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Woolsey, Georgia Woolsey is a town in Fayette County, Georgia, United States. The population was 158 at the 2010 census. Geography Woolsey is located in southeastern Fayette County at (33.363354, -84.407942), along Georgia State Route 92. Fayetteville, the cou ...

, USA, a town *

Woolsey Flat, California Woolsey's Flat was a historic mining town located on the San Juan Ridge, located about 17 miles northeast of Nevada City and about 3 miles northeast of North Bloomfield. The town was about 1 mile south of the Middle Yuba at an elevation of abou ...

, USA, a former settlement *

Woolsey Hall Woolsey Hall is the primary auditorium at Yale University, located on the campus' Hewitt Quadrangle in New Haven, Connecticut. It was built as part of the Bicentennial Buildings complex that includes the Memorial Rotunda and the University Comm ...

, the primary auditorium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. In people: *

Bill Woolsey William Tripp Woolsey (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic champion. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's ...

, (1934–2022), American competition swimmer and Olympic champion *

Calvin Woolsey Calvin Woolsey (December 26, 1883 – November 12, 1946) was an American physician and pianist. Biography Woolsey was the middle of three children born to Napoleon and Gertrude Woolsey. Woolsey was a descendant of George (Joris) Woolsey, on ...

, American physician and pianist * Gamel Woolsey, American author and poet *

John M. Woolsey John Munro Woolsey (January 3, 1877 – May 4, 1945) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was known "for his brilliant and poignantly phrased decisions", including severa ...

, American judge * Kit Woolsey, bridge expert *

Lynn Woolsey Lynn C. Woolsey (born November 3, 1937) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, her district included all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. She was a memb ...

, American politician *

Melancthon Taylor Woolsey Melancthon Taylor Woolsey (1782 – 18 May 1838) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and battles on the Great Lakes. He supervised warship construction at Navy Point in Sackets Harbor, New York, and later had a full care ...

, United States Naval officer *

R. James Woolsey Robert James Woolsey Jr. (born September 21, 1941) is an American political appointee who has served in various senior positions. He headed the Central Intelligence Agency as Director of Central Intelligence from February 5, 1993, until January 1 ...

, former Director of the CIA under the Bill Clinton administration * Robert Woolsey, American film comedian * Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, American children's author *

Ted Woolsey Ted Woolsey is an American video game translator and producer. He had the primary role in the North American production and localization of Square's role-playing video games released for the Super NES between 1991 and 1996. He is best known for ...

, American video game translator * Theodore Dwight Woolsey, past president of Yale University ** Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, American legal scholar and son of the above ***

Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr. Theodore Salisbury Woolsey Jr. (October 2, 1879 – July 10, 1933) was a United States Forest Service employee, forestry researcher, professor at Yale University and author of books and articles related to forestry and forest regulation. Ear ...

, son of Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, grandson of Theodore Dwight Woolsey * Thomas Wolsey circa 1470-1530), English statesman and clergyman In fictional characters: *

Richard Woolsey Richard P. Woolsey is a fictional character in the '' Stargate'' television franchise about military teams exploring the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by actor Robert Picardo, Woolsey made hi ...

, a character in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' In other uses: *

USS Woolsey USS ''Woolsey'' has been the name of two ships in the United States Navy. The first was named in honor of Commodore Melancthon Taylor Woolsey, and the second commemorated both him and his son, Commodore Melancthon Brooks Woolsey. * was a in ...

, two ships in the United States Navy *

Woolsey (convention) :''This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention.'' Devised by Kit Woolsey,. the convention is a defense against an opponent's one notrump opening; especially used at matchpoints. Initial bids are as follows: The convention has ...

, a ''Bridge'' convention *The Woolsey Fire, a 2018 wildfire in southern California

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