Rockwell
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People

  • Dick Rockwell
    Dick Rockwell
    Richard Waring Rockwell is an American comic strip and comic book artist best known as Milt Caniff's uncredited art assistant for 35 years on the adventure strip Steve Canyon...

    , an American comic strip and comic book artist, nephew of Norman Rockwell
  • Francis W. Rockwell
    Francis W. Rockwell
    Francis Williams Rockwell was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, his father was Julius Rockwell, also a member of Congress....

    , a United States Congressman from Massachusetts
  • Francis W. Rockwell (admiral)
    Francis W. Rockwell (admiral)
    Francis Warren Rockwell was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1908 to 1948.-Early life and career:...

    , United States Navy Admiral, served in World War I and World War II
  • George Lincoln Rockwell
    George Lincoln Rockwell
    George Lincoln Rockwell was the founder of the American Nazi Party. Rockwell was a major figure in the neo-Nazi movement in the United States, and his beliefs and writings have continued to be influential among white nationalists and neo-Nazis.-Early life:Rockwell was born in Bloomington,...

    , a 1960s American Neo-Nazi leader
  • Julius Rockwell
    Julius Rockwell
    Julius Rockwell was a United States politician from Massachusetts, and the father of Francis Williams Rockwell.Rockwell was born in Colebrook, Connecticut and educated at private schools and then Yale, where he studied law, graduating in 1826. He was admitted to the bar and in 1830 commenced...

    , a United States politician from Massachusetts
  • Lew Rockwell
    Lew Rockwell
    Llewellyn Harrison "Lew" Rockwell, Jr. is an American libertarian political commentator, activist, proponent of the Austrian School of economics, and chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.-Life and work:...

    , libertarian and founder and president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute
  • Norman Rockwell
    Norman Rockwell
    Norman Percevel Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening...

    , a famous American painter
  • Porter Rockwell
    Porter Rockwell
    Orrin Porter Rockwell was a figure of the Wild West period of American History and a law man in the Utah Territory...

    , a colorful figure of the Wild West period of American History
  • Rockwell Kent
    Rockwell Kent
    Rockwell Kent was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and writer.- Biography :Rockwell Kent was born in Tarrytown, New York, the same year as fellow American artists George Bellows and Edward Hopper...

    , an American artist
  • Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell is an American actor known for his leading roles in Lawn Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Choke and Moon, as well as for his supporting roles in The Green Mile, Iron Man 2, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Frost/Nixon, Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men, The Assassination of...

    , an American actor
  • Thomas Rockwell
    Thomas Rockwell
    Thomas Rhodes Rockwell is the author of a number of books for young readers. He was the recipient of the Mark Twain Award, the California Young Reader Medal, and the Sequoyah Book Award for How to Eat Fried Worms, which was made into a TV movie in 1985 and was filmed as a theatrical release in 2006...

    , an American author and son of Norman Rockwell
  • Willard Rockwell
    Willard Rockwell
    Willard Frederick Rockwell, Sr. was a businessman who helped shape and name what eventually became the Rockwell International company....

    , a businessman who helped shape and name what became Rockwell International
  • Rockwell Sarrabo Sr., an African American Dr. of Metaphysics, therapist, teacher, healer and Reverend now Ministering in Atlanta, also a universal creator and sovereign affluent multidimensional being

Pseudonymous

  • Rockwell (musician)
    Rockwell (musician)
    Rockwell is an R&B performer who was signed to the Motown label.-Biography:...

     (Kenneth William Gordy), a 1980s R&B musician
  • Rockwell (keyboardist), keyboardist for Danava

Companies

  • Rockwell International
    Rockwell International
    Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate in the latter half of the 20th century, involved in aircraft, the space industry, both defense-oriented and commercial electronics, automotive and truck components, printing presses, valves and meters, and industrial automation....

    , a former defense company in the United States, portions of which are now owned by ArvinMeritor, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
    • Rockwell Automation
      Rockwell Automation
      Rockwell Automation is a global provider of industrial automation, power, control and information solutions. Brands in industrial automation include Allen-Bradley and Rockwell Software....

      , an industrial automation company that descended from Rockwell International
    • Rockwell Collins
      Rockwell Collins
      Rockwell Collins, Inc. is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers.- History :...

      , a communications and aviation electronics company that also descended from Rockwell International
    • Rockwell Tools, a brand name of Chinese electric power tools owned by Positec (Worx) of Hong Kong
    • Rockwell Semiconductor, a semiconductor company that also descended from Rockwell International, now known as Conexant
      Conexant
      Conexant Systems, Inc. is an American semiconductor company, formerly the semiconductor division of Rockwell International. Currently it's privately owned by Golden Gate Capital, an equity firm headquartered in San Francisco.-History:...

