Pendleton

Pendleton is a place name and a surname of English and Irish origin and may refer to:

Places

United States

• Pendleton, Indiana
• Pendleton, Missouri
• Pendleton, New York
• Pendleton, Oregon
• Pendleton, South Carolina
• Pendleton County, Kentucky
• Pendleton, Texas
• Pendleton County, West Virginia
• Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California
• Pendleton, Cincinnati, Ohio, a neighborhood

United Kingdom

• Pendleton, Lancashire, England
• Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England

Persons

Given Name

• Pendleton Murrah (1824–1865), American politician, governor of Texas during the American Civil War
• Pendleton Ward (born 1982), American animator, musician, screenwriter, and producer

Surname

• Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton (1840-1864), Confederate staff officer serving Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
• Austin Pendleton, (born 1940), American film, television, and stage actor
• Brian Pendleton (1944-2001), guitarist with British group The Pretty Things in the 1960s
• Charles F. Pendleton (1931-1953), soldier, Medal of Honor recipient in US Army during the Korean War
• Chris Pendleton (born 1982), American amateur wrestler, winner of the NCAA Division I wrestling titles in 2004 and 2005
• Don Pendleton (1927–1995), American author, creator of the Mack Bolan character
• Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), American politician, lawyer, and judge, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia
• Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788-1862), U.S. Representative from New York
• Edmund J. Pendleton (1899-1987), American composer.
• Edmund W. Pendleton American research and development engineer, commercial pilot, and flight instructor
• Ellen Fitz Pendleton (1864–1936), American college president
• Florence Pendleton (c. 1926- ), former shadow senator from the District of Columbia
• Freddie Pendleton (1963- ), retired professional boxer
• George Cassety Pendleton (1845-1913), Democratic politician, Texas State Representative and Speaker, TX Lieutenant Governor, and U.S. Representative
• George H. Pendleton (1825–1889), American politician, senator from Ohio, eponym of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
• Henry Pendleton (c. 1521-1557), English churchman, theologian
• Jack J. Pendleton (1918–1944), US Army soldier and WWII Medal of Honor recipient
• James "Jim" Edward Pendleton (1924—1996), American professional baseball player
• James Madison Pendleton (1811-1891), 19th century Baptist preacher, educator and theologian
• James Monroe Pendleton (1822-1889), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
• Joey Pendleton Democratic member and Minority Whip of the Kentucky Senate
• John Pendleton, Jr. (1749–1806), acting Governor of Virginia in 1799
• John Overton Pendleton (1851–1916), U.S. Representative from West Virginia
• John Strother Pendleton (1802–1868), nineteenth century Virginia congressman, diplomat, lawyer and farmer
• Joseph Henry Pendleton (1860–1942), American Marine Corps general, eponym of Camp Pendleton
• Karen Pendleton (1946- ), an original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer
• Lance Michael Pendleton (1983- ), American professional baseball player
• Linwood Pendleton (1964- ), American environmental economist, Acting Chief Economist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
• Louis Christopher Pendleton (1931-2007), African American dentist, businessman, and civil rights leader
• Moses Pendleton (1949- ), choreographer, dancer and artistic director of dance company MOMIX
• Nat Pendleton (1895–1967), American Olympic wrestler and film actor
• Nathanael Pendleton (1756-1821), US lawyer and judge during the American Revolutionary War and afterward
• Nathanael G. Pendleton (1793–1861), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Philip Clayton Pendleton (1779–1863), US federal judge in Virginia
• Randy Pendleton (1937-2009), businessman, lobbyist, Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives
• Sandie Pendleton (1840-1864), Confederate staff officer serving Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
• Steve Pendleton (1908–1984), American film actor.
• Terry Pendleton (born 1960), American professional baseball player 1984–1998
• Victoria Pendleton (born 1980), English track cyclist
• William Frederic Pendleton (1845-1927), first Executive Bishop of General Church of the New Jerusalem
• William N. Pendleton (1809–1883), American teacher, Episcopal priest, and Confederate general
• William W. Pendleton former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Other

• Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, 1883 law of the US Congress establishing the United States Civil Service Commission
• Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, Oregon, USA, best known for its usually-plaid woollen shirts
• Pendleton Whisky, a premium Canadian Whisky imported and bottled by Hood River Distillers in Hood River, Oregon.
• Pendleton Airport, near Ottawa, Canada
• Pendleton (band), a punk band from Manchester, England
• Pendleton's Lithography, Boston, established by William S. Pendleton (1795-1879) and John B. Pendleton (1798-1866)
• Pendleton 8, a nickname given to the eight soldiers involved in the Hamdania incident because of their confinement at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
• Pendelton State University, fictional university on the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun (note different spelling)
• Erina Pendleton, a character from the anime/manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure