Stuart
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stuart may be:
- a surname
- a male first name
- An alternative spelling is Stewart. The current French spelling "Stuart" was introduced by Queen Mary, who lived in France after her marriage to the Dauphin.
It originates from the House of Stuart, a ruling family of Scotland and England - see House of Stuart for a list of monarchs, pretenders and other family members.
Contents |
[edit] People
- Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807-91), American politician
- Francis Stuart (1902-2000), Irish writer and Saoi of Aosdána
- Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), American painter
- Gloria Stuart (b. 1910), American actress
- Herbert Akroyd Stuart (1864-1927), British engineer
- Imogen Stuart, (b. 1927), sculptor and member of Aosdána
- J.E.B. Stuart, a Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War
- Jesse Stuart (1906-84), American writer
- John Stuart or John Stewart can refer to several people
- Mary Stuart
- Michael Stuart (disambiguation) can refer to several people
- Oliver Stuart (1881-1973), British explorer and ornithologist
- Stuart Borland, Professor of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University
- John McDouall Stuart was the most accomplished and most famous of all Australia's inland explorers and led the first expedition to traverse the continent from south to north successfully.
[edit] Places
- Stuart, Florida, USA
- Stuart, Iowa, USA
- Stuart, Nebraska, USA
- Stuart, Oklahoma, USA
- Stuart, Virginia, USA
- Mount Stuart, Washington, USA
- Electoral district of Stuart, a state electoral district in South Australia.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Stuart (locomotive on the Mid Sodor Railway, later named Peter Sam) a character in The Railway Series by Rev.W.Awdry
- Stuart is a duck who works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant on The Simpsons
- Stuart is a character of the eponymous song by the Dead Milkmen. The listener is essentially Stuart, as the song consists of an anecdote being delivered to Stuart, by another character.
[edit] Other
- Kerr Stuart, English railway locomotive manufacturer
- Stuart tank, American WW2 tank named after J.E.B. Stuart
