Dunlop

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Dunlop is a surname, Scottish in origin. For people with family name Dunlop, see Dunlop (surname).

Companies named Dunlop include

• Dunlop Tyres
• Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems, a company traceable back to John Boyd Dunlop's wheel and tyre group of companies, supplies aluminium wheels, brakes (carbon-carbon, copper and steel) and hydraulic control systems to the aerospace industry. Dunlop Aerospace Braking Systems supplied the wheels and brakes to the Thrust SSC supersonic land-speed-record breaking car.
• Dunlop Manufacturing also known as "Jim Dunlop" — a popular music supplies company best known for its guitar effects pedals.

Places named Dunlop include

• Dunlop, East Ayrshire, Scottish village
• Dunlop, Australian Capital Territory — the suburb named after Sir Edward Dunlop

People named Dunlop include

• Bill Dunlop, Canadian boxer
• Joey Dunlop, legendary motorcycle racer

Things named Dunlop include

• Dunlop cheese made in Scotland
• The Dunlop Cry Baby , used for wah-wah guitar
• The Dunlop Slazenger applies to sporting goods including:
  • squash balls
  • golf balls
  • tennis racquets