Whittle
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Whittle may refer to:
One of several people with the surname Whittle, including:
- WhittlingWhittlingWhittling is the art of carving shapes typically out of raw wood or bone with a knife.Whittling is typically performed with a light, small-bladed knife, usually a pocket knife. Specialised whittling knives are available as well...
, the carving of wood with a knife - Whittle (UK game show)Whittle (UK game show)Whittle was a UK game show for Channel 5 and it was hosted by comedian Tim Vine.The show aired throughout the channel's first two broadcasting years, from 31st March 1997 to 21st June 1998...
, a game show on Channel 5 presented by Tim Vine - Whittle, Derbyshire, a hamlet near GlossopGlossopGlossop is a market town within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the River Etherow, about east of the city of Manchester, west of the city of Sheffield. Glossop is situated near Derbyshire's county borders with Cheshire, Greater...
, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
One of several people with the surname Whittle, including:
- Professor Alasdair WhittleAlasdair WhittleAlasdair W. R. Whittle FLSW FBA is Distinguished Research Professor in Archaeology at Cardiff University, specialising in the Neolithic period.He is also a Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.- Publications :...
, British Archaeologist specialising in the Neolithic - Albert WhittleAlbert WhittleAlbert Edward Mark Whittle was a first-class cricketer who played for Warwickshire and Somerset. He was born in Bristol and died at Charminster, Dorset...
(1877–1917), English cricketer - Chris WhittleChris WhittleH. Christopher "Chris" Whittle is an American media and education entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer of Avenues: The World School, a planned international system of independent pre-K-12 schools. Avenues will open its first campus in New York City in fall 2012. Whittle founded Edison...
(born 1947), American entrepreneur who founded Channel One News and Edison Schools, Inc - Frank WhittleFrank WhittleAir Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS was a British Royal Air Force engineer officer. He is credited with independently inventing the turbojet engine Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE, CB, FRS, Hon FRAeS (1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996) was a British Royal Air...
(1907–1996), British RAF officer who invented the jet engine - Jason WhittleJason WhittleJason Whittle is an American football Guard who is currently a free agent. He went to high school in Camdenton, Missouri and played for the Camdenton Lakers...
(born 1975), American football player - Jennifer WhittleJennifer WhittleJennifer "Jenny" Hazel Whittle is an Australian female basketball player who played for the Bulleen Boomers and the Canberra Capitals. Whittle was also a member of the Australia women's national basketball team that claimed the Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympic games and the Silver medal...
(born 1973), Australian basketball player - John Woods WhittleJohn Woods WhittleJohn Woods Whittle VC, DCM was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and British Commonwealth armed forces...
(1882–1946), Australian soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross - Kennon C. WhittleKennon C. WhittleKennon Caithness Whittle was born in Martinsville, Virginia, the son of Stafford G. Whittle, a lawyer who served on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1901 to 1919. Kennon Whittle attended elementary school in Martinsville and received an LL. B. from Washington and Lee University in 1914...
(1891–1967), judge, Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals - Lesley Whittle (1957–1975), English murder victim
- Peter WhittlePeter WhittlePeter Whittle is a mathematician and statistician, working in the fields of stochastic nets, optimal control, time series analysis, stochastic optimization and stochastic dynamics...
(born 1927), New Zealand mathematician and statistician - Stafford G. WhittleStafford G. WhittleStafford Gorman Whittle was born at the family home Woodstock in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His early education was received in Norfolk but, when the American Civil War began, he continued his studies with a tutor at his father’s home in Botetourt County...
(1849–1931), judge, Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals - Professor Stephen WhittleStephen WhittleProfessor Stephen Whittle OBE, PhD is an active member of the United Kingdom TransActivist organisation Press for Change. Now , Whittle is Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan University....
(born 1955), British transsexual activist - Thomas Whittle the ElderThomas Whittle the ElderThomas Whittle was an English landscape and still life artist.-Early life:Thomas Whittle was born in Beddington, Surrey to Thomas and Mary Whittle. He was christened on 6 November 1803...
(1803-1887), English watercolourist