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Australia- Stapleton IslandStapleton IslandStapleton Island is a small island on the northern Great Barrier Reef of Far North Queensland, Australia. It lies about 40 km off Cape Melville on the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula. It is important as a nesting site for boobies and terns.-Description:The island is an elongated cay,...
, Queensland
United Kingdom
- Stapleton, BristolStapleton, BristolStapleton is an area in the north-eastern suburbs of the city of Bristol, England. The name is colloquially used today to describe the ribbon village along Bell Hill and Park Road in the Frome Valley. It borders Eastville to the South and Begbrook and Frenchay to the North...
- Stapleton, CumbriaStapleton, CumbriaStapleton is a village and a civil parish in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Stapleton has a church called St Mary's Church.- External links :* http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/1901/stapleton.html...
- Stapleton, HerefordshireStapleton, HerefordshireStapleton is a small hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire near the Welsh border town of Presteigne. The hamlet itself has approximately 25 residents as well as the ruins of a medieval castle.-History:...
- Stapleton, LeicestershireStapleton, LeicestershireThe hamlet of Stapleton is situated in south-west Leicestershire, England, about ten miles south-west of Leicester city centre as the crow flies and is inhabited by 427 people ....
- Stapleton, RichmondshireStapleton, RichmondshireStapleton is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the River Tees and Darlington. A pub and restaurant, The Bridge Inn, serves exotic meats such as kangaroo and crocodile....
, North Yorkshire - Stapleton, SelbyStapleton, SelbyStapleton is a village in the Selby District, in the English county of North Yorkshire. It is near the towns of Pontefract and Knottingley.-Location grid:- References :Philip's North Yorkshire Street Atlas...
, North Yorkshire - Stapleton, ShropshireStapleton, ShropshireStapleton is a small village in Shropshire, England.It is located about a mile to the north of the village of Dorrington, and just to the west of the A49 road....
United States of America
- Stapleton, AlabamaStapleton, AlabamaStapleton is a small unincorporated community in northern Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, with a population of 519.. It is part of the Daphne–Fairhope–Foley Micropolitan Statistical Area. Stapleton lies along U.S. Route 31 and State Route 59 and has been considered for...
- Stapleton, GeorgiaStapleton, GeorgiaStapleton is a city in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States. The population was 318 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stapleton is located at ....
- Stapleton, NebraskaStapleton, NebraskaStapleton is a village in and the county seat of Logan County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 301 at the 2000 census.Stapleton is part of the North Platte, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
- Stapleton, Staten IslandStapleton, Staten IslandStapleton is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. It is located along the waterfront of Upper New York Bay, bounded on the north by Tompkinsville at Grant Street, on the south by Clifton at Vanderbilt Avenue, and on the west by St. Paul's Avenue and...
, a neighborhood in New York City - Stapleton International AirportStapleton International AirportStapleton International Airport was Denver, Colorado's primary airport from 1929 to 1995. At different times it served as a hub for TWA, People Express, Frontier Airlines and Western Airlines as well as a hub for Continental Airlines and United Airlines at the time of its closure.In 1995 Stapleton...
, a master-planned New Urbanist community built on the site of the former airport serving Denver, Colorado
People
- Benjamin F. StapletonBenjamin F. StapletonBenjamin Franklin Stapleton was the Mayor of Denver, Colorado for two periods , the first from 1923–1931 and the second from 1935–1947. He also served as the Democratic Colorado State Auditor from 1933–35.-Early years:He was born November 12, 1869, in Paintsville, Kentucky...
- Bob StapletonBob StapletonBob Stapleton is an American entrepreneur and the team owner of cycling team . Stapleton was previously the team manager of when it was known as...
- Brett StapletonBrett StapletonBrett Stapleton is a Rugby Union player who played for the Western Force in the Super 14 in 2007. Frustrated by the lack of opportunity in Perth due to their plethora of quality backline players, he has taken up a contract with the Queensland Reds for 2008 and is currently playing for the East...
- Clay StapletonClay StapletonClayton Stapleton is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the 23rd head football coach for the Iowa State University Cyclones located in Ames, Iowa and he held that position for ten seasons, from 1958 until 1967. His career coaching record at Iowa...
