Sinclair
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Places:
- Lake SinclairLake SinclairLake Sinclair is a man-made lake in central Georgia near Milledgeville. It is operated by Georgia Power.- Location :Located in the central region of Georgia, on the Oconee River, Lake Sinclair stretches through the counties of Baldwin, Hancock, and Putnam, Lake Sinclair was created in 1953...
, near Milledgeville, Georgia - Sinclair, IowaSinclair, IowaSinclair is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Iowa, United States. It was a frequent stop for the Underground Railroad during and before the American Civil War. The town was founded in 1843. Prior to the founding of the town it was nothing more than a railroad stop. Throughout the...
- Sinclair, WyomingSinclair, WyomingSinclair is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The town was originally called Parco, after the Producers & Refiners Corporation which founded the refinery and the company town. It was renamed Sinclair after PARCO was acquired during the Great Depression by Sinclair Consolidated Oil...
- Sinclair Mills, British ColumbiaSinclair Mills, British ColumbiaSinclair Mills is a community located on the north bank of the Fraser River between McGregor and Longworth in central British Columbia.Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train calls at the Sinclair Mills railway station....
- Sinclair Township, MinnesotaSinclair Township, MinnesotaSinclair Township is a township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 175 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles , of which 34.5 square miles is land and 1.7 square...
People:
- Sinclair (surname)Sinclair (surname)The Scoto-Norman surname Sinclair comes from the Clan Sinclair whose progenitors conquered England with William the Conqueror then moved to Scotland and were given the land of Roslin, Midlothian by the King of Scots....
, list of people with this surname - Clan SinclairClan SinclairClan Sinclair is a Highland Scottish clan of Norman origin who held lands in the north of Scotland, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians which they received from the Kings of Scots...
, Scottish family - Clive SinclairClive SinclairSir Clive Marles Sinclair is a British entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
, electronics pioneer - Lord SinclairLord SinclairLord Sinclair is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1449 for William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney. In 1470, Lord Orkney surrendered the earldom in return for the earldom of Caithness. In 1477, Lord Caithness wished to disinherit his eldest son from his first marriage to Lady...
, a title in the Peerage of Scotland - Sinclair LewisSinclair LewisHarry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of...
, Nobel Prize-winning American writer - Upton SinclairUpton SinclairUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...
, Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer
Companies:
- Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast GroupThe Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
, operator of American television stations - Sinclair Oil, American petroleum company
- Sinclair Radionics Ltd, British electronics company founded in 1961
- Sinclair Research Ltd, British consumer electronics company founded in 1973
Schools:
- Sinclair (High School)Sinclair (High School)Sinclair is a high school in the Swedish city of Uddevalla. The school carries four art-based educations; Music, Art, Dance and theatre; as well as a media education...
, Uddevalla, Sweden - Sinclair Community CollegeSinclair Community CollegeSinclair Community College is an urban community college located in downtown Dayton, Ohio and is the largest community college at a single location in the state of Ohio....
, Dayton, Ohio, U.S. - Sinclair Secondary SchoolSinclair Secondary SchoolSinclair Secondary School is located in Whitby, Ontario, Canada within the Durham District School Board. It serves students in grades nine through twelve in the North Whitby area. It is also the Whitby site for students in gifted education, French immersion, and special education programs...
, Ontario, Canada
Highways:
- Sinclair FreewaySinclair FreewayThe Sinclair Freeway refers to portions of two freeways in California:*Interstate 680 - between US 101 and the Alameda County line*Interstate 280 - between Interstate 880 and US 101...
(Interstate 680Interstate 680 (California)Interstate 680 is a north–south Interstate Highway in Northern California. It curves around the eastern cities of the San Francisco Bay Area from San Jose to Interstate 80 at Cordelia, bypassing cities along the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay such as Oakland and Richmond while serving...
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Ships:
- USS Sinclair (a United States Navy destroyer named for Captain Arthur SinclairArthur SinclairCommodore Arthur Sinclair was an early American naval hero, who served in the U.S. Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War and in the War of 1812...
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Fictitious characters
- Augustus SinclairAugustus SinclairAugustus Sinclair, Esq. is a fictional character in the 2K video game BioShock 2. He was one of the leading figures in Rapture's science community and an important business figure...
, a fictional character in the 2010 video game BioShock 2 - Jeffrey SinclairJeffrey SinclairJeffrey Sinclair is a character in the fictional universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5, played by actor Michael O'Hare. He was a regular in the first season of the show, as Commander of the Babylon 5 station, and made a number of guest appearances afterward.-Early life and...
, a character from US TV series Babylon 5 - Lord Brett Sinclair from the 1971 TV series The Persuaders!The Persuaders!The Persuaders! is a 1971 action/adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment for initial broadcast on ITV and ABC. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that had begun eleven years earlier with Danger Man in 1960", as well as "the most ambitious and most...
- Dinosaur Family in Jim Henson produced DinosaursDinosaurs (TV series)Dinosaurs is an American family sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Television in association with Walt Disney Television and Buena Vista...
TV series.
See also
- Saint ClairSaint ClairSaint Clair may refer to:-In Canada:* St. Clair, Ontario* St. Clair River* In Toronto:** St. Clair ** St. Clair West...
- Saint Clare (disambiguation)
- Santa Clara (disambiguation)