Baldwin

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The name Baldwin is of English origin, from the Old English Bealdwine, or the Old German equivalent Baldavin, meaning bold friend. It was frequently used in medieval Britain as a surname.

Baldwin may refer to:

Contents 1 Place 2 People 3 Companies 4 Other

[edit] Place

Baldwin is the name of some places in Canada:

• Baldwin, York Regional Municipality, Ontario
• Baldwin, Ontario
• Baldwin, Quebec
• Baldwin Mills, Quebec
• Baldwin Road, Prince Edward Island
• Baldwins Bridge, Ontario
• Baldwinton, Saskatchewan

Baldwin is the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Baldwin, Florida
• Baldwin, Georgia
• Baldwin, Illinois
• Baldwin, Iowa
• Baldwin, Louisiana
• Baldwin, Maine
• Baldwin, Maryland
• Baldwin, Michigan
• Baldwin, Chemung County, New York
• Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
• Baldwin, Pennsylvania
• Baldwin, Wisconsin
• Baldwin (town), Wisconsin
• Baldwin City, Kansas
• Baldwin County, Alabama
• Baldwin County, Georgia
• Baldwin Park, California
• Baldwin Park, Missouri
• Baldwin Township, North Dakota
• Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan
• Baldwin Township, Iosco County, Michigan
• Baldwin Township, Pennsylvania

There are also:

• Baldwin City, Kansas
• Baldwin Park, California
• Baldwinsville, New York
• Baldwinville, Massachusetts
• Baldwin Hills, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California

These places should not be confused with Ballwin, Missouri, nor with Balwyn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

Baldwin Street in Dunedin (New Zealand), is world's steepest street, with a maximum slope of 38%.

[edit] People

Baldwin is also the name of several rulers:

• Baldwin I of Jerusalem (also Baldwin I of Edessa)
• Baldwin II of Jerusalem (also Baldwin II of Edessa)
• Baldwin III of Jerusalem
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
• Baldwin V of Jerusalem
• Baldwin I of Ramla
• Baldwin of Ibelin
• Baldwin I of Flanders
• Baldwin II of Flanders (also Baldwin I of Boulogne)
• Baldwin III of Flanders
• Baldwin IV of Flanders
• Baldwin V of Flanders
• Baldwin VI of Flanders (also Baldwin I, Count of Hainaut)
• Baldwin VII of Flanders
• Baldwin VIII of Flanders
• Baldwin I of Constantinople (also Baldwin IX of Flanders and Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut)
• Baldwin II of Constantinople
• Baldwin II of Boulogne
• Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut
• Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
• Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
• Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
• Baldwin I (1930-1993), king of the Belgians (in French: Baudouin I^er, in Dutch: Boudewijn I, in German: Balduin I.)
• Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Baldwin de Redvers
• Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon
• Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon
• Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Baldwin is the surname of:

