Whipple (surname)

Whipple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Abraham Whipple Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1733–1819), American Revolutionary War naval commander *

A.B.C. Whipple Addison Beecher Colvin ("Cal") Whipple (July 15, 1918 – March 17, 2013) was an American journalist, editor, historian and author. He was born in Glens Falls, New York, on July 15, 1918, and spent most of his childhood in Suffield, Connecticut. ...

(1918–2013), American journalist, editor, historian and author *

Allen Whipple Allen Oldfather Whipple (September 2, 1881 – April 6, 1963) was an American surgeon who is known for the pancreatic cancer operation which bears his name (the Whipple procedure) as well as Whipple's triad. Whipple was born to missionary parent ...

(1881–1963), American surgeon *

Amiel Weeks Whipple Amiel Weeks Whipple (October 21, 1817 – May 7, 1863)Anderson, TSHA was an American military officer and topographical engineer. He served as a brigadier general in the American Civil War, where he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chance ...

(1818–1863), American military engineer and surveyor *

Beverly Whipple Beverly Whipple is Professor Emerita at Rutgers University and a professional author and sexologist. She is a co-author of the publication '' The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality.'' Career Following a career in nursing, ...

, American author, sexologist and academic * Charles W. Whipple (1805-1856), American lawyer, politician and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court *

Clara Whipple Clara Whipple ''(née'' Clara or Clarissa or Clarise Brimmer Whipple; November 7, 1887 – November 6, 1932) was an American actress who flourished in theatre from 1913 to 1915 and in silent film from 1915 to 1919. She was also a silent film sce ...

(1887–1932), silent film actress * Diane Whipple (1968–2001), American victim of a fatal dog attack *

Dorothy Whipple Dorothy Whipple (née Stirrup) (26 February 1893 – 14 September 1966) was an English writer of popular fiction and children's books. Her work gained popularity between the world wars and again in the 2000s. Personal life Dorothy Stirrup was ...

(1893–1966), English writer of popular fiction *

Edwin Percy Whipple Edwin Percy Whipple (March 8, 1819 – June 16, 1886) was an American essayist and critic. Biography He was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1819. For a time, he was the main literary critic for Philadelphia-based ''Graham's Magazine''. La ...

(1819–1886), American essayist and critic *

Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall Frances Harriet Whipple Green McDougall (1805–1878) was an abolitionist, poet, novelist, editor, botanist, spiritualist medium, and advocate of women's, voters', and workers' rights. In contrast to many other 19th-century women writers, through ...

, née Whipple (1805–1878), abolitionist, poet, novelist, editor, botanist, spiritualist medium, and advocate of women's, voters', and workers' rights *

Francis John Welsh Whipple Francis John Welsh Whipple ScD FInstP (17 March 1876 – 25 September 1943) was an English mathematician, meteorologist and seismologist. From 1925 to 1939, he was superintendent of the Kew Observatory. Biography Whipple was the son of Kew Obse ...

(1876–1943), British mathematician and meteorologist *

Fred Lawrence Whipple Fred Lawrence Whipple (November 5, 1906 – August 30, 2004) was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Amongst his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, the " dirty snowball" h ...

(1906–2004), American astronomer *

George Whipple George Hoyt Whipple (August 28, 1878 – February 1, 1976) was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George ...

(1878–1976), American physician, biomedical researcher, Nobel Prize winner *

George C. Whipple George Chandler Whipple (March 2, 1866 – November 27, 1924) was an American civil engineer and an expert in the field of sanitary microbiology. His career extended from 1889 to 1924 and he is best known as a co-founder of the Harvard School of P ...

(1866–1924), American civil engineer and expert in the field of sanitary microbiology, inventor of Whipple's index and co-founder of the Harvard School of Public Health *

Guy Montrose Whipple Guy Montrose Whipple (June 12, 1876 – August 1, 1941) was an American educational psychologist known for developing psychological tests of human intelligence and personality. His other research interests included gifted education, literacy, voca ...

