Ellington

Ellington

Ellington can refer to:

Places in the United States

*Ellington Field, airport near Houston, Texas
*Ellington, Connecticut
*Ellington, Missouri
*Ellington, New York
*Ellington Township, Michigan
*Ellington Township, Minnesota
*Ellington, Wisconsin

Places in the United Kingdom

*Ellington, Cambridgeshire
*Ellington, Northumberland
*High Ellington
*Low Ellington

People

*Duke Ellington (1899 – 1974), American composer, pianist, and bandleader
*Buford Ellington (1907 – 1972), Governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963.
*Christina Ellington (born 1982), Miss New York of 2004
*Douglas Ellington (1886 – 1960), American architect.
*Edward B Ellington (1845 – 1914), British hydraulic engineer.
*Edward Leonard Ellington (1877 – 1967), Marshal of British the Royal Air Force.
*Erik Ellington (born 1977), professional skateboarder.
*Nathan Ellington (born 1981), English professional footballer.
*Ray Ellington (1916 – 1985), English singer, drummer and bandleader, AKA Harry Pitts Brown
*Wayne Ellington (born 1987), American basketball player

Organizations

*Ellington Lab at The University of Texas at Austin
*Ellington University, division of University Consulting Inc.

In fiction

*Ellington Protocol, a Duelists Code in David Weber's "Honorverse"

In graphic design

* Ellington (typeface), a font designed by Michael Harvey


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