• Abraham Baldwin
• Adam Baldwin (born 1962), American actor
• Alec Baldwin (born 1958), American actor, oldest and best known of the "Baldwin brothers"
• Alfred Baldwin (Watergate)
• Alfred Baldwin (politician), businessman, MP and father of Stanley Baldwin
• Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
• Augustus C. Baldwin (1817-1903), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Augustus Warren Baldwin
• Baldwin (bishop) (died ca. 1109), 12th century Catholic bishop of Kraków
• Bill Baldwin
• Billy Baldwin, American interior designer and decorator
• Bob Baldwin
• Bobby Baldwin
• Carol Baldwin
• Carol M. Baldwin
• Charles H. Baldwin (admiral) (1822–1888),
• Charles H. Baldwin (Medal of Honor recipient)
• Christopher Baldwin
• Chuck Baldwin
• Craig Baldwin
• Daniel Baldwin (born 1960), American actor, producer, and director, one of the "Baldwin brothers"
• Danny Baldwin
• Dave Baldwin
• Dwight Hamilton Baldwin
• Edward Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
• Elizabeth Baldwin
• Ephraim Francis Baldwin
• Faith Baldwin
• Frank Baldwin
• Frankie Baldwin
• Frederick W. Baldwin
• Furman Stewart Baldwin, American photographer
• Gardner Baldwin
• George Pearce Baldwin
• Gerald Baldwin
• Hailey Baldwin
• Harry Streett Baldwin
• Henry Baldwin
• Henry Baldwin (judge)
• Henry P. Baldwin
• Henry Alexander Baldwin
• Jack Baldwin
• Jack Baldwin (racing driver)
• James Baldwin (writer) (1924–1987), African-American novelist and essayist, known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain
• James C. Baldwin, Australian big band jazz singer
• J. Baldwin (born 1934), American industrial designer, author, and educator
• James Mark Baldwin (1861–1934), American philosopher and psychologist
• James Baldwin (schoolbook editor and author) (1841–1925)
• James Baldwin (baseball player) (born 1971)
• Jamie Baldwin
• Jason Baldwin
• Jerry Baldwin
• John Baldwin (skater)
• John Brown Baldwin (1820–1873), Virginian statesman, member of Confederate House of Representatives from Virginia
• John E. Baldwin
• John Eustice Arthur Baldwin, a senior Royal Air Force commander
• John W. Baldwin
• John Baldwin, real name of John Paul Jones (musician)
• Jonathan Baldwin
• Joseph Baldwin
• Joseph M. Baldwin (1878–1945), Australian astronomer
• Kathleen Baldwin (novelist)
• Karen Dianne Baldwin
• Lewis V. Baldwin
• Loammi Baldwin
• Loammi Baldwin, Jr.
• Lou Baldwin
• Mark Baldwin
• Mark Baldwin (baseball)
• Matthias W. Baldwin (1795-1866), American steam locomotive builder, founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works
• Melvin Baldwin
• Michael Baldwin
• A. Michael Baldwin
• Mike Baldwin, fictional character
• Mishonda Baldwin
• Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
• Peter Baldwin
• Peter Baldwin (Australian politician)
• Raymond E. Baldwin
• Robert Baldwin
• Robert H.B. Baldwin
• Roger Nash Baldwin, (1884-1981), founder of ACLU
• Roger Sherman Baldwin, (1793-1863), US lawyer and politician
• Ron Baldwin
• Sally Baldwin
• Shauna Singh Baldwin
• Simeon Baldwin
• Simeon Eben Baldwin
• Simon Baldwin
• Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Stephen Baldwin (born 1966), American actor, youngest of the "Baldwin brothers"
• Tammy Baldwin
• Theodore Anderson Baldwin
• Thomas Scott Baldwin (1860–1923), U.S. Army Major and pioneer balloonist
• Tom Baldwin
• Thom Baldwin (1989-present), Discoverer of baldrogen (element number 121), aka Lord Baldemort.
• Tommy Baldwin
• Tommy Baldwin Jr.
• Viv Baldwin
• Warren Baldwin
• Wilhelmina Baldwin
• William Baldwin (born 1963), American actor, one of the "Baldwin brothers"
• William Baldwin (lawyer)
• William Warren Baldwin (1775–1844), Irish-Canadian businessman, lawyer, judge, and political figure

[edit] Companies

• Baldwin Locomotive Works, one of the world's largest builders of steam locomotives in the 19th and early 20th century.
• Baldwin Piano is the largest manufacturer of pianos and keyboard instruments in the United States. It was purchased by Gibson after declaring bankruptcy in 2001.

[edit] Other

• Baldwin the Eagle - Official mascot of Boston College
• The Baldwin Brothers, a Chicago-based electronica band.
• Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, named after Baldwin I of Constantinople as the likely place where he found his death
• Baldwin, a cultivar of apple
• Baldwin Boys High School, one of the school in India
• Baldwin Girls High School, a sister school of baldwin boys high school