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
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Worth Township, Michigan
Worth Township is a civil township of Sanilac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,021 at the 2000 census.
Communities
* Amadore is a historic locale in the township at . It was named for pioneer settler Amadore Fuller. ...
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Worth, Missouri
Worth is a village in Worth County, Missouri, United States. The population was 63 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Worth has been in operation since 1872. The community takes its name from Worth County.
Geography
Worth is locat ...
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Worth County, Missouri
Worth County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,973. It is the smallest county in the state in population and, excluding the independent city of St. Louis, ...
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Worth County, Iowa
Worth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,443. The county seat is Northwood. The county was founded in 1851 and named for Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), an offic ...
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Worth, New York
Worth is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 231 at the 2010 census. The town is named after William Worth, a commander of troops during the Battle of Sackett's Harbor.
The town of Worth is located in the south ...
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Worth Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Worth Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,416 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Worth Township is located in northwestern Butler County, along its border with Lawrence County. It includes the ...
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Worth Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Worth Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 734 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census ...
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Worth Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Worth Township is a township (Pennsylvania), township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 824 at the 2020 census, a decrease from 899 in United States Census, 2010, 2010.
Geography
A ...
In the United Kingdom:
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Worth, Kent
Worth is a village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England, situated near Sandwich, Kent, Sandwich. It has two public houses, a Church (building), church, and a school. According to the 2011 UK Census, Worth had a population of ...
, in Dover district
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Worth, West Sussex
Worth is either a civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, or a distinct but historically related village in Crawley.
Civil parish
Worth is a civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, a county in southeast England. I ...
, a civil parish in West Sussex
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Worth village, West Sussex
Worth is either a civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, or a distinct but historically related village in Crawley.
Civil parish
Worth is a civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, a county in southeast England. ...
, a village in Crawley
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Worth Matravers
Worth Matravers () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pon ...
or short Worth in Dorset
In Germany:
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Worth, Schleswig-Holstein
Worth is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russ ...
People
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Adam Worth
Adam Worth (18448 January 1902) was a crime boss and fraudster. His career in crime, stretching from the United States to Europe and South Africa, included the infamous theft of Gainsborough's celebrated Portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devo ...
(1844–1902), German-born American bank robber and mob boss
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Amy Aldrich Worth
Amy E. Aldrich Worth (January 18, 1888 – April 29, 1967) was an American composer, choir director, and organist who was born in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Career
Worth studied music with Jessie Gaynor, Frederick Beale, Mary Lyon and Arthur Garbett, ...
(1888-1967), American composer
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Billie Worth
Billie Worth (born October 20, 1916) is an American former actress who performed on Broadway and in other venues from regional theater in the United States to European capitals. Her name is sometimes seen as Billy Worth, and she is also known a ...
, American former stage actress
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Bobby Worth
Bobby Worth (September 25, 1912 in Cleveland, Ohio – July 17, 2002 in Mission Hills, California) was an American songwriter. His best known songs are "Do I Worry?", "'Til Reveille", "Tonight We Love", and "Don't You Know?".
Worth was cons ...
(1912–2002), American songwriter
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Brendan Worth
Brendan Worth (born 18 July 1984) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who last played for the Cessnock Goannas in the Newcastle Rugby League. Before joining Cessnock, Worth played in the NRL for the Newcastle Knights and the Penrit ...
, Australian rugby league player
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Brian Worth (actor)
Brian Worth (30 July 1914 – 25 August 1978) was an English actor, known for '' Scrooge'' (1951), ''The Man in the White Suit'' (1951) and ''An Inspector Calls'' (1954).
He died on 25 August 1978 aged 64.
Educated in Britain and America, ...
(1914–1978), British actor
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Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth (13 October 1825 – 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is considered by many fashion historians to ...
(1825–1895), an English-born fashion designer of the 19th century
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George Worth
George Vitéz Worth (born György Woittitz; April 1, 1915 – January 15, 2006) was a Hungarian-born American sabre Olympic medalist fencer.
Early and personal life
Worth was born György Woittitz in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Because ...
(1915–2006), American fencer
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H M Worth
H, or h, is the eighth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''aitch'' (pronounced , plural ''aitches''), or region ...
, discoverer of
Worth syndrome
Worth syndrome, also known as benign form of Worth hyperostosis corticalis generalisata with torus platinus, autosomal dominant osteosclerosis, autosomal dominant endosteal hyperostosis or Worth disease, is a rare autosomal dominant congenital dis ...
genetic disorder
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Harry Worth
Harry Bourlon Illingsworth (20 November 1917 – 20 July 1989), professionally known as Harry Worth, was an English comedy actor, comedian and ventriloquist. Worth portrayed a charming, gentle and genial character, totally bemused by life, ...
(1917–1989), British comedy actor
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Helen Worth
Helen Worth (born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth; 7 January 1951) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Gail Platt in the ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street'', a role that she has played since 1974. In 2014, she rec ...
(born 1951), British actress
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Irene Worth
Irene Worth, CBE (June 23, 1916March 10, 2002) was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the British and American theatre. She pronounced her given name with three syllables: "I-REE-nee".
Worth made her Bro ...
(1916–2002), American actress
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Jacob Worth
Jacob Worth (May 1, 1838 – February 21, 1905) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was born on May 1, 1838, in New York City. The family removed to Williamsburgh in 1842. His father died a short time later, leaving a widow and five ...
