Pomeroy
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- Pomeroy, County TyronePomeroy, County TyronePomeroy is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the townland of Cavanakeeran, about from Cookstown, from Dungannon and from Omagh. The 2001 Census recorded a population of 604 people....
, a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland - Pomeroy (townland), a townland in the parish of DesertcreatDesertcreatDesertcreat is a parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The civil parish of Desertcreat is in the eastern part of County Tyrone in the barony Dungannon Upper, immediately south of the parish of Derryloran, which contains the town of Cookstown, and immediately north of the parish of Pomeroy...
, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland - Pomeroy, Derbyshire, England
- Pomeroy, IowaPomeroy, IowaPomeroy is a city in Calhoun County, Iowa, United States. The population was 662 at the 2010 census.- History :On July 6, 1893, Pomeroy was struck by a tornado that was later estimated to be F5 on the Fujita scale. With a damage path wide and long, the tornado destroyed about 80% of the homes in...
, USA - Pomeroy, OhioPomeroy, OhioPomeroy is a village in and the county seat of Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,966 at the 2000 census. During the late 19th century, Pomeroy was an important producer of coal and salt...
, USA - Pomeroy, South Africa
- Pomeroy, WashingtonPomeroy, WashingtonPomeroy is a city in Garfield County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,425 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Garfield County.-Geography: Pomeroy is located at ....
, USA - Pomeroy Living History FarmPomeroy Living History FarmThe Pomeroy Living History Farm is a 501 non-profit farm museum on the National Register of Historic Places. Located in Yacolt, Washington, the site is an interactive recreation of a 1920s working farm, based on the original Pomeroy family's 1910 home and outlying structures and occupying 60 of the...
in Yacolt, Washington, USA
People
- Ben PomeroyBen PomeroyBen Pomeroy is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition. Pomeroy previously played for the Penrith Panthers and his position of choice is at .-Playing career:Pomeroy made his first grade debut with the Panthers in...
(born 1984), Australian rugby player - Charles PomeroyCharles PomeroyCharles Pomeroy was a one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district.Born in Meriden, Connecticut, Pomeroy received an academic education.He studied and practiced law....
(1825–1891), American politician from Iowa - Duane PomeroyDuane PomeroyDuane Pomeroy is a Kansas politician and teacher who has served on the Topeka city council continuously since January 1993, was deputy mayor of Topeka, Kansas under Butch Felker, and then became acting mayor from November 2003 to early January 2004 after a scandal forced Felker's resignation...
(born 1952), American politician from Kansas - Earl PomeroyEarl PomeroyEarl Pomeroy is a lobbyist and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 until 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party.- Early life, education and career :...
(born 1952), American politician from North Dakota - F. W. PomeroyF. W. PomeroyFrederick William Pomeroy RA was a prolific British sculptor of architectural and monumental works.He was born in London, the son of an artist-craftsman. He trained with William Silver Frith at the South London Technical School of Art , where he was also taught by Jules Dalou...
(1856–1924), British sculptor - Herb PomeroyHerb PomeroyIrving Herbert "Herb" Pomeroy, III was an influential swing and bebop jazz trumpeter and educator...
(1930–2007), American musician - Jesse PomeroyJesse PomeroyJesse Harding Pomeroy was the youngest person convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.-Background:...
(1859–1932), American killer - Jim PomeroyJim PomeroyJim Pomeroy was a professional motocross racer. In 1973, he became the first American rider to win a FIM world championship motocross race when he rode a Bultaco Pursang to victory in the 1973 250cc Spanish motocross Grand Prix...
, (1952–2006), American motocross racer - John PomeroyJohn PomeroyJohn Pomeroy is an American animator who has worked for several major studios, including The Walt Disney Company and Sullivan Bluth Studios...
(born 1951), American animator - John Norton PomeroyJohn Norton PomeroyJohn Norton Pomeroy was an American lawyer and legal writer, born in Rochester, N. Y., where he practiced law for many years following his graduation from Hamilton College and his admittance to the state bar in 1851...
(1828–1885), American lawyer and legal writer - Laurence PomeroyLaurence PomeroyLaurence Henry Pomeroy was an English automotive engineer.Laurence Pomeroy was born in London and after leaving school served as an apprentice with the North London Railway Company. From there he became a draughtsman with Thornycroft in Basingstoke before moving to Vauxhall Motors in Luton in...
(1883-1941), British automotive engineer - Ralph PomeroyRalph PomeroyRalph Hayward Pomeroy was an American gynecologist who became posthumously famous for the female sterilization procedure that he had developed and now carries his name as the Pomeroy tubal ligation....
(1867–1925), American gynecologist - Ralph Pomeroy (poet)Ralph Pomeroy (poet)Ralph Pomeroy was an American poet.-Biography:Born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in Winnetka, Illinois. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Illinois. At eighteen he had already published poems in "Poetry", which was one of the leading poetry magazines...
(1926–1999), American poet - Ralph E. PomeroyRalph E. PomeroyRalph E. Pomeroy was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions onOctober 15, 1952.-Medal of Honor citation:...
(1930–1952), American soldier - Samuel C. PomeroySamuel C. PomeroySamuel Clarke Pomeroy was an American Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives...
(1816–1891), American politician from Kansas and railroad businessman - Seth PomeroySeth PomeroySeth Pomeroy was an American gunsmith and soldier from Northampton, Massachusetts. His military service included the French and Indian War and the early stages of the American Revolutionary War...
(1706–1777), American gunsmith and soldier - Theodore Medad PomeroyTheodore Medad PomeroyTheodore Medad Pomeroy was a United States politician. He served in the House of Representatives as a Republican from New York from 1861 to 1869. He also served as the Speaker of the House for about a day...
(1824–1905), American politician from New York - Wardell PomeroyWardell PomeroyWardell Baxter Pomeroy was an American sexologist and co-author with Alfred C. Kinsey. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated from Indiana University and earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1954 from Columbia University...
(1913–2001), American sexologist - Wesley PomeroyWesley PomeroyWesley A.C. Pomeroy was an American lawyer, Assistant US Attorney General, Federal Coordinator for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Assistant Director of the DEA, and founding member of various humanitarian and policy-making organizations.-Early years:Pomeroy was born in Burbank, CA...
(1920–1998), American lawyer and public servant
Other
- Pomeroy, a residence hall at Wellesley College
- Pomeroy (band)Pomeroy (band)Pomeroy is a band that had significant success throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s in the Midwest. Blending hip-hop and funk, the group was able to draw a large following during that time period, but has fallen in relative obscurity due to lack of touring and publicity.- Biography :Pomeroy...
, a band from Kansas City - USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR-316)USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR-316)USNS Pomeroy is one of Military Sealift Command's nineteen Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and is part of the 33 ships in the Prepositioning Program. She is a Watson-class vehicle cargo ship....
, U.S. Navy cargo ship