Robinson

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Robinson may refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Fictional characters 4 Ships 5 Other uses 6 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Places

United States

• Robinson, California
• Robinson, Illinois
• Robinson, Kansas
• Robinson, North Dakota
• Robinson, Texas
• Robinson Township, Pennsylvania, two townships in the Pittsburgh Metro Area with the same name

United Kingdom

• Robinson (Lake District), a hill in England's Lake District
• Robinson College, Cambridge, a college in England's University of Cambridge

[edit] Fictional characters

• Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719

[edit] Ships

• USS Robinson, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• USS Jack C. Robinson (DE-671), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72)
• USS Jack C. Robinson (APD-72), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946

[edit] Other uses

• Expedition: Robinson, the first worldwide production of the 'Robinson/Survivor' format
• Robinson & Co., a department store chain in Singapore and Malaysia, joint venture in Thailand with Central Group
• H.B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant in the U.S. state of South Carolina
• "Mrs. Robinson", a song by Simon and Garfunkel from 1968, featured in the film The Graduate
• Robinson Helicopter, a rotorcraft manufacturer
• Robinson (horse), a horse that competed in Grand Prix show jumping
• Robinson list, a list that contains addresses or phone numbers of people who do not want to be contacted by marketers
• Robinson (novel), by Muriel Spark
• Robinson-Patman Act, a U.S. law that prohibits anti-competitive practices by producers and specifically price discrimination.
• Robinson R22 helicopter
• Robinson Terminal, a shipping terminal and printing plant on the Potomac River in northern Virginia
• The Swiss Family Robinson, a novel published in 1812, about a Swiss family, shipwrecked on the way to Australia
• USS Robinson, two US Navy destroyers
• Robinson projection, a map projection popularly used since the 1960s to show the entire world at once
• I Robinson, the title used in Italy for The Cosby Show
• Robinson annulation, a chemical name reaction

[edit] See also

• Robinson's
• Robert
• Robin
• Robison

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