Pidgeon
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Pidgeon is a surname from an archaic spelling of pigeon. Notable persons with the surname include:
- Caroline PidgeonCaroline PidgeonCaroline Pidgeon is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly.-Political career:...
, Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom and the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly - Emily PidgeonEmily PidgeonEmily Pidgeon is a British athlete competing in the sport of running at international level. She is a former 5000 metres European Junior Champion . She was bronze medallist in the 2007 European Junior Championships in Hengelo...
(born 1989), English athlete - Eugene PidgeonEugene PidgeonEugene Pidgeon is a dwarf actor/writer/activist. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Pidgeon now divides his time between New York City, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California....
, American dwarf actor/writer/activist - George C. PidgeonGeorge C. PidgeonThe Very Reverend George Campbell Pidgeon was a minister first in the Presbyterian Church in Canada and then in The United Church of Canada, as well as the last Moderator of the Presbyterian Church before amalgamation, and the first Moderator of the newly formed United Church of Canada...
(1872–1971), Canadian religious minister - Harry PidgeonHarry PidgeonHarry Clifford Pidgeon , was an American sailor, a noted photographer, and was the second person to sail single-handedly around the world , 23 years after Joshua Slocum. Pidgeon was the first person to do this via the Panama Canal, and the first person to solo circumnavigate the world twice...
(1869–1954), American sailor, was the second solo person to circumnavigate the world by sailing ship or boat - Jeff PidgeonJeff PidgeonJeff Pidgeon is an American voice actor, writer and animator at Pixar Animation Studios.He has worked behind the scenes on films such as Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and WALL-E, as well as many US TV shows...
, American writer and actor - John PidgeonJohn PidgeonSir John Allen Stewart Pidgeon is a successful contractor and property developer, who have been along with his sister, Valmai Pidgeon, involved with the Queensland construction industry since joining their father's business in the 1940s....
, Australian contractor and property developer - Lloyd Montgomery PidgeonLloyd Montgomery PidgeonLloyd Montgomery Pidgeon, OC, MBE was a Canadian chemist who developed the Pidgeon process, one of the methods of magnesium metal production, via a silicothermic reduction. He is considered the "father" of academic metallurgical research in Canada.Born in Markham, Ontario, the son of E...
(1903–1999), Canadian chemist who developed the Pidgeon process - Rebecca PidgeonRebecca PidgeonRebecca Pidgeon is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She has maintained a recording career while also acting on stage and in feature films. She is married to the American writer and director David Mamet.-Early life:...
(born 1965), Scottish actress, singer, and songwriter, and the wife of the playwright David Mamet - Valmai PidgeonValmai PidgeonFlorence Valmai Miller Pidgeon AM is a leading figure in the Arts and the construction industry in Queensland.After completing her education in 1945, Florence joined her father's building construction business F.A. Pidgeon & Son Pty Ltd. which was founded in 1927...
, Australian philanthropist and construction contractor - W. R. PidgeonW. R. PidgeonW. R. Pidgeon developed the Pidgeon machine, a electrostatic machine with a unique setup.-Biography:Pidgeon presented this machine to the Physical Society after several years of investigation into influence machines . The device was later reported in the Philosophical Magazine and the Electrical...
, English inventor and developer of the Pidgeon machine - Walter PidgeonWalter PidgeonWalter Davis Pidgeon was a Canadian actor, who starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs...
(1897–1984), Canadian actor who became a citizen of the United States - William PidgeonWilliam PidgeonWilliam Edwin Pidgeon, aka Bill Pidgeon and WEP, was an Australian painter who won the Archibald Prize three times....
, (1909–1981), Australian painter - William Pidgeon (archaeologist)William Pidgeon (archaeologist)William Pidgeon was an antiquarian and archaeologist most famous for his 1858 work, Traditions of Dee-Coo-Dah and Antiquarian Researches, a putative history about lost tribes of the Upper Mississippi and the mounds they left behind. This book was eventually revealed to be partly a hoax, and partly...
(ca. 1800 - ca. 1880), American antiquarian and archaeologist