Kilgore
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The name Kilgore comes from a sept
of the Scottish Clan MacDuff
. It may refer specifically to:
Sept
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...
of the Scottish Clan MacDuff
Clan MacDuff
Clan MacDuff is a Scottish armigerous clan, which is registered with Lyon Court, though currently without a chief. Moncreiffe wrote that the Clan MacDuff was the premier clan among the Scottish Gaels. The early chiefs of Clan MacDuff were the Earls of Fife...
. It may refer specifically to:
People
- Al Kilgore, cartoonist
- Bernard KilgoreBernard KilgoreBernard Kilgore was the Wall Street Journal's dominant personality practically from the moment he was appointed managing editor in 1941, at the age of 32, until his death from stomach cancer at November 14, 1967, at the age of 59, after being diagnosed in the summer of 1965. Over those years he...
, editor of the Wall Street Journal 1941–1967 - David KilgoreDavid KilgoreDavid Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Harrison County, Kentucky, Kilgore moved with his father to Franklin County, Indiana, in 1819.He attended the common schools.He studied law....
, U.S. Representative from Indiana 1857–1861, grandfather of Bernard Kilgore - Constantine B. KilgoreConstantine B. KilgoreConstantine Buckley Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Newnan, Georgia, Kilgore moved with his parents to Rusk County, Texas, in 1846.He received a common-school and academic training.He studied law....
, U.S. Representative from Texas 1887–1895 - Harley M. KilgoreHarley M. KilgoreHarley Martin Kilgore was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in Brown, West Virginia, he attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown in 1914 and was admitted to the bar the same year.He taught school in Hancock, West...
, U.S. Senator from West Virginia 1941–1956 - Jerry W. KilgoreJerry W. KilgoreJerry Walter Kilgore, , a Republican, is a former Attorney General of Virginia. In the 2005 race for Governor of Virginia, Jerry Kilgore was defeated by then Lieutenant Governor Tim Kaine, a Democrat...
, Virginia Attorney General 2002–2005 - Larry KilgoreLarry KilgoreLarry Scott Kilgore is a Christian-Conservative activist and former Republican candidate in the Texas gubernatorial election, 2010.Kilgore was born in Amarillo, the seat of Potter County in the Texas Panhandle....
, Texas conservative Christian activist and political candidate - Merl Kilgore, founder of Zion's Order, Inc.Zion's Order, Inc.Zion's Order, Inc. is a sect in the Latter Day Saint movement that was founded by Merl Kilgore in 1951.Kilgore was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints until 1950, when he left the church to join the Aaronic Order. He moved to Bicknell, Utah, where he and another member of...
, a Latter Day Saint sect - Merle KilgoreMerle KilgoreWyatt Merle Kilgore was an American singer, songwriter, and manager.-Early life:Although born in Chickasha, Oklahoma, Merle Kilgore was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was the son of Wyatt and Gladys B. Kilgore...
, country music singer/songwriter - Terry KilgoreTerry KilgoreTerry Gene Kilgore is an American politician. A Republican, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993. He the 1st district in the far southwestern corner of the state, near Cumberland Gap....
, Virginia state delegate 1994–, twin brother of Jerry W. Kilgore - Tom KilgoreTom KilgoreTom D. Kilgore is the federal corporation’s first Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed by the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors on October 13, 2006, at a meeting in Knoxville...
, CEO Tennessee Valley Authority
Fictional characters
- Kilgore TroutKilgore TroutKilgore Trout is a fictional character created by author Kurt Vonnegut. He was originally created as a fictionalized version of author Theodore Sturgeon , although Trout's consistent presence in Vonnegut's works has also led critics to view him as the author's own alter ego...
, a recurring character made famous in the novels of Kurt VonnegutKurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut, Jr. was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle , Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.-Early... - Lt. Colonel Kilgore, a fictional character played by Robert DuvallRobert DuvallRobert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
in the Francis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...
movie Apocalypse NowApocalypse NowApocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...
written by John MiliusJohn MiliusJohn Frederick Milius is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures.-Early life:Milius was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Elizabeth and William Styx Milius, who was a shoe manufacturer. Milius attempted to join the Marine Corps in the late 1960s, but was rejected...
. - Eli and Hastings Kilgore, the unlike brothers from the Ugly HillUgly HillUgly Hill is a webcomic written and drawn by Paul Southworth. The titular Ugly Hill is the home town of the main characters.Ugly Hill is currently a part of Blank Label Comics. On 2006-11-07 it was announced that Ugly Hill would be published on Viper Comics' website...
webcomic - Kilgor, the barbarian king in the computer game Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's BladeHeroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's BladeHeroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade is the first of two expansion packs for the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic III. It was developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 1999....
- Teddybear Kilgore (also written as "Kilgour" elsewhere in the text), the fictional President of the Bishop Strachan School for Girls in the John IrvingJohn IrvingJohn Winslow Irving is an American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter.Irving achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978...
novel A Prayer for Owen MeanyA Prayer for Owen MeanyA Prayer for Owen Meany was the seventh published novel by American writer John Irving when it appeared in 1989. It tells the story of John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany growing up together in a small New England town during the 1950-60s... - Kilg%re, a DC comicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
super-villain.