Braddock
Encyclopedia
Places
England- Braddock, CornwallBraddock, CornwallBraddock is a village and a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated about seven miles west of Liskeard, and five miles south-east of Bodmin....
- Battle of Braddock DownBattle of Braddock DownThe Battle of Braddock Down was a battle of the south-western campaign of the First English Civil War. It was fought on open ground in Cornwall, on 19 January 1643...
, 1643
- Battle of Braddock Down
Antarctica
- Braddock NunataksBraddock NunataksBraddock Nunataks is a group of prominent nunataks located inland from Bertram Glacier and southeast of Perseus Crags on the west margin of the Dyer Plateau, in Palmer Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey in 1974, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
Canada
- Braddock, Saskatchewan
- Braddock LakeBraddock LakeBraddock Lake is a protected reservoir of Canada....
, a reservoir
United States
- Braddock, North DakotaBraddock, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 43 people, 20 households, and 16 families residing in the city. The population density was 173.6 people per square mile . There were 27 housing units at an average density of 109.0 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White...
- Braddock, PennsylvaniaBraddock, PennsylvaniaBraddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 10 miles upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River. The population was 2,159 at the 2010 census...
- Braddock BayBraddock BayBraddock Bay is a small bay of Lake Ontario, located northwest of Rochester, New York, United States. Braddock Bay is renowned for being an excellent bird-watching location, as raptors and other birds congregate when migrating north in Spring...
in Lake Ontario, northwest of Rochester, New York - Braddock Heights, MarylandBraddock Heights, MarylandBraddock Heights is a census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 4,627 at the 2000 census. Braddock Heights is part of the Middletown, Maryland School District...
, a census-designated place - Braddock Hills, PennsylvaniaBraddock Hills, PennsylvaniaBraddock Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Braddock Hills is located approximately east of downtown Pittsburgh...
, a borough - Braddock Locks & DamBraddock Locks & DamBraddock Locks & Dam is one of nine navigational structures on the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fairmont, West Virginia. Maintained and built by the U.S...
on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania - Braddock Mountain, local name for Catoctin MountainCatoctin MountainCatoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, comprises the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range...
near Frederick, Maryland - Braddock PeakBraddock PeakBraddock Peak is located in Jackson County, Colorado in the Colorado State Forest, east-northeast of Seven Utes Mountain, west of Snow Lake, north of the boundary of Routt National Forest and the Never Summer Wilderness....
, Jackson County, Colorado - Braddock Point LightBraddock Point LightBraddock Point Light was a lighthouse just west of Braddock Bay at Bogus Point on Lake Ontario in New York.-History:The lighthouse was established and lit in 1896 and was deactivated in 1954. The lighthouse was constructed out of red brick. The shape of the tower was octagonal. The original lens...
, a lighthouse west of Braddock Bay in New York - G. Holmes Braddock High SchoolG. Holmes Braddock High SchoolG. Holmes Braddock Senior High School is a secondary school located in Miami, Florida, USA. The school is named after a former 38-year member of the school board, who, as chairperson from 1969–1970, led the district's efforts to desegregate its schools....
, Miami, Florida - WMHS Braddock Campus (Cumberland, Maryland), also known as Braddock Hospital
People
- Anderson Silva (kickboxer)Anderson Silva (kickboxer)Anderson "Braddock" Silva is a Brazilian super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Chakuriki Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands.-Biography and career:...
, Brazilian heavyweight kickboxer - Bessie BraddockBessie BraddockElizabeth Margaret Braddock JP , better known as Bessie Braddock, was a British Labour politician...
, British politician - Edward BraddockEdward BraddockGeneral Edward Braddock was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for the 13 colonies during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War...
, British army general in colonial America- The Braddock ExpeditionBraddock expeditionThe Braddock expedition, also called Braddock's campaign or, more commonly, Braddock's Defeat, was a failed British military expedition which attempted to capture the French Fort Duquesne in the summer of 1755 during the French and Indian War. It was defeated at the Battle of the Monongahela on...
of the French and Indian War, ending in Braddock's Defeat
- The Braddock Expedition
- James J. BraddockJames J. BraddockJames Walter "The Cinderella Man" Braddock was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937....
, American boxer also known as "Cinderella Man" - Brad BradleyBrad BradleyBrad Bradley is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Ryan Braddock.-Early career:...
, American professional wrestler who wrestled for the WWE as Ryan Braddock, previously known as Jay Bradley - Michael DepoliMichael DepoliMichael DePoli is a retired professional wrestler best known for his work in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He worked for World Wrestling Entertainment in its Ohio Valley Wrestling developmental territory...
, American professional wrestler who wrestled for the WWE as Tony Braddock, previously known as Roadkill - W. Braddock HickmanW. Braddock HickmanWalter Braddock Hickman was President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from May 1, 1963 to November 28, 1970 ....
, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland from 1963 to 1970
In fiction
- Benjamin Braddock, protagonist of the 1967 movie The GraduateThe GraduateThe Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama motion picture directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay was by Buck Henry, who makes a cameo appearance as a hotel clerk, and Calder...
- Col. James Braddock, main character of Missing in Action (film)Missing in Action (film)Missing in Action is a 1984 action B-movie directed by Joseph Zito and starring Chuck Norris. It is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue. Colonel Braddock, who escaped a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp 10 years earlier, returns to Vietnam to find American soldiers listed as missing...
- Braddock: Missing in Action IIIBraddock: Missing in Action IIIBraddock: Missing in Action III is a 1988 action/adventure film, and a sequel to Missing in Action, following the second film, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, which was a prequel. It is the third and final film in the Missing in Action Trilogy. The film stars Chuck Norris, who co-wrote the...
, 1988 action adventure film - Matt BraddockMatt BraddockMatt Braddock, VC and bar, is a fictional World War II bomber pilot who appeared in the pages of the Victor and Rover comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Some of his stories were published in book form as I Flew With Braddock....
, fictional bomber pilot - Braddock (film), 1968 TV movie about a futuristic private eye played by Tom SimcoxTom SimcoxThomas William Simcox, known as Tom Simcox is a former actor who resides in the unincorporated community of Leona Valley west of Palmdale in Los Angeles County, California....