Heath
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Heath can mean:
- Heath (habitat), a landscape characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation.
- Any of several related genera of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, growing in this habitat:
- Erica (the genus most widely so known)
- Calluna
- Cassiope
- Daboecia
- Epacris (also known as Australian Heath)
- Leucopogon (Beard-heath)
- Phyllodoce
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[edit] Places
[edit] In the United Kingdom
- Heath, Cardiff, Wales
- Heath, Cheshire, England
- Heath, Derbyshire, England
- Heath, Devon, England
- Heath, Shropshire, England
- Heath, West Yorkshire, England
[edit] In the United States
- Heath, Alabama
- Heath, Indiana (extinct)
- Heath, Massachusetts
- Heath, Ohio
- Heath, Texas
- Heath Township, Michigan
- Heath Township, Pennsylvania
[edit] People
Famous people named Heath include:
[edit] As a surname
- Benjamin Heath, British scholar
- Darren Heath, motor sports photographer
- David Heath, British politician
- Edward Heath, British politician
- Ted Heath (bandleader)
- Lilian Heath, American doctor
- Michael Heath (cartoonist)
- Monroe Heath, American politician
- Samantha Heath, British politician
- Sir Thomas Little (T.L.) Heath, British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
- William Heath, American soldier and politician
- William Heath (artist), British artist and caricaturist
- Joseph Heath, Canadian philosopher
- The Heath Brothers: Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, and Tootie Heath, all American musicians
[edit] As a forename
- Heath Ledger, Australian actor
- Heath Miller, American football player
- Heath Ramsay, Australian butterfly swimmer
- W. Heath Robinson, British cartoonist
- Heath Shuler, Washington Redskins quarterback, now Democratic representative-elect from North Carolina
- Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Heath (bassist), bassist of X Japan
- Heath Lamberts, Broadway actor who originated the role of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast.
[edit] Other uses
- Heath bar, a popular candy bar
- Heath, a wyvern knight in the video game Fire Emblem.
