Wagstaff may refer to:

Places

* Wagstaff, Kansas, U.S. * Wagstaff, New South Wales, Australia

Fictional places

* Wagstaff School, in the American television series ''

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Other uses

Wagstaff prime In number theory, a Wagstaff prime is a prime number of the form : where ''p'' is an odd prime. Wagstaff primes are named after the mathematician Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.; the prime pages credit François Morain for naming them in a lecture at th ...

, in number theory

People with the surname

* Alfred Wagstaff Jr. (1844–1921), New York politician * Barry Wagstaff (born 1945), English association footballer * Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff (1888–1959), American poet *

Harold Wagstaff Harold Wagstaff (9 May 1891 – 19 July 1939), also known by the nickname of "Waggy", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s, 1910s and 1920s. He played as a and was nicknamed the ''Prince of Centres''. A ca ...

(1891–1939), English rugby league footballer *

Jesse Wagstaff Jesse Kendall James Wagstaff (born 30 April 1986) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). After playing college basketball for the M ...

(born 1986), Australian professional basketball player *

Julian Wagstaff Julian Wagstaff (born 1970) is a Scottish composer of classical music, musical theatre and opera. Born in Edinburgh, Wagstaff originally studied German language and politics, and graduated from the University of Reading in 1993. Wagstaff work ...

(born 1970), Scottish music composer *

Ken Wagstaff Kenneth Wagstaff (born 24 November 1942) is an English former association football, footballer noted for his playing career at Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town and Hull City A.F.C., Hull City football clubs. In 2000, club fans of both Mansfie ...

(born 1942), English professional footballer * Norma Wagstaff (born 1942), birth name of the wife of John Major *

Patty Wagstaff Patty Wagstaff (née Patricia Rosalie Kearns Combs; born September 11, 1951) is an American aviator and U.S. national aerobatic champion. Wagstaff was introduced to aviation as a child; her father was a pilot for Japan Airlines. After gradua ...

(born 1951), American aerobatic pilot *

Sam Wagstaff Samuel Jones Wagstaff Jr. (November 4, 1921 – January 14, 1987) was an American art curator, collector, and the artistic mentor and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe (who was also his lifetime companion) and poet-punk rocker Patti ...

(1921–1987), American curator and collector * Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr. (born 1945), American mathematician *

Scott Wagstaff Scott Andrew Wagstaff (born 31 March 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tonbridge Angels where he holds the role of caretaker manager. Early life Wagstaff was born in Maidstone, and attended Bennett Memorial Diocesan S ...

(born 1990), English professional footballer *

Stuart Wagstaff Stuart Wagstaff (13 February 192510 March 2015) was an English-born Australian entertainer who was active in all genres of the industry including theatre, television and film, and music and stage management. Early life Wagstaff was born in ...

(1925–2015), Australian television personality * Tony Wagstaff (born 1944), English professional footballer * Will Wagstaff (born c. 1960), British ornithologist and naturalist

Fictional characters

* Captain Wagstaff, in the Australian television series ''

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'' * Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff and his son Frank Wagstaff, in Marx Brothers film ''

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Randy Wagstaff Randy Wagstaff is a fictional character on the HBO drama ''The Wire'', played by Maestro Harrell. Randy is an enterprising student who is dependent on social services. During season 4, he was an 8th grade pupil at Edward Tilghman Middle School an ...

, a character in the television series ''The Wire''

Pseudonyms

* Simon Wagstaff, Esq., pseudonym of Anglo-Irish writer

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...