Dunbar (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Places
United Kingdom- DunbarDunbarDunbar is a town in East Lothian on the southeast coast of Scotland, approximately 28 miles east of Edinburgh and 28 miles from the English Border at Berwick-upon-Tweed....
, a town in East Lothian, Scotland- Dunbar CastleDunbar CastleDunbar Castle is the remnants of one of the most mighty fortresses in Scotland, situated over the harbour of the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian.-Early history:...
- Dunbar Castle
- DunbarDoom BarThe Doom Bar is a bank of sand at the estuary of the River Camel where it meets the Celtic Sea on Cornwall's north coast. It represents a significant hazard to shipping, and there have been many ships wrecked there through the centuries...
, Cornwall
Canada
- Dunbar-SouthlandsDunbar-SouthlandsDunbar-Southlands is a neighbourhood in the City of Vancouver that stretches north from the Fraser River across much of the peninsula between the mouth of the Fraser and English Bay...
, a residential neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada, named after the street which runs through it
United States
- Dunbar, California, alternate name of Dunbarton, CaliforniaDunbarton, CaliforniaDunbarton is a former settlement in Monterey County, California. It was located south of Aromas, at an elevation of 141 feet . Dunbarton still appeared on USGS maps as of 1917.The Dunbarton post office operated from 1900 to 1909....
- Dunbar, GeorgiaDunbar, GeorgiaDunbar, Georgia is an unincorporated community located in Houston County, Georgia. It is located in the extreme northwestern corner of Houston County, one mile east of US Highway 41 at the intersection of Dunbar Road and Houston Lake Road...
- Dunbar, NebraskaDunbar, NebraskaDunbar is a village in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 237 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dunbar is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
- Dunbar, PennsylvaniaDunbar, PennsylvaniaDunbar is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,219 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dunbar is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land....
- Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- Dunbar, WisconsinDunbar, WisconsinSee also Dunbar Dunbar is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,303 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Dunbar is located in the town.-History:...
, a town - Dunbar (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Dunbar, West VirginiaDunbar, West VirginiaDunbar is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 7,907 at the 2010 census estimate. Dunbar was incorporated on April 19, 1921, by an Act of the West Virginia Legislature, and named for Dunbar Baines, a prominent area banker.-History:Located at Dunbar is...
Earls of Dunbar
- Patrick I, Earl of DunbarPatrick I, Earl of DunbarPatrick I , Earl of Dunbar and lord of Beanley, was a 13th century Anglo-Scottish noble.He was the eldest son of Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar and Alina, and succeeded to his father's titles upon the latter's death in 1182....
(5th Earl of Dunbar) (died 1232) - Patrick II, Earl of DunbarPatrick II, Earl of DunbarPatrick II , called "5th Earl of Dunbar", lord of Beanley, was a 13th century Anglo-Scottish noble, and one of the leading figures during the reign of King Alexander II of Scotland....
(6th Earl of Dunbar) (died 1248} - Patrick III, Earl of Dunbar (7th Earl of Dunbar) (1213–1289)
- Patrick IV, Earl of March (8th Earl of Dunbar) (1242–1308)
- Patrick V, Earl of March (9th Earl of Dunbar) (1284–1368)
- Agnes Dunbar, 4th Countess of Moray, wife of the above
- George de Dunbar, 10th Earl of March (10th Earl of Dunbar) (1340–1420)
- George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of March (11th Earl of Dunbar) (c. 1370–1457)
Other
- Adrian DunbarAdrian DunbarAdrian Dunbar is an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his television and theatre work. Dunbar co-wrote and starred in the 1991 film, Hear My Song, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA awards.-Personal life:...
, Northern Irish actor - Alice Dunbar-Nelson
- Aynsley DunbarAynsley DunbarAynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey...
, English musician - Bonnie J. DunbarBonnie J. DunbarBonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a former NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005. She then served as president and CEO of The Museum of Flight until April of 2010. She is now a consultant.-Early life:...
, American astronaut - Charles E. DunbarCharles E. DunbarCharles Edward Dunbar, Jr. , was an attorney who developed the modern civil service system in the U.S. state of Louisiana. He was the first chairman of the Louisiana State Civil Service Commission, having served from 1940-1947.Dunbar was born in McComb, Mississippi, to Charles Dunbar, Sr., and the...