- Craig Roberts StapletonCraig Roberts StapletonCraig Roberts Stapleton is a former United States ambassador to France and the Czech Republic.-Biography:Stapleton was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His grandfather, Benjamin F. Stapleton, was a politician who served five terms as mayor of Denver. He received his secondary school education at...
, the U.S. ambassador to France - Cyril StapletonCyril StapletonCyril Stapleton was an English violinist and jazz bandleader.Born in Mapperley, Nottingham, Stapleton began playing violin at age 7, and played on local radio at the age of 12. He performed on the BBC Radio often in his teenage years, and played in film orchestras accompanying silent films...
, British band leader - Darnell StapletonDarnell StapletonDarnell Robert Stapleton is an American football offensive lineman who is currently retired due to knee injuries. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
- Darren StapletonDarren StapletonDarren Stapleton is an Irish football player who last played for Solihull Moors.-Club career:Stapleton signed for Kildare County from Premier Division oufit Reading on the transfer deadline day 2007. He plays predominantly at left-back but also at left wing-back. He played his schoolboy football...
- Dave Stapleton, a former Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox
- Eddie StapletonEddie StapletonEdgar Thomas Stapleton, was an outstanding Australian Rugby union winger who made his mark with the Wallabies and the St George Rugby Club in Sydney in the 1950s...
, Australian Wallabies rugby winger who also played for the New Zealand All Blacks - Fergal StapletonFergal StapletonFergal Stapleton is a contemporary artist living and working in London.Stapleton studied at Middlesex Polytechnic and graduated from the MA Programme at Goldsmiths College, London in 1993...
, artist - Frank StapletonFrank StapletonFrancis Anthony "Frank" Stapleton is an Irish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his time at Arsenal, Manchester United and as a pivotal player for the Republic of Ireland...
, Irish soccer player - Gerald StapletonGerald StapletonSquadron Leader Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton DFC was a Royal Air Force officer and fighter ace who flew Spitfires and Typhoons during World War II. He preferred the name Gerald and was nicknamed 'Stapme' after a phrase used in his favourite cartoon strip Just Jake published in The Daily Mirror...
, World War II fighter pilot - Jacinta StapletonJacinta StapletonJacinta Stapelton is an Australian actress. Her most notable acting role was Amy Greenwood in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours from 1997 to 2000.-Early life:...
- Jack StapletonJack StapletonJack Stapleton is a fictional pathologist, who lives in New York. Jack Stapleton features as the protagonist in many of Robin Cook's novels which have medical themes. His wife and daughter are known to have been killed in an air crash. Primarily an ophthalmologist, he is forced to re enter medical...
, fictional characters - Jean Stapleton, American actress best known for her role in the television series All in the Family
- Jim StapletonJim StapletonJames 'Jim' Stapleton was an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Thurles Sarsfields and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team in the 1880s. Stapleton was the first player to captain a team to an All-Ireland hurling title in 1887.-Biography:Jim Stapleton was born in...
- John StapletonJohn StapletonJohn Martin Stapleton is an English journalist and presenter. He is currently working as a freelancer with various media outlets.-Television career:...
- John S Stapleton, artist
- Maureen StapletonMaureen StapletonMaureen Stapleton was an American actress in film, theater and television.-Early life:Stapleton was born Lois Maureen Stapleton in Troy, New York, the daughter of Irene and John P. Stapleton, and grew up in a strict Irish American Catholic family...
, American actress - Mike StapletonMike StapletonMichael P. Stapleton is a retired National Hockey League hockey player who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders and Vancouver Canucks. He is the son of former NHL defenceman and 1972 Summit...
- Miles StapletonMiles StapletonSir Miles Stapleton, KG was Lord of the Manor of Ingham, Norfolk and de jure Baron Ingham of Ingham, Norfolk, and Lord of the Manor of Bedale, Yorkshire.-Family:...
- Nicola StapletonNicola StapletonNicola Kathleen Stapleton is an English actress. Stapleton began her career at an early age. She is most famous for her work on British television, in particular her roles as Mandy Salter in BBC's EastEnders and Janine Nebeski in ITV's Bad Girls.-Early life:Stapleton grew up off East Street, which...
