Livingstone
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People
- David LivingstoneDavid LivingstoneDavid Livingstone was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr...
1813–1873, Scottish missionary explorer of Africa, best known bearer of the name and namesake of numerous places - Adelaide LivingstoneAdelaide LivingstoneDame Adelaide Stickney Lord Livingstone, DBE was responsible for organising the Peace Ballot in 1934-35 to gauge the British public's sentiment in the winds of upcoming war with a rearming and aggressive Germany led by Adolf Hitler....
(Dame Adelaide Stickney Lord Livingstone) (died 1970), responsible for organising the 1934–5 Peace Ballot in the UK - Alexander Livingstone (Scottish politician)Alexander Livingstone (Scottish politician)Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.At the 1918 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Dover constituency...
- Bruce LivingstoneBruce LivingstoneBruce Livingstone is a Canadian entrepreneur who founded iStockphoto, an online distributor of stock photography. Livingstone started iStockphoto in 2000 as a project offering stock photos for free over the internet. In 2002, high monthly bandwidth bills prodded him to implement a payment/credit...
(born 1971), Canadian entrepreneur - Colin H. LivingstoneColin H. LivingstoneColin H. Livingstone was an American railroad executive and first president of the Boy Scouts of America. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on June 3, 1863, he died at age 79 on February 1, 1943 in Fisherville, Virginia....
, first president of the Boy Scouts of America - David N. LivingstoneDavid N. LivingstoneDavid N. Livingstone , OBE, MRIA, FBA, AcSS, MAE, is Professor of Geography and Intellectual History, at Queen's University Belfast.- Personal background :...
(born 1953), Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at Queen's University Belfast - Doug LivingstoneDoug LivingstoneDugald Livingstone was a Scottish football player and manager.He played fullback for Parkhead, Ashfield, Celtic, Dumbarton Harp , Everton, Plymouth Argyle, Aberdeen and Tranmere Rovers during an illustrious playing career before hanging up his boots and going into management.During his managerial...
(1898–1981), Scottish football player - Douglas Livingstone (poet)Douglas Livingstone (poet)Douglas Livingstone was a South African poet.He was born in Kuala Lumpur, but his family moved to Natal after his father was taken prisoner during the Japanese invasion of Malaya. He attended Kearsney College and in 1964, he started work as a marine biologist in Durban...
(1932–1996), South African poet - Eddie Livingstone (1884–1945), Canadian owner and manager of the Toronto Shamrocks and the Toronto Blue Shirts
- Frank Livingstone (bowls), New Zealand lawn bowler
- Ian LivingstoneIan LivingstoneIan Livingstone OBE is an English fantasy author and entrepreneur. He is a co-writer of the first Fighting Fantasy gamebook, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and co-founder of Games Workshop....
(born 1949), English fantasy author - Ken LivingstoneKen LivingstoneKenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party...
(born 1945), former Mayor of London - Marilyn LivingstoneMarilyn LivingstoneMarilyn Livingstone is a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician, who served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kirkcaldy constituency from 1999-2011....
(born 1952), Scottish Labour politician - Mary LivingstoneMary LivingstoneMary Livingstone , was an American radio comedienne and the wife and radio partner of comedy great Jack Benny . Enlisted almost entirely by accident to perform on her husband's popular program, she proved a talented comedienne...
(Sadye Marks) (1905–1983), American radio comedienne, widow and radio partner of Jack Benny - Nicole LivingstoneNicole LivingstoneNicole Dawn Livingstone OAM is a retired Australian Olympic swimmer and a television sports commentator and radio presenter. Livingstone competed for Australia in three summer Olympics - 1988, 1992, and 1996 - winning both individual and team medals...
(née Stevenson), Australian swimmer - Peadar LivingstonePeadar LivingstoneRev. Peadar Livingstone was a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Clogher, Ireland.-Biography of Peadar Livingstone:Peadar Livingstone was born in 1932 and raised in Castleblayney, County Monaghan. His father was a jeweller. He entered St. Macartan's College, Monaghan in 1945...
, Irish priest, linguist and local historian - Scott LivingstoneScott LivingstoneScott Louis Livingstone is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1991–98, for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals and Montreal Expos....
(born 1965), former professional baseball player - Sergio LivingstoneSergio LivingstoneSergio Roberto "Sapo" Livingstone Pohlhammer , affectionally called Sapito Livingstone, is a former Chilean goalkeeper, considered the first great footballer in the country's history, who later became a well regarded journalist. He was called El Sapo for his typical posture in the goal mouth...
