Darlington (disambiguation)
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Darlington is a family name, a place name, and the name of things. Most, including the family name, are named after the town in England. For the detailed etymology, see Wiktionary.
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People
- Adam de DarlingtonAdam de DarlingtonAdam de Darlington [Derlingtun] was a 13th century English churchman based in the Kingdom of Scotland. Adam's name occurred for the first time in a Moray document datable between 1255 and 1271, where he was named as the Precentor of Fortrose Cathedral...
or Derlingtun, 13th century English churchman based in Scotland - Alex DarlingtonAlex DarlingtonAlex Darlington is a Welsh association footballer currently playing for The New Saints in the Welsh Premier League. He plays as a Striker.-Career:...
, Welsh association footballer - Charles DarlingtonCharles DarlingtonCharles F. Darlington was an American diplomat. He was United States Ambassador to Gabon from 1961 to 1965 and also to the Central African Republic, Chad, and Congo as at the time this region was known as French Equatorial Africa. Darlington was ambassador to Gabon during the 1964 coup d'état...
, U.S. ambassador to Gabon during the 1964 Gabon coup d'état1964 Gabon coup d'étatThe 1964 Gabon coup d'état was staged between 17 and 18 February 1964 by Gabonese military officers who rose against Gabonese President Léon M'ba. Before the coup, Gabon was seen as one of the most politically stable countries in Africa... - C. D. DarlingtonC. D. DarlingtonCyril Dean Darlington FRS was an English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover, its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolution.-Early life:...
, English scientist - Edward DarlingtonEdward DarlingtonEdward Darlington was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Darlington was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He moved in early youth with his parents to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He taught school from 1817 to 1820...
(1795–1884), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Ian DarlingtonIan DarlingtonIan John Darlington is an English cricketer. Darlington is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born at Derby, Derbyshire....
, English cricketer - Isaac DarlingtonIsaac DarlingtonIsaac Darlington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.He was born near West Chester, Pennsylvania and attended Friends School at Birmingham, Pennsylvania. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1801 where he commenced his practice in West Chester...
(1781–1839), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Jay DarlingtonJay DarlingtonJay Darlington is an English keyboardist who has played as a member of the band Kula Shaker and as a live member of Oasis.-Early life and Kula Shaker: 1968-1999:...
, English keyboardist - Jeff DarlingtonJeff DarlingtonJeff Darlington is an American sportswriter covering football for the NFL.com. He was previously covered the Miami Dolphins for The Miami Herald. He also regularly appears on ESPN to discuss the NFL....
, American sportswriter - Jermaine DarlingtonJermaine DarlingtonJermaine Mortimer Darlington is an English football player who plays for Whitstable Town as a left-sided midfielder or full-back.-Career:...
, English association footballer - Jonathan DarlingtonJonathan DarlingtonJonathan Darlington is a British conductor and the Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver Opera...
, British conductor, Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Vancouver Opera - Joseph DarlingtonJoseph DarlingtonJoseph Darlington was a representative in the Legislature of the Northwest Territory, and a delegate to the Convention that wrote the first Constitution of the State of Ohio.300px|right|thumb...
(1765–1851), representative in the Legislature of the Northwest Territory (later Ohio) - Kevin DarlingtonKevin DarlingtonKevin Godfrey Darlington is a Guyanese born American cricketer. Darlington is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. Darlington currently represents the United States national cricket team.-Career with Guyana:...
, Guyana-born American cricketer - Ralph DarlingtonRalph DarlingtonRalph Darlington is Professor of Employment Relations at Salford Business School, University of Salford. His research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.-Early life:...
, Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Salford, England - Sidney DarlingtonSidney DarlingtonSidney Darlington was an electrical engineer and inventor of a transistor configuration in 1953, the Darlington pair...
, American electrical engineer- Darlington transistorDarlington transistorIn electronics, the Darlington transistor is a compound structure consisting of two bipolar transistors connected in such a way that the current amplified by the first transistor is amplified further by the second one...
, his invention
- Darlington transistor
- Smedley DarlingtonSmedley DarlingtonSmedley Darlington was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(1827–1899), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Stephen DarlingtonStephen DarlingtonStephen Darlington is a British choral director and conductor, and president of the Royal College of Organists from 1999-2001.During the early 1970s Darlington was organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, studying under Simon Preston...
, British choral director and conductor - Tenaya DarlingtonTenaya Darlington-Life:She graduated from Beloit College, and Indiana University, with an M.F.A., in 1997.She worked as an x-ray librarian, a knife seller, a food critic, and writer for Isthmus Newspaper, the alternative weekly in Madison, Wisconsin, where she writes a biweekly culture column about the bizarre,...
, American poet - William DarlingtonWilliam DarlingtonWilliam Darlington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Darlington was born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends School at Birmingham and spent his youth on a farm...
(1782–1863), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania - Those who held the position of Earl of DarlingtonEarl of DarlingtonEarl of Darlington is a title that has been created twice, each time in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first time was in 1722 for the Baroness von Kielmansegg, half-sister1 of King George I. She was created Baroness Brentford at the same time...
