Businesses

• Blackstone Group
  Blackstone Group
  The Blackstone Group L.P. is an American-based alternative asset management and financial services company that specializes in private equity, real estate, and credit and marketable alternative investment strategies, as well as financial advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions ,...
  
  , U.S. private equity and asset management firm
• Blackstone Career Institute
  Blackstone Career Institute
  The Blackstone Career Institute, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and founded in 1890, offers distance education programs and home study programs, specializing in courses students can use to study at home and/or take online to advance their careers...
  
  , online training institute
• Blackstone & Co
  Blackstone & Co
  Blackstone & Co. was a farm implement maker at Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. In 1896 they built lamp start oil engines. By 1912 they had developed a new diesel engine that ran on vaporizing oil and was fired by a spark...
  
  , a farm implement and engine manufacturer in Stamford, Lincolnshire until absorbed by Lister in 1937

People

• Charles Blackstone
  Charles Blackstone
  Charles Blackstone is an American author. He is the a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder creative writing program, where he won the Barker Award for Fiction in 2001, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.-Works:...
  
   (born 1977), American author
• Elliott Blackstone
  Elliott Blackstone
  Elliott R. Blackstone , a sergeant in the San Francisco Police Department, was a longtime advocate for the lesbian, gay and transgender community in that city....
  
   (1924–2006), former police sergeant and LGBT advocate
• Gay Blackstone
  Gay Blackstone
  Gay Blackstone is a television and stage producer, director, consultant, lecturer and author. She was president of the Academy of Magical Arts whose "clubhouse" is the world renowned Magic Castle in Hollywood. Gay was named one of "2007 Hollywood's Women of Distinction" by the Hollywood Chamber of...
  
   (born 1940), widow of Harry Blackstone, Jr
• Harry Blackstone, Sr.
  Harry Blackstone, Sr.
  Harry Blackstone was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a magician in his teens and was popular through World War II as a USO entertainer. He was often billed as The Great Blackstone. His son...
  
   (1885–1965), famous American magician known as "The Great Blackstone" and father of Harry Blackstone, Jr.
• Harry Blackstone, Jr.
  Harry Blackstone, Jr.
  Harry Blackstone, Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer.-Career and life:Blackstone was born in Three Rivers, Michigan, the son of noted stage magician Harry Blackstone, Sr. .As an infant, he was used as a prop in his father's act...
  
   (1934–1997), popular stage magician and television performer of the late 20th century
• Ian Blackstone
  Ian Blackstone
  Ian Kenneth Blackstone is an English former footballer.-External links:...
  
   (born 1964), English former footballer
• Jerry Blackstone
  Jerry Blackstone
  Jerry Blackstone is a Grammy Award winning American choral conductor. He is the Director of Choirs and Chair of the Conducting Department at the University of Michigan and the Music Director of the University Musical Society Choral Union....
  
  , director of choirs at the University of Michigan
• Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone
  Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone
  Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone , PC, born 1942, is an English politician and university administrator.-Academic background:Blackstone was educated at Ware Grammar School for Girls and the London School of Economics, where she gained a doctorate...
  
   (born 1942), British politician
• Timothy Blackstone
  Timothy Blackstone
  Timothy Beach Blackstone was a 19th century railroad executive, businessman, philanthropist, and politician. He is descended from one of the earliest British settlers of New England, William Blaxton. Blackstone worked in the railroad industry for most of his life after dropping out of school...
  
   (1829–1900), Chicago Railroad and Stock Yard president
• Sir William Blackstone
  William Blackstone
  Sir William Blackstone KC SL was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century. He is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England. Born into a middle class family in London, Blackstone was educated at Charterhouse School before matriculating at Pembroke...
  
   (1723–1780), English jurist
  • Blackstone's formulation
    Blackstone's formulation
    In criminal law, Blackstone's formulation is the principle: "better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer", expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s.-Historical expressions of the principle:The...
    
    , a principle in criminal law named for the jurist
  • The Commentaries on the Laws of England
    Commentaries on the Laws of England
    The Commentaries on the Laws of England are an influential 18th-century treatise on the common law of England by Sir William Blackstone, originally published by the Clarendon Press at Oxford, 1765–1769...
    
    by William Blackstone, a 1769 major legal text of the 18th century; often referred to as "Blackstone" or "Blackstone's Commentaries"
• William Eugene Blackstone
  William Eugene Blackstone
  William Eugene Blackstone was an American evangelist and Christian Zionist. he was the author of the proto- Zionist Blackstone Memorial of 1891. Blackstone was influenced by Dwight Lyman Moody, James H...
  
