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*[[William Waldo (Oregon politician)]] (1832–1911), President of the Oregon Senate in 1885, namesake of Waldo Park in Salem, Oregon, USA |
*[[William Waldo (Oregon politician)]] (1832–1911), President of the Oregon Senate in 1885, namesake of Waldo Park in Salem, Oregon, USA |
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*Abbot [[Waldo of Reichenau]] (740–814), advisor of Charlemagne |
*Abbot [[Waldo of Reichenau]] (740–814), advisor of Charlemagne |
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*[[Waldo Cabrera]], Dominican-American businessman and activist |
*[[Waldo Cabrera]], Dominican-American businessman and activist |
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Look up Waldo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Waldo may refer to:
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
Persons
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 Waldensians
- 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
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 A. Deroo (born 1992), student in science. Gent, Belgium.
- 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
Nickname Waldo
- "Waldo", nickname of the tourist guy at the World Trade Center
Fictional
- Waldo Faldo, a character from the television series Family Matters
- Waldo Pepper, titular character of the film The Great Waldo Pepper
- Waldo Schaeffer, aka Franz Hopper, a character from the French animated television series Code Lyoko
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
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