Danforth

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Danforth may refer to:

• A brand name or type of anchor

As a personal name:

• Asa Danforth (1768–1821), American highway engineer of the Revolutionary War era
• Elliott Danforth, NYS Treasurer 1890-1893
• John Danforth (born 1936), 27^th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• Loring Danforth, anthropology professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
• Thomas Danforth (1622–1699), a judge in the Salem witch trials
• James Danforth Quayle, forty-fourth vice-president of the United States

In fiction:

• Chad Danforth, a fictional character from the movie High School Musical, played by Corbin Bleu.
• a fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos, a graduate student and later professor of Miskatonic University

In music:

• Danforth (Hardcore Band) is a band from Paris, this name is a reference to Bill Danforth (pool skater)

As a placename in Canada:

• Danforth Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Toronto, and hence:
  • Danforth Road, which branches off it
  • Greektown, Toronto, a neighborhood with a large Greek community
  • Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, a technical school
  • Bloor-Danforth (TTC), a subway line
  • Danforth GO Station, a station on the GO Transit commuter rail system
  • Toronto—Danforth, a federal and provincial electoral district

As a placename in the United States:

• Danforth, Illinois, a village in Iroquois County
• Danforth, Maine, a town in Washington County