Herndon
Encyclopedia
Places
In the United States:- Herndon, CaliforniaHerndon, CaliforniaHerndon is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located northwest of downtown Fresno, at an elevation of 299 feet ....
- Herndon, KansasHerndon, KansasHerndon is a city in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 129.-Geography:Herndon is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149...
- Herndon, PennsylvaniaHerndon, PennsylvaniaHerndon, formerly Trevorton Junction, is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Herndon was first founded by Robert A. Parrish in 1840. The town was later named for Naval commander William Lewis Herndon, who died in 1857 while trying to rescue passengers from his sinking...
- Herndon, VirginiaHerndon, VirginiaHerndon is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area of the United States. The population was 21,655 at the 2000 census, which makes it the largest of three towns in the county.-History:...
People
- Alonzo HerndonAlonzo HerndonAlonzo Franklin Herndon was an African American businessman and the founder and president of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company. Born into slavery, he became Atlanta's first black millionaire. His home, Herndon Home, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark...
(1858-1927), African-American businessman - Angelo HerndonAngelo HerndonAngelo Braxton Herndon was an African American labor organizer arrested and convicted for insurrection after attempting to organize black industrial workers in 1932 in Atlanta, Georgia...
(1913-1997), African-American communist organizer - Charles HerndonCharles HerndonCharles "Chuck" Herndon is an American artist, creating sculptures in stone, metal, and wood, as well as works in painting and photography. He recently retired from Columbus College of Art and Design as Professor Emeritus and presently works out of his studios on Kelleys Island in Lake Erie: a...
, American Sculptor - James Herndon (media psychologist) (b. 1952), American media psychologist
- J. Marvin HerndonJ. Marvin HerndonJ. Marvin Herndon is an American interdisciplinary scientist, who earned his BA degree in physics in 1970 from the University of California, San Diego and his Ph.D. degree in nuclear chemistry in 1974 from Texas A&M University. For three years, J. Marvin Herndon was a post-doctoral assistant to...
(b. 1944), American scientist who founded the georeactor theory - Kelly HerndonKelly HerndonKelly Errin Herndon is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the San Francisco 49ers as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He played college football at Toledo. Although he entered his first NFL camp in 1999, Herndon waited until 2002 to play in...
(b. 1976), American professional football player - Raymon W. HerndonRaymon W. HerndonRaymon W. Herndon was a United States Marine who received a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II.-Biography:Raymon W. Herndon was born on 1 November 1918 at Waterboro, South Carolina...
(1918-1942), United States Marine Corps Navy Cross recipient - Susan HerndonSusan HerndonSusan Herndon is an American singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, labelled by Tulsa World as being among a group of the "region's most talented musicians." In 2000, Herndon released Quiet Cave and had her song "The Drum" featured on NPR's All Songs Considered...
(b. ?), American singer-song writer - Ty HerndonTy HerndonBoyd Tyrone "Ty" Herndon is an American country music and Christian singer. Signed to Epic Records in 1995, Herndon made his debut that year with the Number One single "What Mattered Most", followed by the release of his first album, also entitled What Mattered Most...
(b. 1962), American country music singer - William Herndon (lawyer)William Herndon (lawyer)William Henry Herndon was the law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln.-Biography:Born in Greensburg, Kentucky, Herndon and his family moved to Illinois in 1820, and they settled in Springfield when he was five. Herndon attended Illinois College from 1836-1837. In 1840 he married Mary J....
(1818-1891), a law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln - William Lewis HerndonWilliam Lewis HerndonCommander William Lewis Herndon was one of the United States Navy's outstanding explorers and seamen. He chose to go down with his ship while other lives were still aboard and while in command of the steamer Central Americas 44th trip, which sank in a three day and night hurricane off Cape...
(1813-1857), United States Navy scientist, explorer, and hero
Ships
- USS HerndonUSS HerndonUSS Herndon has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to:, a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Churchill, a Gleaves-class destroyer, commissioned in 1942 and decommissioned in 1946* USS Raymon W. Herndon , a...
, the name of more than one United States Navy ship - USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD-121)USS Raymon W. Herndon , ex-DE-688, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Raymon W. Herndon was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Raymon W...
, a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946
Other
- Herndon MonumentHerndon MonumentThe Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a tall grey obelisk. It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon who courageously decided to go down with his ship, SS Central America, and the men left aboard rather than save himself on September 12, 1857...
, United States Naval Academy monument to William Lewis Herndon in Annapolis, Maryland