Given name
- Darlington MatambanadzoDarlington MatambanadzoDarlington Rutendo Matambanadzo is a former Zimbabwean first-class cricketer who is the twin brother of Test cricketer Everton Matambanadzo....
, Zimbabwean cricketer - Darlington MichaelsDarlington MichaelsDarlington Michaels is a South African actor best known for his role as Georgie Zamdela in Isidingo.-Selected filmography:* Mapantsula * Cry, the Beloved Country * Tsotsi uncredited-External links:...
, South African actor
Fictional characters
Works of fiction that feature Lord Darlington include:- The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine...
by Oscar Wilde, published June 20, 1890 - Lady Windermere's FanLady Windermere's FanLady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893...
by Oscar Wilde, published 1893 - The Remains of the DayThe Remains of the DayThe Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's third published novel. One of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels, the work was awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1989...
by Kazuo Ishiguro, published 1989
Places
England- DarlingtonDarlingtonDarlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, part of the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It lies on the small River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees, not far from the main river. It is the main population centre in the borough, with a population of 97,838 as of 2001...
, County Durham - Darlington (borough)Darlington (borough)Darlington is a local government district and borough in North East England. In 2008 it had a resident population of 100,500 It borders County Durham to the north and west, North Yorkshire to the south along the line of the River Tees, and Stockton-on-Tees to the east.-Council:Traditionally part of...
, local government borough that includes the town of Darlington and surrounding area - Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)Darlington (UK Parliament constituency)Darlington is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, a constituency represented in the House of Commons
Australia
- Darlington, New South WalesDarlington, New South WalesDarlington is a small, inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Darlington is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney and is part of the region of the Inner...
, an inner Sydney suburb - Darlington, South AustraliaDarlington, South AustraliaDarlington is a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia part of which is in the City of Onkaparinga and the City of Marion.-References:...
, an Adelaide suburb - Darlington, Victoria, a small rural township with postcode 3271
- Darlington, Western AustraliaDarlington, Western AustraliaDarlington, Western Australia, is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring on the Darling Scarp, dissected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River.- Location :...
, a suburb of Perth
Canada
- Darlington Township, Ontario, former township merged with Clarke Township to form Clarington in 1974
- Port Darlington, Ontario, a rural community in Clarington on Highway 401
- Darlington Provincial ParkDarlington Provincial ParkDarlington Provincial Park is a part of the Ontario Provincial Parks system. It is located just south of Highway 401 near the town of Courtice, between the cities of Bowmanville and Oshawa. A small park, the topography is dominated by gentle hills, a terminal moraine deposited by glaciers at the...
, Ontario - Darlington Nuclear Generating StationDarlington Nuclear Generating StationDarlington Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Clarington, Ontario. The facility derives its name from the Township of Darlington, the former name of the municipality in which it is located.The Darlington station is a large...
, Clarington, Ontario - Darlington, Montreal, a neighbourhood and district in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-GrâceCôte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-GrâceCôte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Geography:Located to the north and west of Mount Royal, it was part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers...
borough of Montreal
United States
- Darlington, CaliforniaDarlington, CaliforniaDarlington is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It lies at an elevation of 4196 feet ....
- Darlington, IndianaDarlington, IndianaDarlington is a town in Franklin Township, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. The population was 843 at the 2010 census.-History:Darlington was platted by Enoch Cox in 1836....
- Darlington, MarylandDarlington, MarylandDarlington is an unincorporated village in northeastern Harford County, Maryland, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1987 with approximately 100 contributing properties .-Community:Local children attend the Darlington Elementary...
- Darlington, MissouriDarlington, MissouriDarlington is a city in Gentry County, Missouri, United States. The population was 113 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Darlington is located at ....
- Darlington, PennsylvaniaDarlington, PennsylvaniaDarlington is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 299 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Darlington is located at ....
- Darlington, South CarolinaDarlington, South CarolinaDarlington is a city in and the county seat of Darlington County, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a center for tobacco farming. The population was 6,720 at the 2000 census and is part of the Florence Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Darlington RacewayDarlington RacewayDarlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"...
, a stock car racing track hosted by the South Carolina town
- Darlington Raceway
- Darlington, WisconsinDarlington, WisconsinDarlington is a city in and the county seat of Lafayette County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 2,451 at the 2010 census. The city is surrounded by the Town of Darlington.-History:...
, a city - Darlington (town), WisconsinDarlington (town), WisconsinDarlington is a town in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 757 at the 2000 census. The City of Darlington is located within the town...
, surrounding the city of Darlington - Darlington County, South Carolina
- Darlington Township, Harvey County, KansasDarlington Township, Harvey County, KansasDarlington Township is a township in Harvey County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 601.-Geography:Darlington Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements....
- Darlington Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Darlington Township, Charles Mix County, South Dakota
- Darlington Township, Clark County, South Dakota
- Darlington Falls, a series of small waterfalls in Forestburg Scout Reservation
Sports teams
In Darlington, England:- Darlington F.C.Darlington F.C.Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...
, a professional football team - Darlington R.F.C., a rugby union club
- Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C are a rugby union team in the town of Darlington, County Durham. They currently play in the National Division Three North...
, a rugby union club