
Stratton
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Places
Australia- Stratton, Western AustraliaStratton, Western AustraliaStratton is a mostly residential eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Swan. Formerly known as Wexcombe, the name Stratton was chosen in 1989 to honour John Peter Stratton, a farmer, businessman and local landowner who was president of the Western Australian...
Canada
- Stratton, Ontario
England
- Stratton, CornwallStratton, CornwallStratton is a small town situated near the coastal resort of Bude in north Cornwall, UK. It was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall - see "Hundreds of Cornwall"...
- Stratton, DorsetStratton, DorsetStratton is a civil parish in West Dorset, England, in the Frome valley about north-west of Dorchester. The parish includes the village itself and the hamlets of Grimstone, Ash Hill and Wrackleford, all of which lie on or near main road, the A37. Ash Hill is a small estate east of the village near...
- Stratton-on-the-FosseStratton-on-the-FosseStratton-on-the-Fosse is a village and civil parish located on the edge of the Mendip Hills, south-west of Westfield, north-east of Shepton Mallet, and from Frome, in Somerset, England. It has a population 1,045, and has a rural agricultural landscape, although it was part of the once-thriving...
, Somerset - Stratton, Gloucestershire, a place in Gloucestershire
USA
- Stratton, California, former name of Stratford, California
- Stratton, ColoradoStratton, ColoradoStratton is a Statutory Town in Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 669 at the 2000 census. Stratton was named in honor of the gold miner and philanthropist Winfield Scott Stratton.-Geography:...
- Stratton, Maine
- Stratton (Centreville, Maryland)Stratton (Centreville, Maryland)Stratton, also known as Hortense Fleckenstein Farm and Solomon Scott Farm, is a historic home located at Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States. It is a center-passage plan house, constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond, four bays wide and one room deep, with flush brick...
- Stratton, NebraskaStratton, NebraskaStratton is a village in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 396 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Stratton is located at ....
- Stratton, OhioStratton, OhioStratton is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 277 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. A major local employer is the W. H...
- Stratton, VermontStratton, VermontStratton is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 136 at the 2000 census.Stratton was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011.-Geography:...
- Stratton MountainStratton Mountain (Vermont)Stratton Mountain is a mountain located in Windham County, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest.The mountain, a monadnock, is the highest point of Windham County, and of the southern Green Mountains generally. A fire tower located on the summit is generally open for climbing by the public...
, a ski area in Vermont
- Stratton Mountain
People with the surname
- Addams Stratton McAllisterAddams Stratton McAllisterAddams Stratton McAllister, Ph.D. was an American electrical engineer and editor.He was educated at Pennsylvania State College Addams Stratton McAllister, Ph.D. (24 February 1875, Covington, Va., USA - 26 November 1946, Clifton Forge, Va.) was an American electrical engineer and editor.He was...
(1875–1946), U.S. electrical engineer and editor - Allan StrattonAllan StrattonAllan Stratton is a Canadian playwright and novelist.Born in Stratford, Ontario, Stratton began his professional arts career began while he was still in high school, when James Reaney published his play The Rusting Heart in the literary magazine Alphabet. It was broadcast on CBC Radio in 1970. The...
, Canadian author - Brian StrattonBrian StrattonBrian U. Stratton is a former mayor of Schenectady, New York. He is a member of the Democratic Party.First elected in 2003, elected for a second term in 2007....
, Mayor of Schenectady, New York - Casey StrattonCasey StrattonCasey Stratton is a male Pop/Rock singer/songwriter/musician.-Background:Casey Stratton was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1976. He has lived in Los Angeles, California, Chicago, Illinois and New York City, New York...
(born 1976), U.S. musician - Charles C. StrattonCharles C. StrattonCharles Creighton Stratton was a politician from New Jersey, who served in the United States House of Representatives and was later the 15th Governor of New Jersey.-Biography:...
(1796–1859), U.S. politician - Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838–1883), U.S. circus performer under the stage name General Tom Thumb
- David StrattonDavid StrattonDavid James Stratton is an English- Australian film critic and television personality.-Life and career:Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England in 1939, Stratton was sent to Hampshire to see out the war years with his grandmother, an avid filmgoer, where he was taken to the local cinemas regularly...
(born 1939), Australian film critic and TV personality - Dennis StrattonDennis StrattonDennis Stratton is a guitar player who is best known as a former member of the British band Iron Maiden from October 1979 to October 1980.-Biography:...
(born 1954), British guitarist - Dorothy C. StrattonDorothy C. StrattonDorothy Constance Stratton was the director of the SPARS, the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve during World War II. She is the namesake of the Coast Guard's third National Security Cutter, the USCGC Stratton .-Early life and Coast Guard career:Stratton was born in 1899 in Brookfield,...
(1899–2006), director of U.S. Coast Guard women's reserve - Ellen Stratton (born 1939), U.S. model
- Evelyn Lundberg StrattonEvelyn Lundberg StrattonEvelyn Lundberg Stratton is an American jurist. She is currently a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court.- Background and education :Evelyn Lundberg Stratton was born to missionary parents in Bangkok, Thailand on February 25, 1953...
