Waldo

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Contents 1 Literature 2 Persons 2.1 Surname Waldo 2.2 Given name Waldo 2.3 Nickname Waldo 2.4 Fictional 3 Places in the United States 4 Other

[edit] Literature

• "Waldo" (short story), a novella by Robert A. Heinlein about a crippled man who uses remote manipulators
• Waldo (1967 novel), by Paul Theroux
• Where's Waldo?, a children's book series and television show

[edit] Persons

[edit] Surname Waldo

• Clarence Abiathar Waldo (1852–1926), mathematics professor best known for his role in the Indiana Pi Bill affair
• Daniel Waldo (1762–1864), veteran of the American Revolutionary War, later missionary and U.S. House clergy
• Daniel Waldo (Oregon pioneer) (1800–1880), pioneer in Oregon of the United States
• Dwight Waldo (1913– 2000), American political scientist
• Dr. Dwight B. Waldo (1864–1939), first president of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Edward Hamilton Waldo, the birth name of American science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), who legally changed his name in 1929
• Janet Waldo (born 1924), American actress and voice artist
• John B. Waldo (1844–1907), jurist and conservationist in Oregon of the United States
• Peter Waldo, (1140–1218), founder of a Christian sect called the Waldenses
• Rhinelander Waldo (1877–1927), a former U.S. Army Captain who served as the Fire and later the Police Commissioner of New York City in the early to mid 1910s.
• William Waldo (California politician) (1812–1881), California politician and namesake of Waldo Point and the Waldo tunnel in Marin County, California, USA
• William Waldo (Oregon politician) (1832–1911), President of the Oregon Senate in 1885, namesake of Waldo Park in Salem, Oregon, USA

[edit] Given name Waldo

• Abbot Waldo of Reichenau (740–814), advisor of Charlemagne
• Waldo Cabrera, Dominican-American businessman and activist
• Waldo Colburn (1824–1885), American politician
• Waldo de los Ríos (1934–1977), Argentine composer and conductor
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), American transcendentalist author, who commonly went by his middle name
• Waldo A. Evans (1869–1936), American naval captain and military governor
• Waldo David Frank (1889–1967), American author
• Waldo Frank (1889–1967), American novelist, historian, and critic
• Waldo Vila Gilabert (born 1978), Valencian pilotari
• Waldo E. Harder (1918–1976), president of Grace University
• M. Waldo Hatler (1894–1967), American soldier
• Waldo Hutchins (1822–1891), U.S. Congressman
• Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), U.S. Senator and Confederate Congressman
• Waldo Kantor (born 1960), Argentine volleyball player
• Waldo K. Lyon (1914–1998), U.S. Navy physicist
• Waldo McBurney (1902–2009), credited as "America's Oldest Worker"
• Waldo Salt (1914–1987), American screenwriter
  • Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, a documentary film about this person
• Waldo E. Sexton (1885–1967), American businessman
• Waldo (musician) (born 1967), Finnish eurodance musician

[edit] Nickname Waldo

• "Waldo", nickname of the tourist guy at the World Trade Center

[edit] Fictional

• Waldo Faldo, a character from the television series Family Matters
• Waldo Pepper, titular character of the film The Great Waldo Pepper

[edit] Places in the United States

• Waldo, Alabama
• Waldo, California
  • Waldo, Marin County, California
  • Waldo, California, former name of Waldo Junction, California
  • Waldo, California, former name of Sausalito, California
• Waldo, Arkansas
• Waldo, Florida
• Waldo, Kansas
• Waldo, Maine
• Waldo County, Maine
• Waldo, Kansas City, Missouri
• Waldo, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Waldo, New Mexico
• Waldo, Ohio
• Waldo, Oregon
• Waldo, Wisconsin
• Mount Waldo, a mountain in Maine
• Waldo Covered Bridge, Alabama
• Waldo-Hancock Bridge, a suspension bridge in Maine
• Waldo Junction, California
• Waldo Lake, a freshwater lake in Oregon
• Waldo Stadium, home to the Western Michigan University Broncos football team
• Waldo Tunnel, a tunnel taking U.S. Route 101 from just north of the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito, California

[edit] Other

• Waldo (device), a type of remote manipulation device originally posited in the Heinlein story of the same name
• Waldo, a myna bird in the television series Twin Peaks

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