   (1841–1935), American evangelist and Christian Zionist
• William Seymour Blackstone
  William Seymour Blackstone
  William Seymour Blackstone was an English MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.He was the son of James Blackstone, barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, and grandson of the legal writer William Blackstone . Elected Conservative MP for Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England in 1832, he served...
  
   (1809–1881), 19th-century British MP and grandson of William Blackstone the jurist, above
• William Blackstone, aka William Blaxton
  William Blaxton
  Reverend William Blaxton was an early British settler in New England, and the first European settler of modern day Boston and Rhode Island.-Biography:...
  
   (1595–1675), early English settler in New England

Australia

• Blackstone, Queensland
  Blackstone, Queensland
  Blackstone is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from a place in Ireland called Blackstone. -External links:*...
  
  
• Blackstone, Western Australia
• Blackstone Heights, Tasmania
  Blackstone Heights, Tasmania
  Blackstone Heights is an outer suburb of Launceston, Tasmania and is within the Meander Valley Council district.-Physical description:Blackstone Heights consists of four major roads, in a loop about in total...
  
  

United States

• Blackstone, Illinois
  Blackstone, Illinois
  Blackstone is an unincorporated community in Livingston County, Illinois, United States. Blackstone is southeast of Streator. Blackstone has a post office with ZIP code 61313. It is part of the geographic region known as Streatorland....
  
  
• Blackstone, Massachusetts
  Blackstone, Massachusetts
  Blackstone is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 9,026 at the 2010 census. It is formally a part of the Providence metropolitan area. Blackstone is the only municipality in Massachusetts to employ automatic cameras in traffic enforcement.- History :This...
  
  
• Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island
  Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island
  Blackstone is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island. It is in the northeast corner of the city and is bounded to the south and west by Lloyd Avenue and Hope Street respectively...
  
  , a neighborhood
• Blackstone, Virginia
  Blackstone, Virginia
  Blackstone is a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Blackstone is located at ....
  
  
  • Blackstone Army Airfield
    Blackstone Army Airfield
    Blackstone Army Airfield , also known as Allen C. Perkinson Airport, is located two miles east of the central business district of Blackstone, a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States. It is owned by the United States Army and the Town of Blackstone.It is named for Allen C...
    
    , Virginia
• The Blackstone River
  Blackstone River
  The Blackstone River is a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It flows approximately 48 mi and drains a watershed of approximately 540 sq. mi...
  
   in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
  • The Blackstone Valley
    Blackstone Valley
    The Blackstone Valley or Blackstone River Valley is a region of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution...
    
    , a National Heritage Corridor along the Blackstone River
  • Blackstone River Bikeway
    Blackstone River Bikeway
    right|thumb|400px|The Blackstone River Bikeway in October 2006, approximately one mile south of the Martin St. BridgeThe Blackstone River Bikeway is a planned paved rail trail defining the course of the East Coast Greenway through the Blackstone Valley from Worcester, Massachusetts to Providence,...
    
    , a planned rail trail
  • Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
    Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School
    Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School is a technical high school in Upton, Massachusetts serving the thirteen towns of the Blackstone Valley...
    
    , Upton, Massachusetts

Fiction

• Edmund 'Beau' Blackstone, a fictional 19th century detective created by Richard Falkirk (Derek Lambert
  Derek Lambert (author)
  Derek Lambert was educated at Epsom College and was both an author of thrillers in his own name, writing also as Richard Falkirk, and a journalist....
  
  )
• Blackstone Chronicles (novel series), a series of mystery and thriller novels authored by John Saul
• Blackstone Fortress, a type of space station in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000
• Blackstone (TV series)
  Blackstone (TV series)
  Blackstone is a Canadian television series, which airs on APTN and Showcase. Written, created, directed and produced by Canadian producer Ron E. Scott, the series began filming its eight episodes, plus a pilot, in 2010 in and around Edmonton, Alberta....
  
  , the fictional Blackstone First Nation's struggles with corruption, politics, and the need for change
• Blackstone, the Magic Detective
  Blackstone, the Magic Detective
  Blackstone, the Magic Detective was a 15-minute radio series which had a tie-in with several comic books. The program aired Sunday afternoons at 2:45pm on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 3, 1948 until March 26, 1950.-Radio:...
  
