Lightfoot
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Lightfoot may refer to the following people:
Lightfoot may also refer to:
- Chris Lightfoot (footballer)Chris Lightfoot (footballer)Chris Lightfoot was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for four clubs. He later managed in non-league football....
, a former English footballer - Claude LightfootClaude LightfootClaude M. Lightfoot was an African-American activist, politician, and author. In 1955, during the McCarthy era, he was indicted based on the Smith Act and put on trial...
, an African-American activist - David LightfootDavid Lightfoot- Biography :Australian film producer David Lightfoot is one of the most experienced and regarded production executives in Australia. His Credits include the highly successful 2005 horror/thriller Wolf Creek, The Weinstein Company’s action/thriller Rogue both written and directed by Greg McLean and...
, an Australian film producer - Edwin N. LightfootEdwin N. LightfootEdwin N. Lightfoot is a Chemical Engineer and the Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is known for his research in transport phenomena, including biological mass-transfer processes, mass-transport reaction...
, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison - Gordon LightfootGordon LightfootGordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music, and has been credited for helping define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s...
, a Canadian singer-songwriter - Hannah LightfootHannah LightfootHannah Lightfoot the 'Fair Quaker' who is erroneously said to have been the first wife of George III of the United Kingdom.- Biography :...
, a sometimes erroneously named wife of George III of the United Kingdom - Jim Ross LightfootJim Ross LightfootJames Ross "Jim" Lightfoot is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa.-Early life:...
, a former U.S. Representative from Iowa - John LightfootJohn LightfootJohn Lightfoot was an English churchman, rabbinical scholar, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.-Life:...
, an English churchman and rabbinical scholar - John Lightfoot FRSJohn Lightfoot FRSThe Reverend John Lightfoot was an English conchologist and botanist.He was born in Newent, Gloucestershire and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He gained a BA in 1756 and an MA in 1766....
, an English naturalist - Joseph Barber LightfootJoseph Barber LightfootJoseph Barber Lightfoot was an English theologian and Bishop of Durham, usually known as J.B. Lightfoot....
, an English theologian and Bishop of Durham - Orlando LightfootOrlando LightfootOrlando Lightfoot is a retired American professional basketball player whose international career spanned between 1994–95 and 2006–07...
, a former American professional basketball player - Ross LightfootRoss LightfootPhilip Ross Lightfoot is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian Senate from 1997 to 2008, representing the state of Western Australia....
, a Liberal member of the Australian Senate
Lightfoot may also refer to:
- Lightfoot!Lightfoot!-External links:*...
, the 1966 debut album by Gordon Lightfoot - Lightfoot, VirginiaLightfoot, VirginiaLightfoot is an unincorporated community which straddles the James City–York county border, west of Williamsburg, in the U.S. state of Virginia....
, An area of York County that is west of Williamsburg, VA - Operation Lightfoot, part of the Second Battle of El AlameinSecond Battle of El AlameinThe Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The battle took place over 20 days from 23 October – 11 November 1942. The First Battle of El Alamein had stalled the Axis advance. Thereafter, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery...
- Ardy LightfootArdy LightfootArdy Lightfoot is a platform video game released on the Super Nintendo in 1993 in Japan and 1994 in the US. It was developed by ASCII and published by Titus in the US. Ardy Lightfoot is a anthropomorphic creature resembling a fox or cat. He is accompanied by his best friend Pec, a blue penguin...
, a Super Nintendo game - Sammy LightfootSammy LightfootSammy Lightfoot is a 1983 computer game by Sierra On-line. The game was released for a number of 1980s-era home computers and game consoles, such as the Apple II, the Atari 400 and 800, the Commodore 64, the IBM PC, and the ColecoVision. The game was a multi-level platform style game in the vein...
, a 1983 console game - Lightfoot (Transformers)Lightfoot (Transformers)Lightfoot is a fictional character in the various Transformers universes. He shouldn't be confused with Getaway, who looks almost identical.-Transformers: Generation 1:...
, an Autobot character from the Transformers fictional series - Lightfoot (G.I. Joe)Lightfoot (G.I. Joe)Lightfoot is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is the G.I. Joe team's explosives expert and debuted in 1988.-Profile:...
, a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe - Lightfoot HouseLightfoot HouseLightfoot House is one of the buildings that comprise St Chad's College, Durham University, England. It consists of two adjacent Grade II listed buildings that were constructed in the 18th century and have since been connected internally...
, a Grade II listed building in the UK named after the bishop - Lightfoot (Middle-earth), a horse from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Light-footLight-footA light-foot is a nanosecond, the time it takes light to travel about 1 foot. The earliest reference commonly given is to Admiral Grace Hopper who oversaw the creation of COBOL for the Navy and used to give out pieces of wire about a foot long to illustrate the eventual problem of building really...
, the time it takes light to travel 1 foot