Whitfield
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Australia
  • Whitfield, Victoria
    Whitfield, Victoria
    Whitfield is an agricultural township in the King Valley in north-eastern Victoria.- Overview :The township is immediately west of the flood-prone King River and has State Forest to its west and east. Agriculture extends along several stream valleys which are tributaries of the King River...



England
  • Whitfield, Derbyshire
    Whitfield, Derbyshire
    Whitfield is a hamlet in Derbyshire, England. It is located south of Glossop town hall, south of Glossop Brook between Bray Clough and Hurst Brook. The urban area stretches about up the hillside. Whitfield was one of the original townships in the ancient parish of Glossop, and in the manor...

  • Whitfield, Gloucestershire
    Whitfield, Gloucestershire
    Whitfield is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England on the A38 near Falfield. Located just beyond the B4061 junction, the rural exit from Thornbury. The hamlet is bounded by farmland and is recognised by the boat shop located there. The northern outskirts have an organic beef farm which is...

  • Whitfield, Herefordshire
  • Whitfield, Kent
    Whitfield, Kent
    Whitfield is an ancient village and civil parish in the English county of Kent. It has a modern counterpart in the large settlement located at the junction of the A2 and A256 roads, some four miles north of Dover, of which that part of Whitfield has become a suburb of the Dover urban area.The...

  • Whitfield, Northamptonshire
    Whitfield, Northamptonshire
    Whitfield is a village in the south-west of the English county of Northamptonshire in the valley of the River Great Ouse which forms the border with Buckinghamshire. Nearby villages include Syresham, Biddlesden, Helmdon and Silverstone. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish had 215...

  • Whitfield, Northumberland
    Whitfield, Northumberland
    Whitfield is a village in the county of Northumberland, England about southwest of Hexham. It has a farming community and is set against beautiful scenic background; sometimes it has been called Little Switzerland....



Hong Kong
  • Whitfield Barracks
    Whitfield Barracks
    Whitfield Barracks were barracks in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is now the site of Kowloon Park, where several reconverted buildings remain.It was named after Henry Wase Whitfield, the commander of British Army in Hong Kong.-History:...



Scotland
  • Whitfield, Dundee
    Whitfield, Dundee
    Whitfield is a residential area in the north of Dundee, Scotland to the east of Fintry and north of Douglas. The area was built in the 1960s to accommodate Dundee's expanding population...

  • Whitfield, Scottish Borders


United States
  • Whitfield, Florida
    Whitfield, Florida
    Whitfield, locally known as Whitfield Estates, is a census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,984 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bradenton–Sarasota–Venice Metropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Whitfield, Indiana
    Whitfield, Indiana
    Whitfield is an unincorporated town in Perry Township, Martin County, Indiana....

  • Whitfield, Mississippi (Mississippi State Hospital
    Mississippi State Hospital
    The Mississippi State Hospital is a psychiatric facility operated by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. It is located in unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi, along Mississippi Highway 468. The campus is south of Jackson, and between Jackson and Brandon...

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  • Whitfield, Pennsylvania
    Whitfield, Pennsylvania
    Whitfield is a census-designated place in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,952 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Whitfield is located at ....

  • Whitfield County, Georgia
    Whitfield County, Georgia
    Whitfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 30, 1851. The 2010 Census shows a population of 102,599. The county seat is Dalton.It is part of the Dalton, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Civil War:...


People

  • Andy Whitfield
    Andy Whitfield
    Andy Whitfield was a Welsh actor and model. He was best known for his leading role in the Starz television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand during 2010, a year before his death at the age of 39.-Career:...

     (1974-2011), Welsh-Australian actor
  • Barrence Whitfield
    Barrence Whitfield
    Barrence Whitfield is an American soul and R&B vocalist and best known as the singer of Barrence Whitfield and the Savages in the 1980s.-Life and career:...

    , U.S. soul and R&B vocalist and bandleader
  • Brent Whitfield
    Brent Whitfield
    Brent Whitfield is an American soccer player currently playing for Hollywood United Hitmen in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:...

