Weldon may refer to:

Places

In Canada: *

Weldon, Saskatchewan Weldon (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a List of villages in Saskatchewan, village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Kinistino No. 459 and Division No. 15, Sas ...

In England: *

Weldon, Northamptonshire Weldon is a suburban village and civil parish on the eastern outskirts of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It is two miles away from Corby. History The village is listed in the Domesday Book as 'Weledene', in the Colby Hundred. The head of ...

In the United States: * Weldon, Arkansas * Weldon, California *

Weldon, Illinois Weldon is a village in Nixon Township, DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 369 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the 2010 census, Weldon has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the 2020 census the ...

Weldon, Iowa Weldon is a city in Clarke and Decatur counties of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 136 at the time of the 2020 census. History Weldon got its start in the year 1880, following construction of the Humeston and Shenandoah Railroad th ...

Weldon, North Carolina Weldon is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,655 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Micropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1752, Daniel Weldon purchased 1,273 ac ...

Weldon Township, Michigan Weldon Township is a civil township of Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 579 at the 2020 census. The township is in the south central portion of the county. One half of the village of Thompsonville is located in the ...

Weldon, Texas Weldon is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 131 in 2000. History The Weldon area was settled sometime after the Civil War. A post office was ...

* Weldon Spring, a city in Missouri

People

People named Weldon, Welldon or Wheldon *

Anthony Weldon Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648) was an English 17th-century courtier and politician. He is also the purported author of ''The Court and Character of King James I'', although this attribution has been challenged. Relations with King James The st ...

(1583–1648), English courtier and politician *

Caroline Weldon Caroline Weldon (born Susanna Karolina Faesch; 4 December 184415 March 1921) was a Swiss-American artist and activist with the National Indian Defense Association. Weldon became a confidante and the personal secretary to the Lakota Sioux Indian ...

(1844–1921), Swiss-American artist and activist *

Casey Bill Weldon William "Casey Bill" Weldon (February 2, 1901, or December 10, 1909 – September 28, 1972) was an American country blues musician. Some details of Weldon's life are unconfirmed. According to some sources, he was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, ...

(1901/1909–1972), American blues musician * Christopher Joseph Weldon (1905–1982), American Roman Catholic bishop *

Curt Weldon Wayne Curtis Weldon (born July 22, 1947) is an American educator and politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. He was defeated in ...

(born 1947), former American Congressman (R-PA), involved in various national security roles *

Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 Indianapol ...

(1978–2011), British racecar driver who won 2 Indianapolis 500 races * Dave Weldon (born 1953), American Congressman (R-FL) *

Fay Weldon Fay Weldon (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was an English author, essayist and playwright. Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including ''Puffball'' (1980), '' The Cloning o ...

(1931–2023), British writer *

Felix de Weldon Felix Weihs de Weldon (April 12, 1907 – June 3, 2003) was an Austrian sculptor. His most famous pieces include the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial, 1954) in the Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, US, and the Natio ...

(1907–2003), American sculptor *

Fred Wheldon George Frederick Wheldon (1 November 1869 – 13 January 1924) was an English sportsman. In football, he was an inside-forward with good footwork and an eye for goal who played for England and several Football League clubs, in particular for Sm ...

(1869–1924), English sportsman * George Weldon (disambiguation), several people *

Georgina Weldon Georgina Weldon (née Thomas; 24 May 1837 – 11 January 1914) was a British litigant and amateur soprano of the Victorian era. Early years She was born at Tooting Lodge, Clapham Common in 1837, one of seven children and the oldest daughter bo ...

(1837–1914), British campaigner against the lunacy laws *

Glen Weldon Glen Weldon is an American writer, cultural critic, and podcaster. He has written for publications such as ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', ''Slate'', ''The Atlantic'', and ''McSweeney's''. Weldon currently writes for the NPR Arts ...

, American writer and podcaster *

Huw Wheldon Sir Huw Pyrs Wheldon, (7 May 1916 – 14 March 1986) was a Welsh broadcaster and BBC executive. Early life Huw Pyrs Wheldon was born on 7 May 1916 in Prestatyn, Flintshire (historic), Flintshire, Wales. He was educated at Friars School, Ban ...

(1916–1986), British television presenter and executive *

James Welldon James Edward Cowell Welldon (25 April 1854 – 17 June 1937) was an English clergyman and scholar. He was Bishop of Calcutta from 1898 to 1902, Dean of Manchester from 1906 to 1918, and Dean of Durham from 1918 to 1933. Early life Welldon wa ...

(1854–1937), English clergyman and scholar, Bishop of Calcutta from 1898 to 1902 *

James Welldon (cricketer) James Turner Welldon (3 August 1847 – 6 February 1927) was an English first-class cricketer active 1867 to 1869 who played for Kent and Cambridge University. He was born in Tonbridge; died in Ashford, Kent.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricket ...

(1847–1927), English cricketer *

Jimmy Weldon Jimmy Weldon (born Ivy Laverne Shinn, September 23, 1923 – July 6, 2023) was an American actor, ventriloquist, and television host. He was best known as the voice of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yakky Doodle and the host and ventriloqui ...

