Needham
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Needham is a surname, and may refer to:
United Kingdom
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- Ben Needham, British infant missing since 1991
- Col NeedhamCol NeedhamColin Needham is one of four founding partners of the Internet Movie Database , and has served as General Manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon.com in 1998.-Career:...
, co-founder of the Internet Movie Database - David NeedhamDavid NeedhamDavid Needham is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Notts County, Queens Park Rangers and Nottingham Forest, and in the North American Soccer League for the Toronto Blizzard, in the 1970s and 1980s.Needham started his career at Notts County in 1966...
, English football player - Ernest NeedhamErnest NeedhamErnest 'Nudger' Needham was an English footballer and cricketer. He played football 14 times for England and captained the side in 1901....
(1873–1936), English football player - Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of KilmoreyFrancis Needham, 3rd Earl of KilmoreyFrancis Charles Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey KP , known as Viscount Newry from 1851 to 1880, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.-Life:...
(1842–1915), 3rd Earl of Kilmorey - Hal NeedhamHal NeedhamHal Needham is an American stuntman and film director.-Early years:Needham was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Edith May and Howard Needham. He was raised in Arkansas and Missouri...
, American stuntman - Jack NeedhamJack NeedhamJohn "Jack" Needham was an English professional footballer who scored 63 goals in 225 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Hull City....
, English football player - James George NeedhamJames George NeedhamJames George Needham was an American entomologistAfter studying with John Henry Comstock at Cornell University he taught biology at Lake Forest University .In 1908 returned to Cornell as assistant professor of limnology.When Comstock retired in 1914, Needham became head of the Department of...
(1868–1957), American entomologist - John NeedhamJohn NeedhamJohn Turberville Needham FRS was an English biologist and Roman Catholic priest.He was first exposed to natural philosophy while in seminary school and later published a paper which, while the subject was mostly about geology, described the mechanics of pollen and won recognition in the botany...
(1713–1781), British biologist and Roman Catholic priest who believed in the theory of spontaneous generation - Joseph NeedhamJoseph NeedhamNoel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham, CH, FRS, FBA , also known as Li Yuese , was a British scientist, historian and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1941, and as a fellow of the British...
, British biochemist and pre-eminent authority on the history of Chinese science - Marchamont NeedhamMarchamont NeedhamMarchamont Needham was a journalist, publisher and pamphleteer during the English Civil War, who wrote official news and propaganda for both sides of the conflict....
, English political pamphleteer - Richard NeedhamRichard NeedhamRichard Francis Needham, 6th Earl of Kilmorey, Kt, PC usually known as Sir Richard Needham is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom...
, 6th Earl of Kilmorey (1942– ), British politician - Richard J. NeedhamRichard J. NeedhamRichard J. Needham was a Canadian humour columnist for The Globe and Mail.Many of his columns were collected in a variety of books, including The Garden of Needham and Needham's Inferno, which won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1967.Needham also coined Mop and Pail and Grope and...
(1912–1996), Canadian newspaper columnist and humorist - Rodney NeedhamRodney NeedhamRodney Needham was one of the leading British social anthropologists.Born as Rodney Phillip Needham Green, Needham changed his name in 1947,the same year he married Claudia Brysz....
(1923–2006), British social anthropologist - Roger NeedhamRoger NeedhamRoger Michael Needham, CBE, FRS, FREng was a British computer scientist.-Early life:He attended Doncaster Grammar School for Boys in Doncaster ....
, British computer scientist - Samuel NeedhamSamuel NeedhamSamuel Needham VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
VC, British soldier - Tracey NeedhamTracey NeedhamTracey Needham is a Texas-born American actress best known as Paige Thatcher on Life Goes On during the series' second to fourth seasons , and then on the first season of JAG as Lt. Meg Austin .-Biography:...
, American actress - Tristan NeedhamTristan NeedhamTristan Needham is a mathematician and author of thebook Visual Complex Analysis in which he uses a geometric approach to develop complex analysis ....
, British mathematician
Places
United States- Needham, AlabamaNeedham, AlabamaNeedham is a town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 97.-Geography:Needham is located at 31°59'10.817" North, 88°20'19.662" West .According to the U.S...
- Needham, IndianaNeedham, IndianaNeedham is an unincorporated town in Needham Township, Johnson County, Indiana....
- Needham, MassachusettsNeedham, MassachusettsNeedham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 28,886 at the 2010 census.- History :...
, a suburb of Boston- Needham LineNeedham LineThe Needham Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through the Boston neighborhoods ofRoxbury,Jamaica Plain,Roslindale,West Roxbury, and the town ofNeedham....
, a commuter rail line in Greater Boston
- Needham Line
United Kingdom
- Needham, NorfolkNeedham, NorfolkNeedham is a small village in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of and had a population of 310 in 129 households as of the 2001 census.Its church, St Peter, is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk.-Reference in popular culture:...
, England - Needham MarketNeedham MarketNeedham Market is a town in Suffolk, England. It initially grew around the wool combing industry, until the onset of the plague, which swept the town from 1663 to 1665. To prevent the spread of the disease, the town was chained at either end, which succeeded in its task but at the cost of...
, a town in Suffolk, England
Canada
- Halifax NeedhamHalifax NeedhamHalifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically....
, a Canadian electoral district
Other uses
- Needham & CompanyNeedham & CompanyNeedham & Company is an independent investment bank and asset management firm specializing in advisory services and financings for growth companies...
- Needham Research InstituteNeedham Research InstituteThe Needham Research Institute or NRI, located on the grounds of the Robinson College, in Cambridge, England, is a center for research into the history of science, technology and medicine in East Asia. It is part of the University of Cambridge...
- Needham-Schroeder protocolNeedham-Schroeder protocolThe term Needham–Schroeder protocol can refer to one of two communication protocols intended for use over an insecure network, both proposed by Roger Needham and Michael Schroeder. These are:...
, a computer network authentication protocol designed for use on insecure network