Atwood

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Atwood may refer to:

[edit] Places

In the United States of America:

• Atwood, Placentia, California
• Atwood, Colorado
• Atwood, Illinois
• Atwood, Indiana
• Atwood, Kansas
• Atwood, Michigan
• Atwood, Oklahoma
• Atwood, Pennsylvania
• Atwood, Tennessee

In Canada:

• Atwood, Ontario

[edit] People

• Brett Atwood, a journalist, online editor and academic
• J. Leland Atwood, a pioneer aviator
• Casey Atwood, an American NASCAR driver
• Colleen Atwood, an Academy Award-winning costume designer
• Donald J. Atwood Jr., a US Deputy Secretary of Defense
• Donna Atwood, an American figure skater
• Duncan Atwood, an American javelin thrower
• George Atwood, an English mathematician, inventor of the Atwood machine
• Harry Atwood, (1884-1967) a pioneer American aviator, landed Wright aeroplane on White House South Lawn, 1911. Given gold medal by President Taft for this feat
• Margaret Atwood, a Canadian novelist and literary critic
• Wallace Walter Atwood, an American geographer and geologist
• Lawrence Atwood, winner of the 2004 Wellston Coal Festival Senior King
• Jeanette Atwood, parter of Lawrence Atwood in winning 2004 Wellston Coal Festival Senior Queen

Fictional

• Ryan Atwood, a character on the television series The O.C.

[edit] Other

• Atwood (crater), a crater on the moon named after George Atwood
• Atwood Stadium, an athletic facility in Flint, Michigan