    , U.S. football (soccer) player
  • David Whitfield
    David Whitfield
    David Whitfield was a popular British male tenor vocalist. This operatic-style tenor had a formidable and predominantly female fan base in the 1950s.-Life and career:...

    , British singer
  • Ed Whitfield
    Ed Whitfield
    Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield is the U.S. Representative of , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party.The district covers much of the western part of the state, including Hopkinsville, Paducah, Henderson and Kentucky's share of Fort Campbell.-Early life, education and...

    , U.S. politician
  • Evan Whitfield, U.S. football (soccer) player
  • Fredricka Whitfield
    Fredricka Whitfield
    Fredricka Whitfield is a news room reporter for CNN. She anchors the weekend versions of CNN Newsroom and sometimes substitutes for anchors during weekdays. She is the daughter of Olympian Mal Whitfield.- Education :...

    , weekend anchor and newsroom reporter for CNN and daughter of Olympian Mal Whitfield
  • George Whitefield
    George Whitefield
    George Whitefield , also known as George Whitfield, was an English Anglican priest who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain, and especially in the British North American colonies. He was one of the founders of Methodism and of the evangelical movement generally...

    , evangelist and leader of first great awakening
  • Jack Whitfield
    Jack Whitfield
    Jack Whitfield was a Welsh international rugby union hooker who played club rugby for Newport and club rugby for Monmouthshire...

    , Wales rugby union captain
  • Jon Whitfield
    Flayed Disciple
    Flayed Disciple are an English death metal/thrash metal band from Taunton, UK. They are writing their debut album to be recorded early 2012 at Foel Studio, Wales, with producer Chris Fielding. They are signed to Grindscene Records....

    , guitarist with Flayed Disciple
  • June Whitfield
    June Whitfield
    June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE is an English actress, well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in radio and television comedy series....

    , English comedy actress
  • Lynn Whitfield
    Lynn Whitfield
    Lynn Whitfield is an American actress.Whitfield began her acting career in television and theatre, before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special and a NAACP Image Award for her performance as Josephine Baker in the...

    , American actress
  • Mark Whitfield
    Mark Whitfield
    Mark Whitfield is an American hard bop and soul-jazz guitarist born in Syosset, New York, probably better known for his recordings as bandleader for both the Verve and Warner Bros. Records record labels...

    , American jazz guitarist
  • Mal Whitfield
    Mal Whitfield
    Malvin "Mal" Greston Whitfield is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games...

    , former American athlete, double winner of 800m at the Olympic Games and father of CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield
  • Norman Whitfield
    Norman Whitfield
    Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s...

    , Motown songwriter and producer
  • Simon Whitfield
    Simon Whitfield
    Simon St. Quentin Whitfield is an Olympic triathlon champion from Canada.-Biography:Whitfield was born in Kingston, Ontario. As a young boy he played soccer but at age 11 began triathlon, honing his early competitive skills in the Canadian Kids of Steel program. By age 15 he was pursuing...

    , Olympic triathlon champion
  • Terry Whitfield
    Terry Whitfield
    Terry Bertland Whitfield is a former Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Seibu Lions of the Japanese Baseball League, and the Los Angeles Dodgers...

    , U.S. baseball player
  • Trent Whitfield
    Trent Whitfield
    Trenton Grant Whitfield is a Canadian ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League .-Playing career:...

    , Canadian ice hockey player

Other uses

  • Whitfield (band)
    Whitfield (band)
    This is an article about the music group Whitfield. For other uses of the word, see Whitfield.Whitfield is a Vancouver-based indie rock group composed of Jobie Mallett , Sam Bastedo , Josh McCulloch , and Jordan Irwin .Originally from the UK, Mallett...

    , a Canadian indie rock band
  • Whitfield Records
    Whitfield Records
    Whitfield Records was a record label, founded in 1975 by former Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield and active until 1982. Whitfield Records was distributed throughout its entire existence by Warner Bros...

    , a record label
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