Womble (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Womble can refer to:
- The WomblesThe WomblesThe Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968...
, fictional creatures living on Wimbledon Common- The Wombles (TV series)The Wombles (TV series)The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. Further animated episodes were made in 1996–1997.After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC children's television programme Jackanory....
, featuring the fictional creatures - The Wombles (band)The Wombles (band)The Wombles are a British novelty pop group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from children's TV show The Wombles, which in turn was based on the children's book series by Elisabeth Beresford. Songwriter and record producer, Mike Batt, wrote the series' theme tune, and went on to...
, British pop group spinoff from the TV series
- The Wombles (TV series)
- Wimbledon FC, the English football club, and their more recent descendants AFC WimbledonAFC WimbledonAFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....
were both were nicknamed The Wombles. - WOMBLESWOMBLESThe WOMBLES are a loosely aligned anarchist and anti-capitalist group based in London...
, an anarchist group, - WOMBLE, software acronym: Works On Mine Breaks Live Environment
- WomblingWomblingIn statistics, Wombling is any of a number of techniques used for identifying zones of rapid change, typically in some quantity as it varies across some geographical or Euclidean space. It is named for statistician William H. Womble....
, a statistical technique for identifying zones of abrupt change - A type of Soviet NBC suitNBC suitAn NBC suit is a type of military personal protective equipment designed to provide protection against direct contact with and contamination by radioactive, biological or chemical substances, and provides protection from contamination with radioactive materials and some types of radiation,...
, because of its long faced respirator with round visor glasses - Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, American business law firm
People
- Larry W. WombleLarry W. WombleLarry W. Womble is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's seventy-first House district, including constituents in Forsyth county. A retired educator from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Womble is currently serving in his eighth term in the state...
, American politician - Royce WombleRoyce WombleRoyce Cullen Womble is a former professional American football running back who played in the National Football League and the American Football League . He played five seasons for the NFL's Baltimore Colts and the AFL's Los Angeles Chargers....
, former American football player - Trevor WombleTrevor WombleTrevor Womble is a former English footballer who played in the Football League for Rotherham United, Crewe Alexandra and Halifax Town....
, English footballer - Warren WombleWarren WombleWarren Womble was the coach for the Peoria Caterpillars, a National Industrial Basketball League team in Peoria, Illinois....
, American basketball coach - HATOHato-Places:* Hato International Airport, airport of Willemstad in the Curaçao island, Dutch Antilles* Llano del Hato National Astronomical Observatory, Venezuela* Hato , a town in Santander department, Colombia...
(Highways Agency Traffic Officers), nicknamed the Wombles as they close motorways to clean up litter.