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Brad Wanamaker Bradley Daniel Wanamaker (born July 25, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers m ...

(born 1989), American basketball player * Elizabeth Wanamaker (1911–1958), American civil rights activist *

John Wanamaker John Wanamaker (July 11, 1838December 12, 1922) was an American merchant and religious, civic and political figure, considered by some to be a proponent of advertising and a "pioneer in marketing". He served as United States Postmaster General ...

(1838–1922), American merchant, founder of Wanamaker's Department Store, considered by some to be the father of modern advertising *

Madeleine Wanamaker Madeleine Wanamaker (born February 14, 1995) is an American rower. In the 2018 World Rowing Championships, she won a gold medal in the women's coxless four event. She has qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Re ...

(born 1995), American rower *

Reuben Melville Wanamaker Reuben Melville Wanamaker (August 2, 1866 – June 18, 1924) was a judge in the U.S. state of Ohio. He served on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1913 until he took his life in 1924. Biography R. M. Wanamaker was born August 2, 1866 at North Jackson, O ...

(1866–1924), American judge from Ohio Supreme *

Rick Wanamaker Rick Wanamaker (born March 20, 1948) is an American track and basketball athlete who won the decathlon in the 1971 Pan American Games, and blocked a shot against Lew Alcindor in the 1969 NCAA national basketball semi-finals. Rick Wanamaker atte ...

(born 1948), American athlete and basketball player *

Rodman Wanamaker Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928) was an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker's department store fortune. In addition to operating stores in Philadelphia, New York City, and Paris, he was a patron of the ar ...

(1863–1928), donor of the Wanamaker Trophy, son of John *

Sam Wanamaker Samuel Wanamaker (born Samuel Wattenmacker; June 14, 1919 – December 18, 1993) was an American actor and director, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He began his career on Broadway theatre, Broadway, but sp ...

(1919–1993), American actor and movie director, founder of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London *

Zoë Wanamaker Zoë Wanamaker (born 13 May 1949) is an American-born British actress who has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Wanamaker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 by Qu ...

(born 1949), American-British actress; daughter of Sam

Places

Wanamaker, Indiana Wanamaker is a community of Indianapolis located in southeastern Marion County, Indiana. It is situated southeast of downtown Indianapolis in north central Franklin Township. The community is concentrated near the intersection of Southeastern ...

, a community of Indianapolis, US *

Wanamaker, Pennsylvania Wanamaker is small community in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. Philip Wanamaker ...

, a rural community in Lehigh County, US *

Wanamaker, South Dakota Wanamaker is a ghost town in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. History A post office called Wanamaker was established in 1914, and remained in operation until 1951. The town had the name of John Wanamaker, proprietor of Wanamake ...

, a ghost town

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Wanamaker's Wanamaker's was an American department store chain founded in 1861 by John Wanamaker. It was one of the first department stores in the United States, and peaked at 16 locations along the Delaware Valley in the 20th century. Wanamaker's was pur ...

, one of the first US department stores, founded in 1861 * The

Wanamaker Organ The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number of playing pipes, the number of ranks and its weight. The Wanamaker Organ is located within a ...

, the world's largest operational pipe organ * Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern, a railroad with a terminal at Wanamaker, Pennsylvania *

Wanamaker Mile The Wanamaker Mile is a prestigious indoor mile race for elite middle distance runners held annually at the Millrose Games in New York City. Alongside Oslo's Dream Mile and Eugene's Bowerman Mile, the Wanamaker Mile is among the world's premi ...

, an annual mile-long race held in Madison Square Garden *

Wanamaker Trophy The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf champi ...

, the trophy awarded to the winner of the PGA Championship

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