Baldwin
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Baldwin can refer to:
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Place
Baldwin is the name of some places in Canada:
- Baldwin (community), Ontario
- Baldwin, Ontario
- Baldwin, Quebec
- Baldwin Mills, Quebec
- Baldwin Road, Prince Edward Island
- Baldwins Bridge, Ontario
- Baldwinton, Saskatchewan
Baldwin is the name of some places in the United States of America:
- Baldwin, Florida
- Baldwin, Georgia
- Baldwin, Illinois
- Baldwin, Iowa
- Baldwin, Louisiana
- Baldwin, Maine
- Baldwin, Maryland
- Baldwin, Michigan
- Baldwin, Chemung County, New York
- Baldwin, Nassau County, New York
- Baldwin, Pennsylvania
- Baldwin, Wisconsin
- Baldwin (town), Wisconsin
- Baldwin City, Kansas
- Baldwin County, Alabama
- Baldwin County, Georgia
- Baldwin Park, California
- Baldwin Park, Missouri
- Baldwin Township, North Dakota
- Baldwin Township, Delta County, Michigan
- Baldwin Township, Iosco County, Michigan
- Baldwin Township, Pennsylvania
There are also:
- Baldwin City, Kansas
- Baldwin Park, California
- Baldwinsville, New York
- Baldwinville, Massachusetts
- Baldwin Hills, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California
These places should not be confused with Ballwin, Missouri, nor with Balwyn, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
Baldwin Street in Dunedin (New Zealand), is world's steepest street, with a maximum slope of 38%.
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People
- Adam Baldwin - American actor
- Baldwin was a bishop of Kraków in the 12th century, died ~1109.
- Furman Stewart Baldwin. American Photographer and TV Producer/Director
- James Baldwin (writer) was an African-American novelist and essayist, probably best known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain.
- J. Baldwin was an industrial designer, author and educator.
- James Mark Baldwin was a philosopher and psychologist.
- John Brown Baldwin was a Virginian statesman.
- Joseph M. Baldwin was an Australian astronomer.
- James C. Baldwin An Australian Big Band Jazz Singer.
- Matthias W. Baldwin (1795-1866), American steam locomotive builder, founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works.
- Stanley Baldwin was a politician in the United Kingdom, serving as Prime Minister three times.
- Thomas Scott Baldwin US-aviation pioneer.
There are also four American brothers who all are actors—Daniel, Stephen, William, and the best-known of the four, Alec Baldwin.
Baldwin is also the name of several rulers:
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem (also Baldwin I of Edessa)
- Baldwin II of Jerusalem (also Baldwin II of Edessa)
- Baldwin III of Jerusalem
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
- Baldwin V of Jerusalem
- Baldwin of Ibelin
- Baldwin I of Flanders
- Baldwin II of Flanders (also Baldwin I of Boulogne)
- Baldwin III of Flanders
- Baldwin IV of Flanders
- Baldwin V of Flanders
- Baldwin VI of Flanders (also Baldwin I, Count of Hainaut)
- Baldwin VII of Flanders
- Baldwin VIII of Flanders
- Baldwin I of Constantinople (also Baldwin IX of Flanders and Baldwin VI, Count of Hainaut)
- Baldwin II of Constantinople
- Baldwin II of Boulogne
- Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
- Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
- Baudouin of Belgium
- Baldwin of Exeter, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Baldwin de Redvers
- Baldwin de Redvers, 2nd Earl of Devon
- Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon
- Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
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Companies
Baldwin Piano is the largest manufacturer of pianos and keyboard instruments in the United States. It was purchased by Gibson after declaring bankruptcy in 2001.
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Other
- Baldwin the Eagle - Official mascot of Boston College
- Baldwin's Tower in Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, named after Baldwin I of Constantinople as the likely place where he found his death