Pinkerton may refer to:

Places

Pinkerton, Ontario Pinkerton (also Pinkerton's Corners) is an unincorporated rural community in Bradford West Gwillimbury Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. History Matthew Pinkerton, a surveyor and early settler, built a log school house in 1840. A Wesle ...

, named after surveyor and early settler Matthew Pinkerton *

Pinkerton's Landing Bridge The Pinkerton's Landing Bridge (officially known as the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Bridge at Munhall) is a truss bridge that carries CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision across the Monongahela River between Munhall, Pennsylvania and ...

, railroad bridge in Pennsylvania

People

* Allan Pinkerton (18191884), Scottish detective and spy *

Bill Pinkerton William John Pinkerton was a Scottish amateur Association football, football Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper who appeared in the Scottish Football League, Scottish League for Queen's Park F.C., Queen's Park. References

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, Scottish footballer * Brian Pinkerton (active from 2004), American fiction author *

David Pinkerton David Pinkerton (26 September 1836 – 23 June 1906) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Dunedin City, in the South Island. Early life Born in Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland. He married Margaret Fairley on 1 December 1857 with whom ...

(18361906), New Zealand politician *

Godfrey Pinkerton Godfrey Pinkerton (1858 – 1937) was a London-based British architect. Biography Early life Pinkerton was born at Godstone, Surrey, son of metal broker George Pinkerton (1823 – 1899), son of the missionary and linguist Rev. Robert Pinkerton, DD ...

(18581937), British architect *

Henry Pinkerton Henry Pinkerton (7 May 1915 – 1986) was a Scottish Association football, footballer. Career Pinkerton played for Hull City A.F.C., Hull City before joining Port Vale F.C., Port Vale in May 1935. After just two games he was released at the en ...

(191586), Scottish footballer * James Pinkerton (born 1958), American columnist, author, and political analyst *

Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton, LVO, MBE, DL (born 28 September 1960) is the former Private Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and to Prince Harry. He was appointed on 2 May 2005 and resigned as full-time Private Secretary with ...

(born 1960), British private secretary in the Royal Household * Jay Pinkerton (born 1977), Canadian humorist * John Pinkerton (17581826), Scottish pseudo-historian *

John Pinkerton (politician) John Pinkerton (1845 – 4 November 1908) was an Irish Protestant nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he re ...

(18451908), Irish politician and Member of Parliament *

John Pinkerton (computer designer) John Maurice McClean Pinkerton (2 August 1919 – 22 December 1997) was a pioneering British computer designer. Along with David Caminer, he designed England's first business computer, the LEO computer, produced by J. Lyons and Co in 1951. Pers ...

(191997), British computer designer * Louis Pinkerton (active from 2007), American politician (North Dakota) *

Mike Pinkerton Mike "Pink" Pinkerton is an American software engineer who is known for his work on the Mozilla browsers. He lectures on ''Development of Open Source Software'' at George Washington University. Pinkerton studied at University of California, San Di ...

(active from 1997), American software engineer *

Nancy Pinkerton Nancy Pinkerton Peabody (May 7, 1940 – March 4, 2010) was an American actress. Pinkerton is perhaps best known as the original actress to play Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC daytime soap opera ''One Life to Live'' from 1973 to 1977, a period whic ...

(19402010), American actress * Percy Edward Pinkerton (18551946), English translator and poet *

Robert Pinkerton Robert Pinkerton (born 1780 at Foulshiels near Selkirk, ScotlandBiographical Dictionary of Christian Missions (edited by Gerald H. Anderson) - died 7 April 1859 at Reigate, Surrey, England) was a Principal Agent of the British and Foreign Bible Soc ...

(17801859), Scottish missionary, linguist, translator and author *

William Pinkerton William Pinkerton (1810–1893) was an early English settler in South Australia. He became a major rancher and landowner. He was known for violent retaliation in 1848 against a band of Nauo Aboriginals on his land who had killed one of his shepher ...

(18101893), early South Australian settler

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Pinkalicious Pinkerton ''Pinkalicious'' is a series of children's picture books written and illustrated by Victoria Kann. The first two books, ''Pinkalicious'' and ''Purplicious'', were co-written with her sister, Elizabeth Kann. The books are aimed at ages 4-8, and a ...

* Pinky Pinkerton, fictional character in Marvel Comics * Lieutenant Pinkerton, character in Puccini's opera ''Madama Butterfly''

Films

* '' Little Miss Pinkerton'', Our Gang short comedy film of 1943 * ''

Nat Pinkerton in the Fight ''Nat Pinkerton in the Fight'' (german: Nat Pinkerton im Kampf) is a 1920 German film directed by Wolfgang Neff and featuring Béla Lugosi. The film was released in two parts, ''Das Ende des Artisten Bartolini'' (1920) and ''Diebesfallen'' (1921) ...

'' (German: ''Nat Pinkerton im Kampf''), 1920 German film

Music

* ''Pinkerton'' (album), a 1996 album by Weezer *

Pinkerton Thugs The Pinkerton Thugs are a punk band from Kennebunk, Maine. History The band has been together since July 1994 under a number of different names but officially became the Pinkerton Thugs in March 1996 (taking their name from the infamous Pinker ...

, punk band from Kennebunk, Maine *

Pinkerton's Assorted Colours Pinkerton's Assorted Colours were an English pop band active during the 1960s. They are best known for their 1965 release, "Mirror, Mirror", which reached No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1966. Career Formed in Rugby, Warwickshire as ...

, mid-1960s pop band from England

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* '' The Pinkerton Labor Spy'', 1907 book which exposed intrigue and abuses by the Pinkerton Detective Agency * '' The Pinkertons'', an American Western action-adventure detective television series

Law and order

* Pinkerton (detective agency), founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton *''pinkerton'' - common name, initially agent of Pinkerton National Detective Agency, then synonym for

detective A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads th ...

* Anti-Pinkerton Act, a U.S. law of 1893 * ''

Pinkerton v. United States ''Pinkerton v. United States'', 328 U.S. 640 (1946), is a case in the Supreme Court of the United States. The case enunciated the principle of Pinkerton liability, a prominent concept in the law of conspiracy. History Walter and Daniel Pinkerton ...

'', 328 U.S. 640 (1946), a U.S. Supreme Court case **

Pinkerton liability The Pinkerton liability rule was pronounced by the Supreme Court of the United States in ''Pinkerton v. United States'',328 U.S. 640, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L.Ed. 1489 (1946) in 1946. Walter and Daniel Pinkerton were brothers who were charged with one c ...

, a basis of conspiracy liability derived from ''Pinkerton v. United States''

Other uses

Pinkerton Academy Pinkerton Academy is a secondary school in Derry, New Hampshire, United States. It serves roughly 3,269 students, making it by far the largest high school in New Hampshire, more than 1,300 students greater than the next largest high school. Pi ...

, a high school in Derry, New Hampshire *

Pinkerton Lecture The Pinkerton lecture series is held by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in commemoration and honour of John Pinkerton, the pivotal engineer who was involved with designing the UK's first business computer in 1951. The first lecture was ...

, an annual lecture named after computer designer John Pinkerton * * {{Disambiguation, surname