(1888-1959), American civil service reformer - David Dunbar BuickDavid Dunbar BuickDavid Dunbar Buick was a Scottish-born Detroit inventor, best known for founding the Buick Motor Company...
- Dorothy DunbarDorothy DunbarDorothy Dunbar was a American actress and socialite, who appeared in silent movies in the 1920s.Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she appeared on the Broadway stage as a child in The School Girl ....
- Emmons DunbarEmmons DunbarEmmons Burdette Dunbar was an American agriculturalist and college football coach. He served as head coach of the Maryland Agricultural College in 1901.-Biography:...
- Gavin Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Gavin Dunbar (archbishop)Gavin Dunbar (archbishop)Gavin Dunbar was a 16th century archbishop of Glasgow. He was the third son of John Dunbar of Mochrum and Janet Stewart.Gavin Dunbar, his uncle, resigned as Dean of Moray on 5 November 1518 to take up the post of bishop of Aberdeen but managed to secure his former position for his nephew...
- Gavin Dunbar (archbishop)
- George Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Helen Flanders DunbarHelen Flanders DunbarHelen Flanders Dunbar — later known as H. Flanders Dunbar — is an important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine and psychobiology, as well as being an important advocate of physicians and clergy co-operating in their efforts to care for the sick.-Life:Eldest child of a well-to-do family —...
(1902-1959), psychiatrist, important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine - James Dunbar-NasmithJames Dunbar-NasmithSir James Duncan Dunbar-Nasmith, CBE, RIBA, PPRIAS, is a leading conservation architect from England.He was born in 1927, son of Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, VC KCB KCMG DL...
- Jennifer Dunbar DornJennifer Dunbar Dorn-Early life:Jenny Dunbar and her twin sister Margaret were born in Moscow and grew up in England. She was part of the swinging London scene in the 1960s...
- Jesse DunbarJesse DunbarJesse Dunbar was a Tory from Halifax, a town in Plymouth County, located in what was then called the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In 1774, while anti-British colonists - also known as Whigs or Patriots - tried to stage a boycott on British goods, Jesse Dunbar bought some "fat cattle" from Mr....
- Jim DunbarJim DunbarJim Dunbar is an American radio program director, talk show host and news anchor who helped boost the ratings of KGO into to the top five with its unique news/talk format. KGO has consistently scored in the top five since 1963 and has been #1 since 1978.In addition to his radio work, he also...
- John Dunbar (disambiguation)
- Karen DunbarKaren DunbarKaren Dunbar is a Scottish comedienne and entertainer.-Early life:She first came to the attention of mainstream audiences in the BBC Scotland comedy series Chewin' the Fat and subsequently was given her own show by the channel, The Karen Dunbar Show.Prior to mainstream success, Karen, an out...
, Scottish comedian - Paul Laurence DunbarPaul Laurence DunbarPaul Laurence Dunbar was a seminal African American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 "Ode to Ethiopia", one poem in the collection Lyrics of Lowly Life....
(1872-1906), American poet - Robin DunbarRobin DunbarRobin Ian MacDonald Dunbar is a British anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist and a specialist in primate behaviour. He is currently Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and the Director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology of the University of Oxford and the...
, anthropologist and evolutionary biologist - Rockmond DunbarRockmond DunbarRockmond Dunbar is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny Chadway on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food, and as Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin on the FOX television drama series Prison Break...
- Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizRoxanne Dunbar-OrtizRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is an American academic, educator, feminist activist, and writer.Born in San Antonio, Texas, Dunbar-Ortiz is of partial American Indian background. She spent most of her youth growing up in the rural community of Piedmont, Oklahoma...
- R. Scott DunbarR. Scott DunbarR. Scott Dunbar had a hand in the discovery of eight asteroids.Dunbar discovered the comet 3551 Verenia by himself. He was a co-discoverer with Eleanor F. Helin six times: 3360 Syrinx, 1987 OC, 6435 Daveross, 1984 DB, 1983 LB, and 1983 LC. Dunbar also co-discovered 3362 Khufu with Maria A....
