Swingle
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Swingle may refer to:
- Swingle, CaliforniaSwingle, CaliforniaSwingle is an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California. It is located on the Union Pacific Railroad east of Davis at an elevation of . In the late 19th century, Swingle contained cattle pens and was a shipment point on the Southern Pacific Railroad for cattle to market...
, an unincorporated community in Yolo County, California - Walter Tennyson SwingleWalter Tennyson SwingleWalter Tennyson Swingle was an American agricultural botanist who was born in Canaan, Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Kansas two years later. He graduated from the Kansas State Agricultural College in 1890, and studied in Bonn in 1895-96 and 1898...
(1871–1952), U.S. agricultural botanist. - Ward SwingleWard SwingleWard Swingle is an American vocalist and jazz musician.Swingle was born in Mobile, Alabama. He studied music, particularly jazz, from a very young age. He was playing in Mobile-area Big Bands before finishing high school. After high school, Swingle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cincinnati...
(1927– ), musician, singer, arranger, founder of the Swingle Singers - Paul SwinglePaul SwinglePaul Christopher Swingle , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the California Angles. He batted and threw right-handed. Swingle had a 0-1 record, with a 8.38 ERA, in 9 games, in his one-year career.He was drafted by the Angels in the 29th round of the 1989 draft...
(1966– ), former Major League Baseball pitcher - The Swingle SingersThe Swingle SingersThe Swingle Singers are a mostly a cappella vocal group formed in 1962 in Paris, France by Ward Swingle with Anne Germain, Jeanette Baucomont, Jean Cussac and others. Christiane Legrand, the sister of composer Michel Legrand, was the group's lead soprano through 1972. Until 2011 the group...
, vocal octet founded by Ward Swingle. aka Swingle II, The Swingles, The New Swingle Singers