(1876–1941), American educational psychologist *

Henry Benjamin Whipple Henry Benjamin Whipple (February 15, 1822 – September 16, 1901) was the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, who gained a reputation as a humanitarian and an advocate for Native Americans. Summary of his life Born in Adams, New York, he was ...

(1822–1901), first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, US *

Inez Whipple Wilder Inez Whipple Wilder (May 19, 1871 – April 29, 1929), born Inez Luanne Whipple, was an American herpetologist and anatomist, affiliated with Smith College from 1902 until her death. She made notable contributions to the study of fingerprints an ...

(born Inez Luanne Whipple, 1871–1929), American zoologist *

John Adams Whipple John Adams Whipple (September 10, 1822 – April 10, 1891) was an American inventor and early photographer. He was the first in the United States to manufacture the chemicals used for daguerreotypes. He pioneered astronomical and night pho ...

(1822–1891), American inventor and early photographer *

Joseph Whipple Col. Joseph Whipple Sr. (1662 – 28 April 1746) was a wealthy merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and active in the civil affairs of the colony during the first half of the 18th century. The son of John Whipple ...

(1662–1746), merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and militia colonel * Joseph Whipple Jr. (1687–1750), merchant and deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, son of the above *

Joseph Whipple III Joseph Whipple III (July 3, 1725 – 1761) was a merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Deputy Governor of the colony. The son of Deputy Governor Joseph Whipple Jr. who was a very wealthy merchant, Whipple w ...

(1725–1761), merchant and deputy governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, son of the above *

Mark Whipple Mark John Whipple (born April 1, 1957) is an American football coach, who most recently served as offensive coordinator at Nebraska in 2022. Whipple was the head football coach at University of New Haven from 1988 to 1993, Brown University from 1 ...

(born 1957), American football player and coach *

Mary Margaret Whipple Mary Margaret Whipple (born May 26, 1940) is a former Democratic member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 31st district from 1996 - 2012. Political career She was the Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus, and she was the first wo ...

(born 1940), American politician *

Maurine Whipple Maurine Whipple (January 20, 1903 – April 12, 1992) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her novel ''The Giant Joshua'' (1941). The book is lauded as one of the most important Mormon novels, vividly depicting pioneer an ...

(1903–1992), American novelist *

Philippa Whipple Dame Philippa Jane Edwards Whipple, (born 7 May 1966) is a British judge, former barrister, and former solicitor. Between October 2015 and November 2021, she was a High Court judge (England and Wales), Justice of the High Court assigned to the Q ...

, British barrister and judge *

Prince Whipple Prince Whipple (1750–1796) was an African American slave and later freedman. He was a soldier and a bodyguard during the American Revolution under his enslaver General William Whipple of the New Hampshire Militia who granted him his freedom a ...

(1750-1796), African-American slave and later freedman, participant in the American Revolution *

Robert Stewart Whipple Robert Stewart Whipple (1 August 1871 – 13 December 1953) was a businessman in the British scientific instrument trade, a collector of science books and scientific instruments, and an author on their history. He amassed a unique collection of anti ...

(1871–1953), businessman in the British scientific instrument trade, collector of science books and scientific instruments and author *

Sam Whipple Sampson E. Whipple (September 25, 1960 – June 3, 2002) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Dr. John Ballard on the TV series '' Seven Days''. His credits include ''The Doors'', ''Airheads'', ''This Is Spinal Tap '' ...

(1960-2002), American actor *

Squire Whipple Squire Whipple (September 16, 1804 – March 15, 1888) was an American civil engineer. Biography Squire Whipple was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts on September 16, 1804. His family moved to New York when he was thirteen. He received his seco ...

(1804–1888), American civil engineer known as the father of iron bridge building in America * Thomas Whipple Jr. (1787–1835), American politician *

Walter Whipple Walter Whipple (born 1943) is a Teaching Professor Emeritus of Polish in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. From 1990 to 1993, Whipple served as the president of the Poland Warsaw Mis ...

(born 1943), translator *

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(1730–1785), signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence {{surname, Whipple