  , a radio series and comic book starring a fictionalized version of Harry Blackstone, Sr.
  Harry Blackstone, Sr.
  Harry Blackstone was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a magician in his teens and was popular through World War II as a USO entertainer. He was often billed as The Great Blackstone. His son...
  
  

Other

• Black Stone
  Black Stone
  The Black Stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building towards which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic, which according to Muslim tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.The...
  
  , a Muslim object of reverence
• Blackstone Avenue
  Blackstone Avenue
  Blackstone Avenue is a major roadway arterial in Fresno, California, USA. This street is the location of a number of historic structures and is also the locus of a considerable concentration of retail commercial land usage...
  
  , a major roadway in Fresno, California, USA
• Blackstone Edge
  Blackstone Edge
  Blackstone Edge is a gritstone escarpment at 1,549 feet above sea level in an area of moorland on the Greater Manchester–West Yorkshire county boundary, England....
  
  , an area of moorland along the Lancashire (Greater Manchester) and West Yorkshire county boundary in England
• Blackstone Hall, a dormitory at the University of Chicago
• Blackstone Hotel
  Blackstone Hotel
  The Renaissance Blackstone Hotel is located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Street in the Michigan Boulevard Historic District in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. This 21-story hotel was built from 1908 to 1910 and designed by Marshall and Fox. On May 29, 1998, the...
  
  , a Chicago hotel
• Blackstone Hotel (Omaha, Nebraska), a 1915 Omaha landmark currently known as the Blackstone Center
• Blackstone Library
  Blackstone Library
  T. B. Blackstone Memorial Library is a building that is part of the Chicago Public Library System and is named after Timothy Blackstone. It is now known as the Chicago Public Library - Blackstone Branch and commonly referred to as Blackstone Library, or Blackstone Branch and sometimes Blackstone...
  
  , Chicago's first public library
• Blackstone Memorial
  Blackstone Memorial
  The Blackstone Memorial of 1891 was a petition written by William Eugene Blackstone, a Christian Restorationist, in favor of the delivery of Palestine to the Jews. It was signed by many leading American citizens and presented to President Harrison....
  
  , a Zionist petition written by William Eugene Blackstone
• Blackstone, the Magic Detective
  Blackstone, the Magic Detective
  Blackstone, the Magic Detective was a 15-minute radio series which had a tie-in with several comic books. The program aired Sunday afternoons at 2:45pm on the Mutual Broadcasting System from October 3, 1948 until March 26, 1950.-Radio:...
  
  , a radio series which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the late 1940s
• Blackstone, a codename for ColdFusion
  ColdFusion
  In computing, ColdFusion is the name of a commercial rapid application development platform invented by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in 1995. ColdFusion was originally designed to make it easier to connect simple HTML pages to a database, by version 2 it had...
  
   7.0 - beta of ColdFusion MX 7.0, a product of Macromedia
• Blackstone, in reference to the Black P. Stones
  Black P. Stones
  The Almighty Black P. Stone Nation is a Chicago-based street gang estimated to have more than 30,000 members. The gang was originally formed in the late 1950s as a civil rights organization called the Blackstone Rangers...
  
   gang
• HTC BlackStone, a Windows Mobile phone also known as the HTC Touch HD
  HTC Touch HD
  The HTC Touch HD, also known as the HTC T828X or its codename the HTC Blackstone, is a Windows Mobile 6.1 -powered luxury Pocket PC designed and manufactured by HTC...
  
  
• Operation Blackstone
  Operation Blackstone
  Operation Blackstone was a part of Operation Torch, Allied landings in Africa during World War II. This supporting mission was the American capture of the French port of Safi in French Morocco on the morning of 8 November 1942 as part of a larger operation to capture Casablanca in Morocco...
  
  , part of Operation Torch, the Allied landings in Africa during World War II

See also

• Black Rock (disambiguation)
• Blackstones (disambiguation)
• Blackstone Lake, Ontario
  Blackstone Lake, Ontario
  Blackstone Lake, in The Archipelago of the Parry Sound district in Ontario, Canada, is primarily a small, boat-access lake containing nine islands...
  
  
• Blackstone River (disambiguation)
  Blackstone River (disambiguation)
  Blackstone River may refer to:*Blackstone River, a river in the U.S. states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island*Blackstone River, Alberta, Canada*Blackstone River , Canada...