- Pentland
Pentland may refer to:
Places
In Scotland:
*Pentland Firth , a strait between Orkney and Caithness in the far north
*Pentland Skerries , a group of islands lying in the Pentland Firth
*Pentland Hills , a range just south of Edinburgh in the south east
**Pentland Rising , or Battle of Rullion Green, a key conflict in the development of Scottish Presbyterianism
*Edinburgh Pentlands , the name of two parliamentary constituenciesElsewhere
*Pentland, Queensland , Australia
*Pentland Corners, Ontario , Canada, a community in Centre Wellington
*Pentland Township, Michigan , United StatesPeople
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Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797-1873), Irish geographer
*Baron Pentland , an extinct hereditary peerage in the UK
**John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland (1860–1925), Scottish politician
**Henry John Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland (1907–1984)
*Alexander Pentland (1884–1983), Australian World War I flying ace
*Alex Pentland (b. 1951), MIT Professor and entrepreneur
*Barbara Pentland (1912-2000), Canadian composer
*Fred Pentland (1883—1962), English footballer and manager
*Norman Pentland (1912–1972), British Labour Member of Parliament for Chester-le-Street
*Patrick Pentland (b. 1969), Irish musician and member of the Canadian rock band, Sloan*
Pentland Hick (b. 1919), British entrepreneur and authorOther
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Pentland (crater) , on the moon
*Pentland Ferries which operates in the Pentland Firth
*Pentland Group plc, a privately held, global brand management company based in the UK
*Pentland's Tinamou ("Tinamotis pentlandii"), a tropical bird
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