(1923–2023), American voice actor and television host *

Jo Weldon Jo Weldon (born 1962), commonly known as Jo Boobs or Jo Boobs Weldon, is a performer, author, activist, and educator based in New York City. Weldon's body of work centers around stripping and striptease. She established and runs The New York Scho ...

(born 1962), American performer *

Joan Weldon Joan Weldon (born Joan Louise Welton; August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021) was an American actress and singer in film, television, and theatre. Early years Weldon was born in San Francisco, California, in 1930. Her grandmother, Olio Cornell, ra ...

(born Joan Louise Welton; 1930–2021), American actress and singer *

John Weldon (disambiguation) John Weldon may refer to: * John Weldon (animator) (born 1945), Canadian animator * John Weldon (musician) (1676–1736), British musician * John Wesley Weldon (died 1885), lawyer, judge and political figure in the province of New Brunswick, Canad ...

, several people *

Juliet Wheldon Dame Juliet Louise Wheldon DCB, QC (26 March 1950 – 2 September 2013) was a British civil servant, latterly (as of 2009) the legal adviser to Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England. From July 2000 until 2006 she was the first Britis ...

(1950–2013), British civil servant *

Liam Weldon Liam Weldon (15 October 1933 - 28 November 1995) was a singer and songwriter in the Irish folk tradition. Life Born in Dublin, Ireland, Liam, like many people in inner city Dublin at that time, was moved out of the developing city to Ballyfermot ...

(1933–1995), Irish folk singer and songwriter *

Mark Weldon Mark Rhys Weldon (born 19 September 1967) is a New Zealand businessman and swimmer. Education Born in Auckland, Weldon has Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Commerce (First Class Hons) degrees from the University of Auckla ...

(born 1967), New Zealand CEO and former swimmer *

Paul Weldon Paul Weldon is a Canadian musician architect and graphic artist from Toronto, Ontario. Weldon was a founding member of the Canadian band Edward Bear, which had Top 5 hits in Canada and charted well in the United States. and worldwide. Weldon was ...

, Canadian graphic designer and architect *

Ralph Weldon Ralph Weldon (baptised 1606 – 1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1654 to 1656. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War. Weldon was the son of Sir Anthony Weldon of Swanscombe, Kent. He wa ...

(died 1676), English politician *

Raphael Weldon Walter Frank Raphael Weldon FRS (15 March 1860 – 13 April 1906), was an English evolutionary biologist and a founder of biometry. He was the joint founding editor of ''Biometrika'', with Francis Galton and Karl Pearson. Family Weldon was th ...

(1860–1906), British statistician * Richard B. Weldon Jr. (born 1958), American politician * Thomas Weldon (disambiguation), several people * Virginia V. Weldon (1935–2024), Canadian-American endocrinologist *

Walter Weldon Walter Weldon FRS FRSE (31 October 183220 September 1885) was a 19th-century English industrial chemist and journalist. He was President of the Society of Chemical Industry from 1883-84. Life He was born in Loughborough on 31 October 1832, t ...

(1832–1885), British chemist, developer of the

Weldon process The Weldon process is a process developed in 1866 by Walter Weldon for recovering manganese dioxide for re-use in chlorine manufacture. Commercial operations started at the Gamble works in St. Helens in 1869. The process is described in considera ...

in chlorine manufacture *

William Weldon (officer of arms) Sir William Henry Weldon (c. 1837 – 25 August 1919) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Weldon is most unusual among the heralds of the College of Arms for having once been the owner of a circus. He was involve ...

(1837–1919), British officer at arms at the

College of Arms The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is a royal corporation consisting of professional Officer of Arms, officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern Ireland and some Commonwealth realms. The heralds are appointed by the ...

* William C. Weldon (born 1948), American businessman, CEO of Johnson & Johnson *

Weldon L. Kennedy Weldon Lynn Kennedy (September 12, 1938 – June 13, 2020) was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served for 33 years. He is known for negotiating a peaceful end to the Atlanta Prison Riots and his involvement in the inve ...

(1938–2020), American special agent, Deputy Director of the FBI * Weldon (footballer) (born 1980), Brazilian football player *

J. Weldon Jones James Weldon Jones (February 28, 1896 – November 24, 1982) was an American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines. Jones was born in Copeville, Texas, in Collin County. He went to Baylor University. Jones served in ...

(1896–1982), American administrator and acting High Commissioner to the Philippines

Fictional characters

*Caroline Weldon, a character in the American sitcom ''

Living Dolls ''Living Dolls'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 26 to December 30, 1989. It was a spin-off created by a writer from ''Who's the Boss?'' and featuring characters introduced during an episode of that show. The ...

Other uses

* Weldon’s bark-grinding mill, a type of bark mill *

D. B. Weldon Library Western Libraries is the library system of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. In 1898, the university Senate appointed James Waddell Tupper as the University of Western Ontario's first University Librarian. In 1918, John Davis ...

at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada *

Weldon Park Academy Weldon Park Academy was a private school located at 451 Ridout Street North in London, Ontario that closed down in 2004. The school offered students a contiguous education from Montessori Casa up to OAC and was a member of the Conference of Inde ...

, also in London

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