Whipple may refer to:

People

Whipple (surname) Whipple is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abraham Whipple (1733–1819), American Revolutionary War naval commander *A.B.C. Whipple (1918–2013), American journalist, editor, historian and author *Allen Whipple (1881–1963) ...

, a list of people with the surname *

Whip Jones Whipple Van Ness "Whip" Jones (November 8, 1909 – June 29, 2001) was a ski industry pioneer, founder, developer and the original operator for 35 years, of the Aspen Highlands ski area in Aspen, Colorado, Aspen, Colorado. Whip Jones and the ...

(1909–2001), American ski industry pioneer, founder, developer and original operator of the Aspen Highlands ski area in Aspen, Colorado *

Whipple Van Buren Phillips Howard Phillips Lovecraft (, ; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft ...

(1833–1904), American businessman, grandfather of H. P. Lovecraft, whom he raised

Fictional characters

Mr. Whipple Mr. George Whipple (also known as George the Grocer) is a fictional supermarket manager featured in television commercials, radio, and print advertisements that ran in the United States and Canada from 1964 to 1985 for Charmin toilet paper. Typical ...

, in American television ads for Charmin toilet paper * Whipple Jones (''The Bold and the Beautiful''), in the American soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' *Wallace V. Whipple, protagonist of "

The Brain Center at Whipple's ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...

", a 1964 episode of the American television series ''The Twilight Zone'' *"Whipple the Happy Dragon", a character in a 2017 episode of ''

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'', an animated miniseries

Places in the United States

Whipple, Ohio Whipple is an unincorporated community in southern Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it once had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail ser ...

, an unincorporated community *

Whipple, West Virginia Whipple is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Whipple is located on West Virginia Route 612, southwest of Oak Hill. Notable people *George Cafego George Cafego ( ; August 29, 1915 – February 9, ...

, an unincorporated community *

Whipple Lakes Whipple Lakes is a group of named lakes in Crow Wing County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The group consists of Little Whipple Lake, Lower Whipple Lake, and Upper Whipple Lake. Whipple Lakes were named for Henry Benjamin Whipple, an Episcopal ...

, Crow Wing County, Minnesota *

Whipple Lake Whipple Lake is a lake in Clearwater County, Minnesota, in the United States. Whipple Lake was named for Henry Benjamin Whipple, an Episcopal bishop who worked closely with Ojibwe and Sioux Indians. See also *List of lakes in Minnesota This ...

, Clearwater County, Minnesota *

Whipple Mountains The Whipple Mountains ( Mojave: Avii Kur'utat; Chemehuevi: Wiyaatuʷa̱) are located in eastern San Bernardino County, California. They are directly west of the Colorado River, Parker Dam, and Lake Havasu; south of Needles, California; north of ...

, a mountain range in southeastern California *

Whipple Run Whipple Run is a stream located entirely within Washington County, Ohio. According to tradition, Whipple Run was named for Abraham Whipple, an explorer who fell in the water while crossing over a fallen tree. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ref ...

, a stream in Ohio

In the military

*, three U.S. Navy ships named after Abraham Whipple *

Fort Whipple, Arizona Fort Whipple is a former United States (U.S.) Army post that was temporarily established at Del Rio Springs, north of present-day Chino Valley, Arizona, and later relocated to a permanent site near present-day Prescott, Arizona. History The init ...

, a fort established in 1863 in Arizona Territory near Prescott *Fort Whipple, historical name for the United States Army's

Fort Myer Fort Myer is the previous name used for a U.S. Army Military base, post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, and across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Founded during the American Civil War as Fort Cass and ...

Science, technology and medicine

Whipple (crater) Whipple is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater located on the Far side of the Moon, lunar far side near the northern pole. The crater is located East of the prominent craters Byrd (lunar crater), Byrd and Peary (crater), Peary; the latter of wh ...

, a crater on the Moon *

36P/Whipple 36P/Whipple is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It is the lowest numbered Quasi-Hilda comet. It passed from Jupiter in June 1922. The comet nucleus The nucleus is the solid, central part of a comet, formerly termed a ''dirty snowbal ...

, a periodic comet discovered by Fred Whipple * ''Whipple'' (spacecraft), a proposed space telescope in the 2010s *

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is an American astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO); it is their largest field installation outside of their main site in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

, an astronomical observatory in Arizona, United States *

Whipple Museum of the History of Science The Whipple Museum of the History of Science is a museum attached to the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, which houses an extensive collection of scientific instruments, apparatus, models, pictures, prints, photographs, books and other m ...

, a science museum of the University of Cambridge * Whipple shield, a type of hypervelocity impact shield *

Whipple procedure A pancreaticoduodenectomy, also known as a Whipple procedure, is a major surgical operation most often performed to remove cancerous tumours from the head of the pancreas. It is also used for the treatment of pancreatic or duodenal trauma, or ch ...

, a surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, due to pancreatic cancer