Armstrong may refer to:

Places

Armstrong Creek (disambiguation) Armstrong Creek may refer to: ;In the United States * Armstrong Creek (Pennsylvania), a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania * Armstrong Creek (West Virginia), a stream * Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin, a town in Forest County, Wisconsin ...

, various places

Antarctica

* Armstrong Reef, Biscoe Islands

Argentina

Armstrong, Santa Fe Armstrong is a city in the southwest of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 11,181 inhabitants as per the . It is located from the provincial capital Santa Fe, west of Rosario and from Cañada de Gómez, on National Route 9 near the i ...

Australia

* Armstrong, Victoria

Canada

Armstrong, British Columbia The City of Armstrong is located in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Vernon and Enderby. It overlooks the Spallumcheen Valley, which forms a broad pass between the Okanagan Valley to the south and the ...

Armstrong, Ontario Armstrong ( 2016 Population 1,166) is a township in the Timiskaming District of Ontario. The only population centre in the township is the community of Earlton. The township is named after Samuel Armstrong, an Independent member of the Legisl ...

Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario Armstrong is a compact rural community, unincorporated place, and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The Whi ...

* Armstrong, Ontario (Indian settlement)

United States

* Armstrong, California *

Armstrong, Delaware New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of ...

* Armstrong, Florida * Armstrong, Georgia * Armstrong, Illinois *

Armstrong, Indiana Armstrong is an unincorporated community in Armstrong Township, Vanderburgh County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History A post office was established at Armstrong in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957. Geography ...

* Armstrong, Iowa * Armstrong, Minnesota * Armstrong, Missouri * Armstrong, Oklahoma * Armstrong, Texas * Armstrong, Wisconsin *

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Armstrong County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,558. The county seat is Kittanning. The county was organized on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycom ...

* Armstrong County, Texas * Armstrong Lake (Blue Earth County, Minnesota), a lake in Minnesota *

Armstrong Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Armstrong Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,599 and it contained 634 housing units. Armstrong Township was established in 1818. Geography According to th ...

* Armstrong Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), more than one, including **

Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania Armstrong Township is a township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township was named after General Armstrong who commanded the celebration against Kittanning.http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paicgs/townships/armstrong.shtml Th ...

Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Armstrong Township is a township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 685 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The first European settlers arrived ...

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( French: ''Aéroport international Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans'') is an international airport under Class B airspace in Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is o ...

Armstrong Tunnel The Armstrong Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connects Second Avenue at the South Tenth Street Bridge, under the Bluff where Duquesne University is located, to Forbes Avenue between Boyd Street and Chatham Square. Construction The tunnel was ...

, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

People

Armstrong (surname) Armstrong is a surname of Scottish borders origin. It derives from a Middle English nickname which meant someone with strong arms. In Ireland the name was adopted as an Anglicization of two Gaelic names from Ulster: ''Mac Thréinfhir'' (meaning " ...

, including a list of people with the surname *

Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. ...

, first person to walk on the moon * George Armstrong (footballer), An Arsenal English Footballer * Lance Edward Armstrong, an American former professional road racing cyclist * Louis Armstrong, an American trumpeter who was one of the most influential figures in jazz *

Clan Armstrong Clan Armstrong is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders.Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). ...

, a Scottish clan from the border area between England and Scotland *

Armstrong Williams Armstrong Williams (born February 5, 1962) is an American political commentator, entrepreneur, author, and talk show host. Williams writes a nationally syndicated conservative newspaper column, has hosted a daily radio show, and hosts a nationa ...

, American political commentator * Armstrong, a character in the Valiant Comics comic book ''

Archer & Armstrong ''Archer & Armstrong'' is a superhero duo in the Valiant Comics universe. The two were originally created by writer and artist Barry Windsor-Smith and introduced in their own self-titled comic book series in 1992. After Acclaim Entertainment bough ...

'' *

Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for t ...