  • Rockwell Diamonds
    Rockwell Diamonds
    Rockwell Diamonds is a mid-tier diamond mining and development company. The Company has an interest in several producing and exploration alluvial diamond properties in southern Africa. The stocks of the company trade on South African, Canadian, and American exchanges...

    , a mid-tier high value gem diamond producer based in South Africa
    South Africa
    The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

     and headquartered in Canada
    Canada
    Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • Rocwell Engineering Company, Mining dealer, INDIA
  • Rocwell Associate, Insurance Consultancy, INDIA

United States

  • Rockwell, Arkansas
    Rockwell, Arkansas
    Rockwell is a census-designated place in Garland County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,780 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Rockwell is located at ....

  • Rockwell, Iowa
    Rockwell, Iowa
    Rockwell is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 989 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Mason City Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Rockwell is located at ....

  • Rockwell City, Iowa
    Rockwell City, Iowa
    Rockwell City is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,264 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.-Geography:Rockwell City is located at ....

  • Rockwell Township, Norman County, Minnesota
  • Rockwell, North Carolina
    Rockwell, North Carolina
    Rockwell is a town in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rockwell is located at ....

  • Rockwell Field
    Rockwell Field
    Rockwell Field was an Army air base located in Coronado, California, near San Diego. It shared the area known as North Island with Naval Air Station North Island from 1912 to 1935. Its functions were eventually moved to March Field so that the naval air station could take over the whole area...

    , a defunct United States Air Force base, San Diego, California
  • The Norman Rockwell Museum
    Norman Rockwell Museum
    The Norman Rockwell Museum is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art.-History:Founded in 1969, the museum is located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life. The museum has been at its current location since 1993. The museum...

    , home to the world's largest collection of original Norman Rockwell art, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Other countries

  • Rockwell Center
    Rockwell Center
    The Rockwell Center is an upscale mixed-use 15.5-hectare project in Poblacion, Makati City, Philippines. It is a project of the Rockwell Land Corporation , which is owned by the influential Lopez family.-Location and vicinity:...

    , an upscale urban area in Makati City, Philippines
  • Rockwell College
    Rockwell College
    Rockwell College, founded in 1864, is a private Catholic secondary school near Cashel, South Tipperary in Ireland. It offers day as well as full boarding. Rockwell is run by the Holy Ghost Fathers.-Politics:...

    , a secondary school in South Tipperary, Ireland
  • Rockwell Green
    Rockwell Green
    Rockwell Green is a village near Wellington, in the Taunton Deane district of Somerset, England. It lies just east of the Somerset-Devon border and is overlooked by the Blackdown Hills.The Wellington Monument is visible from almost anywhere in the village...

    , a village in West Somerset, England

Other

  • Rockwell (album)
    Rockwell (album)
    Rockwell is the debut solo album by Anni Rossi, released on March 9, 2009 via 4AD records. It was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Illinois.-Track listing:All songs were written by Anni Rossi.# "Machine" – 2:31# "Ecology" – 1:55...

    , mini-album by Anni Rossi
    Anni Rossi
    Anni Rossi is a singer, violist and keyboardist from Minnesota. She graduated for the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley, MN. She is notable for her unique style of playing the viola and singing, often at the same time, although her solo records also incorporate elements of...

  • Rockwell, the original name for Intel's microarchitecture that is due to be out in 2014 (now called Broadwell)
  • Rockwell scale
    Rockwell scale
    The Rockwell scale is a hardness scale based on the indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell test determines the hardness by measuring the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load compared to the penetration made by a preload. There are different scales, denoted by a single...

    , a scale of material hardness
  • Rockwell (typeface)
    Rockwell (typeface)
    Rockwell is a serif typeface belonging to the classification slab serif, or Egyptian, where the serifs are unbracketed and similar in weight to the horizontal strokes of the letters. The typeface was designed at the Monotype foundry's in-house design studio in 1934. The project was supervised by...

    , a typeface
  • Rockwell (CTA)
    Rockwell (CTA)
    Rockwell is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood at 4648 North Rockwell Avenue...

    , a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Brown Line
  • Rockwell, Maine, fictional town in The Iron Giant
    The Iron Giant
    The Iron Giant is a 1999 animated film produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. Brad Bird directed the film, which stars a voice cast of Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick, Jr., Vin Diesel, Eli Marienthal, Christopher McDonald and John Mahoney...

  • Rockwell, a 1994 film about Orrin Porter Rockwell
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