(born 1920), former Chilean goalkeeper, nicknamed 'El Sapo' - Susan LivingstoneSusan LivingstoneSusan Morrisey Livingstone is a former Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy in the George W. Bush administration from January-February 2003. She was the first and is so far the only woman to become Secretary of the Navy in U.S. history. Livingstone played a role in the effort to end coercive and...
, American administrator and civil servant - Richard Winn Livingstone, gave the Rede Lecture in 1944 on Plato and modern education
- Terasa LivingstoneTerasa LivingstoneTerasa Livingstone is an Australian theatre, film and television actress.-Career:She began her career as a roving reporter for Agro's Cartoon Connection on the Seven Network, eventually taking over the role of co-host from Ann-Maree Biggar in 1996. She also served as a reporter for Seven's The...
(born 1975), Australian theatre, film and television actress - Paul LivingstonePaul LivingstonePaul Livingstone is an American sitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the few American disciples of Pt. Ravi Shankar, also trained under Rajeev Taranath and Amiya Dasgupta all of the Senia Maihar Gharana.-Career:...
American sitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Places
Most of these places are named for David Livingstone- Livingstone FallsLivingstone FallsLivingstone Falls — named for the explorer David Livingstone — are a succession of enormous rapids on the lower course of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa, downstream from Malebo Pool in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.-Description:Livingstone Falls consist of a series of rapids...
, waterfalls named after David Livingstone on the Congo River - Livingstone, ZambiaLivingstone, ZambiaLivingstone or Maramba is a historic colonial city and present capital of the Southern Province of Zambia, a tourism centre for the Victoria Falls lying north of the Zambezi River, and a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe on the other side of the Falls...
, city next to Victoria Falls - Livingstonia, Malawi
- Livingstone, Waikato, a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand
- Livingstone, OtagoLivingstone, OtagoLivingstone is a small settlement in inland North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is locaqted northeast of Danseys Pass, some 30 kilometres northwest of Oamaru....
, a settlement in New Zealand's South Island - Livingstone CollegeLivingstone CollegeLivingstone College is a private, historically black, four-year college in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church...
, North Carolina - Livingstone MountainsLivingstone MountainsThe Kipengere Range, also known as the Livingstone Mountains, lies in southwest Tanzania at the northern end of Lake Malawi. From the town of Mbeya the range runs south-east and forms part of the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, extending about 100 km down the north-eastern shore...
, Malawi - David Livingstone CentreDavid Livingstone CentreThe David Livingstone Centre is a museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, dedicated to the life and work of the Scottish explorer and missionary David Livingstone. The centre is operated by the National Trust for Scotland and is housed in a category A listed building...
, museum in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland - Livingstone Road, Hove
- Livingstone Street, Brighton
Other uses
- Churchill LivingstoneChurchill LivingstoneChurchill Livingstone is an imprint of a medical publishing company owned by Elsevier Ltd, but previously owned by Harcourt and Pearson. It was formed in 1971 from the merger of E & S Livingstone, Edinburgh, Scotland, and J & A Churchill, London, England. It is but now integrated with the rest of...
, medical publishing company - Livingstone, contemporary piano-making company in southern England
- Shire of Livingstone, former Local Government Area in Queensland, Australia
- Livingstone Cove, Nova ScotiaLivingstone Cove, Nova ScotiaLivingstone Cove is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Antigonish County.-References:*...
- Livingstone Christian College , Ormeau , Queenland , Australia
- Livingstone International, Distributors of Medical, Dental, Laboratory & Scientific & Veterinary Supplies
See also
- Clan MacLeaClan MacLeaThe Clan MacLea is a Highland Scottish clan, which was traditionally located in the district of Lorn in Argyll, Scotland, and is seated on the Isle of Lismore. There is a tradition of some MacLeas Anglicising their names to Livingstone, thus the also refers to clan as the Highland Livingstones...
, many of whose members, including David Livingstone, now bear the name Livingstone - Livingston, West Lothian, presumed origin of the name
- Living stone, common name for succulent plants of the genus Lithops
- LevingstonLevingstonLevingston is a family name that may refer to:* Bashir Levingston , football cornerback and kick returner* Cliff Levingston , former professional basketball player* James Levingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh , Scottish peer...
- Livingston (disambiguation)