Irving

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Irving is originally a Scottish surname, a variant of the name Irvine, which is derived from the eponymous River Irvine in Dumfriesshire. It may also refer to:

Contents 1 Persons 1.1 Family name 1.2 First name 2 Places in the United States 3 Other uses

[edit] Persons

[edit] Family name

• Arthur Irving, son of K.C. Irving
• Christopher L. Irving, Consumer Advocate for the City of New York
• Clifford Irving, U.S. author who created a hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes
• David Irving, British writer
• David Irving (footballer)
• David Irving (politician)
• Edmund George Irving (1910-1990), British naval hydrographer
• Edward Irving, Scottish clergyman
• Edward A. Irving, Canadian geologist
• Henry Irving, British actor
• James Irving, son of K.C. Irving
• Jayne Irving, British TV presenter
• John Irving, U.S. novelist and screenwriter
• John E. Irving, son of K.C. Irving
• John Irving (steamship captain) (1854-1936), a steamship captain and politician from British Columbia
• Kenneth Colin Irving, billionaire, founder of Irving Oil
• Michael David Irving Gass, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1965 to 1969
• Robert Irving, English ballet conductor, son of R. L. G. Irving
• Robert Lock Graham Irving, English schoolmaster, writer and mountaineer
• T. B. Irving, publisher of the first American English translation of the Qur'an
• Washington Irving, U.S. author of the early 19th century
• William Irving (steamship captain) (1816-1872), a steamship captain from Oregon and British Columbia

[edit] First name

• Irving Amen, printmaker
• Irving Berlin, songwriter
• Irving Fisher, economist
• Irving Kaplan
• Irving Kaplan, an MIT professor
• Irving Langmuir, chemist and physicist and winner of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Irv Rubin (Irving David Rubin), former Jewish Defense League leader
• Irving Stone, American writer
• Irving Wallace, American novelist and non-fiction writer

[edit] Places in the United States

• Irving, California
  • Irving, Marin County, California
  • Irving, California, former name of Irvington, California
• Irving, Texas
• Irving, Illinois
• Irving (Duluth), Minnesota
• Irving, Wisconsin
• Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
• Irving Township, Montgomery County, Illinois
• Irving Township, Michigan
• Irving Township, Minnesota

[edit] Other uses

• Irving Oil, petroleum producer and retailer
• J.D. Irving Limited, producer of forestry and other products
• Irving Trust Company, formerly a large New York bank
• Irving Nature Park, a park in Saint John, N.B.
• Washington Irving, a steamship that sank in New York in 1926.
• "Irving", WWII Allied forces code-name for the Japanese Nakajima J1N aircraft
• Operation Irving, a military operation that took place in Vietnam in October 1966
• Irving (band), an American indie rock band
• Irving (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• "Irving", U.S. military designation for the Metal Gear Gekko in the video game Metal Gear Solid 4
• Irving, a magic sword belonging to Joe the Barbarian in Jack Chalker's Dancing Gods series of fantasy novels
• Lloyd Irving, the main protagonist in the Tales of Symphonia video game

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