, English actress - Oliver StapletonOliver StapletonOliver Stapleton, B.S.C. is an English cinematographer.-Life and career:He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1970 with a degree in psychology and from the National Film and Television School UK while working in South Africa and England.One of his first efforts was the student film...
, motion picture cinematographer - Pat Stapleton, NHL ice hockey player
- Paul StapletonPaul StapletonPaul Stapleton is the vice-chairman of Plymouth Argyle and senior partner in the Plymouth based accountancy practice Parkhurst Hill. He was previously the chairman at Plymouth from August 2001 to July 2009, and has been a director of the club since 1998...
- Peter StapletonPeter StapletonPeter Stapleton is a musician from New Zealand. He is principally a drummer, although he has also contributed shortwave radio and tape manipulations to various recordings....
- Philip StapletonPhilip StapletonSir Philip Stapleton , of Warter-on-the Wolds in Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament, a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. His surname is also sometimes spelt Stapylton or Stapilton.-Life:...
- Rita StapletonRita StapletonRita Stapleton Bauer was a fictional character on the CBS soap Guiding Light. The character was played by Lenore Kasdorf, and was created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, shortly after they became Guiding Light's head writers in 1975. Rita was written out in 1981, when Kasdorf announced she was...
- Rory StapletonRory StapletonRory Stapleton is a Gaelic football player from County Laois in Ireland.He usually plays at left corner back for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois team that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997....
- Ruth Carter StapletonRuth Carter StapletonRuth Carter Stapleton was a sister of Jimmy Carter and was known in her own right as a Christian evangelist. She died of pancreatic cancer in 1983.- Early life :...
- Sally StapletonSally Stapleton-Biography:Stapleton was born Nov. 23, 1957, in Kennett, Missouri; her father was the publisher of the local newspaper, the Daily Dunklin Democrat. Stapleton is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, and a 2002 Fulbright Scholar.-Career:...
- Sheryl Williams StapletonSheryl Williams StapletonSheryl Williams Stapleton is a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives where she represents District 19. A member of the Democratic Party, she is currently the majority whip in the House. She was first elected to office in 1995....
- Steven StapletonSteven StapletonSteven Peter Stapleton is a British musician and the only constant member of experimental improv outfit Nurse with Wound...
, leader of the British experimental music group Nurse with Wound - Theobald StapletonTheobald StapletonTheobald Stapleton, alias Teabóid Gallduf or Gallduff , was an Irish Roman Catholic priest born in County Tipperary, Ireland. Little is known of his career, except that he was a priest living in Flanders....
, 17th-century Irish priest - Thomas StapletonThomas StapletonThomas Stapleton was an English Catholic controversialist.-Life:He was the son of William Stapleton, one of the Stapletons of Carlton, Yorkshire. He was educated at the Free School, Canterbury, at Winchester College, and at New College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow, 18 January 1553...
, first Stapleton in America - Tim StapletonTim StapletonTimothy Gabriel Stapleton is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently playing for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- Walker StapletonWalker StapletonWalker Stapleton is Colorado's State Treasurer. He was elected on November 2, 2010 after defeating incumbent Cary Kennedy with 50.73% of the vote....
, American businessman and TreasurerColorado State TreasurerThe Treasurer of the State of Colorado is one of the five elected officials of the U.S. state of Colorado. The State Treasurer is responsible for managing the Colorado State Treasury and the Colorado Department of the Treasury...
of the U.S. State of Colorado - Walter King StapletonWalter King StapletonWalter King Stapleton is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He assumed senior status on June 2, 1999....
Fictional characters
- Rita StapletonRita StapletonRita Stapleton Bauer was a fictional character on the CBS soap Guiding Light. The character was played by Lenore Kasdorf, and was created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, shortly after they became Guiding Light's head writers in 1975. Rita was written out in 1981, when Kasdorf announced she was...
, a heroine on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light during the 1970s and early '80s - Jack Stapleton, a character from The Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an...
- The Stapleton family, the main characters in a series of historical novels by Thomas Fleming (historian and novelist)