Ivor

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Ivor may refer to:

• the Ivor music award, named after Ivor Novello
• Ivor, Virginia, a small U.S. town
• Ivor Wynne Stadium, a football stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Ivor the Engine, a character on a British TV show for children
• Ivor Prime, a fictional planet in Star Trek

[edit] People named Ivor

Artists:

• Ivor Gurney (1890-1937), an English composer and poet
• Ivor Novello (1893-1951), a British entertainer
• Ivor Mairants (1908-1998), a British-Polish guitarist
• Ivor Hele (1912-1993), an Australian painter
• Ivor Darreg (1917-1994), an American composer
• Ivor Roberts (1925-1999), a British actor and television presenter
• Ivor Cutler (1923-2006), a Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist
• Ivor Emmanuel (born 1927), a British opera singer

Politicians:

• Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873-1939), a British politician
• Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (1835-1914), father of Ivor Churchill Guest
• Joseph Ivor Linton (1900-1982), a Russian-Israeli diplomat
• Ivor Richard, Baron Richard (born 1932), a British politician
• David Ivor Young, Baron Young of Graffham (born 1932), a British politician and businessman
• Ivor Roberts (born 1946), the current British ambassador to Italy
• Ivor Callely (born 1958), an Irish politician
• Ivor Caplin (born 1958), a British politician

Sportsmen:

• Ivor Jones (1901-1982), a Welsh rugby union player
• Ivor Bueb (1923-1959), a British Formula One driver
• Ivor Allchurch (1929-1997), a Welsh footballer

Other professions:

• Ivor Wood (1932-2004), a British stop-motion animator
• Ivor Catt (born 1935), a British electronics engineer
• Ivor Grattan-Guinness, a British historian of mathematics and logic

Other:

• Ivor Affectionate name for the wind that blows from the East through the Dyfi Valley in Wales and into the Dyfi estuary creating excellent conditions for kitesurfing and windsurfing.
• Ivor the Engine Driver is the name of a man mentioned in the song A Quick One, While He's Away by The Who.