, lead singer of Green Day *

Edwin Howard Armstrong Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – February 1, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who developed FM (frequency modulation) radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. He held 42 patents and received numerous aw ...

, electronic engineer *

Joe Armstrong (programmer) Joseph Leslie Armstrong (27 December 1950 – 20 April 2019) was a computer scientist working in the area of fault-tolerant distributed systems. He is best known as one of the co-designers of the Erlang programming language. Early life and ...

, computer scientist and co-designer of the

Erlang (programming language) Erlang ( ) is a general-purpose, concurrent, functional programming language, and a garbage-collected runtime system. The term Erlang is used interchangeably with Erlang/OTP, or Open Telecom Platform (OTP), which consists of the Erlang ru ...

Herbert Rowse Armstrong Herbert Rowse Armstrong TD MA (13 May 1869 – 31 May 1922) was an English solicitor and convicted murderer, the only solicitor in the history of the United Kingdom to have been hanged for murder. He was living in Cusop Dingle, Herefordshi ...

, British solicitor convicted and executed for murder

Companies

Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles Armstrong-CCM Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer based in Bolton, England. Alan Clews formed CCM in 1971 from what was left of BSA's off-road competition team and bought spares to produce his own motorcycles. This was a succes ...

, British motorcycling company * Armstrong Audio, a British audio/hi-fi manufacturer * Armstrong Group of Companies, a conglomerate begun in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania *

Armstrong Telephone Company Armstrong Telephone Company is a telecommunications provider, and part of the Armstrong Group of Companies. The company primarily operates as a local exchange carrier in rural markets in West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. ...

, a telecommunications provider serving as a local exchange carrier in rural market * Armstrong Tools, an industrial hand tool manufacturer *

Armstrong Whitworth Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century. With headquarters in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong Whitworth built armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles an ...

, the British engineering conglomerate which became Vickers-Armstrong *

Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company, or Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, was a British aircraft manufacturer. History Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft was established as the Aerial Department of the Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Company ...

, a separate entity *

Armstrong World Industries Armstrong World Industries, Inc. is a Pennsylvania corporation incorporated in 1891. It is an international designer and manufacturer of walls and ceilings. Based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, AWI has a global manufacturing network of 26 facilities ...

, a manufacturer of ceilings and walls. * Armstrong Flooring, a manufacturer of flooring * Armstrong investment managers

Government facility

* NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center, A NASA research center

Other possible meanings

* 6469 Armstrong, minor planet *

Armstrong (automobile) The Armstrong was an English automobile manufactured from 1902 to 1904; "claimed to be the best hill-climber extant", the car featured an International engine.

, an early English car * Armstrong Atlantic State University, a public university in Savannah, Georgia * Armstrong (content management system), an open source news publishing platform * Armstrong (crater), a lunar crater *

Armstrong Gun An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy gun designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England beginning in 1855 by the Elswick Ordnance Company and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Such gu ...

, a rifled breech-loading artillery piece *

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley The Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley was a British medium bomber aircraft of the 1930s. It was one of three twin-engined, front line medium bomber types that were in service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the outbreak of the World War II, ...

, World War II bomber * Armstrong (DuckTales episode), an episode of ''DuckTales'' *

Armstrong's axioms Armstrong's axioms are a set of references (or, more precisely, inference rules) used to infer all the functional dependencies on a relational database. They were developed by William W. Armstrong in his 1974 paper. The axioms are sound in generat ...

, a set of axioms used to infer all the functional dependencies on a relational database * Armstrongs, a band including

and

Tim Armstrong Timothy Ross Armstrong (born November 25, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and producer. Known for his distinctive voice, he is the singer/guitarist for the punk rock band Rancid and hip hop/punk rock supergroup Transplants. ...

* ''

The Armstrongs ''The Armstrongs'' is a British documentary television series broadcast on BBC Two in the UK. The Armstrongs is an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and sometimes ruthless business antics that are routine at "U-Fit", Coventry's thir ...

'', a British television series