(1838–1905), New York politician
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Jonathan Worth (1802–1869), American politician
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Marc Worth
Marcus Daniel Worth (March 1961 – 13 January 2023) was a British businessman. He was the co-founder of WGSN (trend forecasting), Worth Global Style Network, a fashion trend-forecaster, and Stylus.
Early life
Marcus Daniel Worth was born in M ...
, British businessman
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Marvin Worth
Marvin Worth (June 6, 1925 – April 22, 1998) was an American film producer, screenwriter and actor. His efforts to bring the biography of Malcolm X to the big screen started in 1967, when he purchased the rights to ''The Autobiography of Malco ...
(1925–1998), American film producer
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Michael Worth Michael Troy Worth (born January 13, 1965) is an American actor, martial artist, screenwriter, and director.
Early life
Born in Philadelphia in 1965, Worth is from German and Delaware Indian Native American heritage. As a child, he grew up near th ...
, American actor
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Nicholas Worth
Nicholas Worth (September 4, 1937 – May 7, 2007) was an American character actor who appeared on film, on TV, and in video games.
Early years
Worth was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 4, 1937. He served for three years in the a ...
(1937–2007), American actor
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Richard Worth
Richard Westwood Worth (3 July 1948 – 10 May 2022) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand National Party. He was the Member of Parliament for Epsom from 1999 to 2005 and a list MP from 2005 to 2009.
Prior to entering Parliament, W ...
, New Zealand politician
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Sandra Worth
Sandra Worth (born 1954) is a Canadian-American author of fiction.
For her bachelor's degree from the University of Toronto, she took a double major in Political Science and Economics.
Her debut novel ''The Rose of York: Love and War'' was publ ...
, Canadian author
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Valerie Worth
Valerie Worth Bahlke (October 29, 1933 – July 31, 1994) was an American poet and writer of children's books under her maiden name, Valerie Worth.
Biography
Valerie Worth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and grew up in Swarthmore, Penn ...
(1933–1994), American poet
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William Worth (1677−1742), Cornish classical scholar
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William J. Worth
William Jenkins Worth (March 1, 1794 – May 7, 1849) was an American officer during the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican–American War.
Early military career
Worth was commissioned as a first lieutenant in March 1813, ...
(1794–1849), American General
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William S. Worth (1840–1904), American General
Other uses
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Net worth
Net worth is the value of all the non-financial and financial assets owned by an individual or institution minus the value of all its outstanding liabilities. Since financial assets minus outstanding liabilities equal net financial assets, net ...
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Bobs Worth
Bobs Worth (21 May 2005 – 20 January 2022) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle in 2011, the RSA Chase in 2012 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2013 at the Cheltenham Festival, ma ...
, an Irish racehorse
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Worth (horse)
Worth (1909–1912) was an American Thoroughbred race horse. He was the winner of the 1912 Kentucky Derby, an achievement he is best known for.
Background and family
Worth was bred in Kentucky by R.H. McCarter Porter.He was sired by Knight ...
, an American Thoroughbred racehorse
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Worth (magazine)
''Worth'' is an American financial, wealth management and lifestyle magazine founded in 1986 and re-launched by Sandow in 2009. The magazine addresses financial, legal and lifestyle issues for high-net-worth individuals. Each issue is organized ...
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Worth1000
Worth1000 was an photoshopping, image manipulation and contest website. Worth1000 opened on January 1, 2002, and hosted over 340,000 unique images made in theme contests such as "Rejected Transformers", "Invisible World", and "Stupid Protests". ...
, a website
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Worth syndrome
Worth syndrome, also known as benign form of Worth hyperostosis corticalis generalisata with torus platinus, autosomal dominant osteosclerosis, autosomal dominant endosteal hyperostosis or Worth disease, is a rare autosomal dominant congenital dis ...
, genetic disorder
*''Worth'', an album released in 1991 by
Anything Box
Anything Box is an electronic/synthpop musical group originally from Paterson, New Jersey, and now based in Long Beach, California. Formed in 1986, they are best known for their 1989 single "Living in Oblivion". They also garnered some attention ...
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Worth School
Worth may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
*Worth, Georgia
*Worth County, Georgia
*Worth, Illinois
*Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois
*Worth Township, Woodford County, Illinois
*Worth Township, Indiana
*Worth Township, Michigan
*Worth, ...
, an independent school in Turners Hill, England, United Kingdom
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River Worth
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Worth Valley (dale)
The Worth Valley is a geographic area in West Yorkshire, England, that extends eastwards from Crow Hill and Oxenhope Moor, providing drainage for the River Worth for nearly to the River Aire. It is a side valley to Airedale, with the River Wort ...
, the valley of the River Worth
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Worth Valley
Worth Valley is a ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 Census was 14,387. It is named after the River Worth that runs through the valley to the town of Keighley ...
, a council ward of Bradford, West Yorkshire
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''Worth'' (film), a 2020 biographical film
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Worth (The Walking Dead)
"Worth" is the fifteenth and penultimate episode of the eighth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series '' The Walking Dead'', which aired on AMC on April 8, 2018. It was written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Corey Reed, ...
, an episode of the television series The Walking Dead
See also
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Wœrth
Wœrth or Woerth (; ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
The town, which lies some north of Strasbourg, is known for being the site of the Battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 18 ...
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Wörth (disambiguation)
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Fort Worth (disambiguation) Fort Worth, Texas is a U.S. city that is also the fifth-most populous municipality in the state of Texas.
Fort Worth may also refer to:
*Fort Worth, Virginia
Fort Worth was a timber and earthwork fortification constructed west of Alexandria, V ...
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