- Sly DunbarSly DunbarLowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar is a drummer.-Biography:Dunbar, whose nickname was reportedly given for his passion for Sly & the Family Stone, launched his musical career while still in his adolescence, playing with a local group, The Yardbrooms, at the age of fifteen...
(1952- ), Jamaican musician - Susan Ames Dunbar
- Tom DunbarTom DunbarThomas Jerome Dunbar was a professional baseball player who played as outfielder in Major League Baseball for three seasons with the Texas Rangers from 1983 until 1985. He was 6'2", 192 pounds, and he threw and batted left-handed...
- Vaughn DunbarVaughn DunbarVaughn Allen Dunbar was an American football running back for the New Orleans Saints and the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He played college football at Indiana University. He now works for the Carrier Corporation in Tucker, GA.-High school:Dunbar attended R...
- Vicki Nelson-DunbarVicki Nelson-DunbarVicki Nelson-Dunbar is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career she won one top-level singles title , and reached the fourth round of the US Open in 1982....
- William DunbarWilliam DunbarWilliam Dunbar was a Scottish poet. He was probably a native of East Lothian, as assumed from a satirical reference in the Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie , where, too, it is hinted that he was a member of the noble house of Dunbar....
, medieval Scottish poet - William Dunbar, 7th BaronetWilliam Dunbar, 7th BaronetSir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet was a Scottish Liberal Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons. He became the 7th Baronet on 22 June 1841....
- William Dunbar (Louisiana)William Dunbar (Louisiana)William Dunbar was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.He was born in Virginia in 1805 and completed preparatory studies before moving to Alexandria, Virginia, where he engaged in the practice of law in the early 1830s...
, congressman from Louisiana (1853-1855) - William P. DunbarWilliam P. DunbarWilliam Philipps Dunbar was an American physician, director of the State Hygienic Institute in Hamburg, who made seminal discoveries about cholera control and allergies, including identifying the allergen in grass pollen and cat fur...
(1863-1922), American physician in Germany - William Dunbar (explorer)William Dunbar (explorer)William Dunbar was a ScotsAmerican merchant, naturalist, astronomer and explorer.-Life:William Dunbar was born in Duffus House, Duffus Parish near Elgin, Scotland. His family's roots can be traced back to at least the tenth century...
, American merchant, naturalist, astronomer and explorer (1750-1810)
Fictional characters
- Dunbar (Catch-22)
- Russell Dunbar, a character played by David Spade in Rules of Engagement (TV series)Rules of Engagement (TV series)Rules of Engagement is a sitcom that debuted on CBS on February 5, 2007, as a midseason replacement, immediately following Two and a Half Men, in the time slot that was occupied by now-cancelled The New Adventures of Old Christine...
- First Lieutenant John J. Dunbar, the protagonist/narrator of "Dances with WolvesDances with WolvesDances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...
". - Zeke Jedediah Dunbar, the protagonist's sidekickSidekickA sidekick is a close companion who is generally regarded as subordinate to the one he accompanies. Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote's Sancho Panza, Sherlock Holmes' Doctor Watson, The Lone Ranger's Tonto, The Green Hornet's Kato and Batman's Robin.-Origins:The origin of the...
in the 2009 PlayStation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
video game "Infamous"
Other
- Dunbar's numberDunbar's numberDunbar's number is suggested to be a theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. These are relationships in which an individual knows who each person is, and how each person relates to every other person...
, a value important in sociology and anthropology - Dunbar (shipwreck)Dunbar (shipwreck)The Dunbar was a full-rigged ship that was wrecked near the entrance to Sydney Harbour, Australia in 1857 with the loss of 121 lives.The Dunbar was launched on 30 November 1853 for London shipowner Duncan Dunbar and entered the passenger and cargo trade between London and Sydney early the following...
, a shipwrecked "clipper" - Clan DunbarClan Dunbar-Origins of the Clan:The Clan Dunbar descends from Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria, grandson of Crínán of Dunkeld and Seneschal of the Isles and nephew to King Duncan I of Scotland, who became Earl of Northumberland after his father’s death. William the Conqueror deprived Gospatric of the title in...