(born 1953), Supreme Court of Ohio Justice - F.J.M. Stratton (1881–1960), British astrophysicist
- Gene Stratton Porter (1863–1924), U.S. author, screenwriter and naturalist
- Gil Stratton (1922–2008), U.S. actor and sportscaster
- Hal StrattonHal StrattonHarold D. “Hal” Stratton, Jr. is an American lawyer currently practicing law with the Albuquerque office of the Denver based western regional law firm, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP...
, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2002 - Harold M. StrattonHarold M. StrattonHarold Meade Stratton , aka Harry Stratton, was the president of the Stratton Grain Company and chairman of the Briggs & Stratton engine manufacturers....
, founder of Briggs & Stratton - James Robert StrattonJames Robert StrattonJames Robert Stratton was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Peterborough West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1904 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member.He was born in Millbrook, Durham County, Canada West in 1857,...
, Irish-Canadian politician - John Stratton (actor) (1925–1991), British actor
- Julius Adams StrattonJulius Adams StrattonJulius Adams Stratton was a U.S. electrical engineer and university administrator. He attended the University of Washington for one year, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity, then transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , from which he graduated with a bachelor's...
(1901–1994), U.S. educator and President of MIT - Mary Chase Perry StrattonMary Chase Perry StrattonMary Chase Perry Stratton was an American ceramic artist. She was a co-founder, along with Horace James Caulkins, of Pewabic Pottery, a form of ceramic art used to make architectural tiles.-Early years:...
(1867–1961), U.S. ceramic artist - Michael StrattonMichael StrattonProfessor Michael Rudolf Stratton, FRS is a British clinical scientist and the third Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. He currently heads the Cancer Genome Project and is a leader of the International Cancer Genome Consortium.- Career :...
, British clinical scientist - Mike StrattonMike StrattonDavid Michael Stratton was an American football linebacker in the AFL and NFL for the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers....
(born 1941), U.S. football player - Monty StrattonMonty StrattonMonty Franklin Pierce Stratton , nicknamed "Gander", was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Wagner, Texas, USA, but lived in Greenville, Texas for a part of his life....
(1912–1982), U.S. baseball player - Richard Stratton (CCC)Richard Stratton (CCC)Richard A. Stratton became president of Clearwater Christian College in 2002. He graduated from Bob Jones University in 1980, and received a PhD in Business in 1994 from the University of Georgia. Previously Dr. Stratton was the Dean of the School of Business at Bob Jones University.-External...
, U.S. educator - Rick StrattonRick StrattonRick Stratton is a makeup/special effects artist based in Hollywood, California. He won an Emmy in 1999 for his work on The X-Files and in 1990 for his work on Alien Nation. He has been nominated a total of eight times....
, Make-up artist - Samuel S. Stratton (1916–1990), U.S. politician
- Samuel Somerville StrattonSamuel Somerville StrattonSamuel Somerville Stratton served as the eleventh president of Middlebury College, 1943 - 1963.Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, he was a graduate of Newburyport High School in Newburyport, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College, graduating in 1920 after naval service in World War I. He received an M.A....
- Samuel Wesley StrattonSamuel Wesley StrattonSamuel Wesley Stratton was an administrator in the American government, physicist, and educator.Stratton was born on farm in Litchfield, Illinois on July 18, 1861. In his youth he kept farm machinery in repair and worked as a mechanic and carpenter...
(1861–1931), U.S. educator and President of MIT - Solomon StrattonSolomon StrattonSolomon Stratton was an American soldier and explorer born in New River, Amherst County, Virginia. In 1771, as a member of the Virginia militia he fought in the Battle of Alamance in 1771, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and George Rogers Clark's 1778 expedition to Illinois in which Fort...
(1785–1818), U.S. explorer - Terry StrattonTerry StrattonTerrance Richard "Terry" Stratton is a Canadian Senator.A businessman, teacher and consultant, Stratton was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in March 1993....
(born 1938), Canadian politician - Tony Stratton-SmithTony Stratton-SmithTony Stratton-Smith was an English rock music manager, and entrepreneur. He was best known as founder of London based independent record label Charisma Records which he began in 1969. Groups he managed included The Nice , Bonzo Dog Band and Van der Graaf Generator...
(1933-1987), English music manager, entrepreneur and founder of Charisma Records - William StrattonWilliam StrattonWilliam Grant Stratton , known as "Billy the Kid", was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1953 to 1961, succeeding Adlai Stevenson II in that office. He was born on in Ingleside in Lake County, Illinois, the son of William J...
(1914–2001), U.S. politician - W. S. StrattonW. S. StrattonWinfield Scott Stratton American prospector, capitalist, and philanthropist. He discovered the Independence Lode near Victor, Colorado on July 4, 1891, one of the richest gold mines ever located on earth, and became the Cripple Creek district's first millionaire in 1894.-Biography:Born in...
(1848–1902), U.S. gold prospector and philanthropist - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of StrattonJohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of StrattonJohn Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton was an English royalist soldier. From 1648 he was closely associated with James, Duke of York, and rose to prominence, fortune and fame.-First English Civil War:...
(1602–1678)
See also
- Stratton St MargaretStratton St MargaretStratton St Margaret is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of Swindon including Stratton St Margaret itself along with Upper Stratton, Lower Stratton, Nythe and Kingsdown.-History:...
, Wiltshire - Stratton Upper SchoolStratton Upper SchoolStratton Upper School and Community College is a notable upper school located in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of the town...
, an upper school in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England - Stretton (disambiguation)