Rockwell

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Contents 1 People 2 Companies 3 Places 3.1 United States 3.2 Other countries 4 Other

Rockwell can refer to:

[edit] People

• Dick Rockwell, an American comic strip and comic book artist, nephew of Norman Rockwell
• Francis W. Rockwell, a United States Congressman from Massachusetts
• George Lincoln Rockwell, a 1960s American Neo-Nazi leader
• Julius Rockwell, a United States politician from Massachusetts
• Lew Rockwell, libertarian and founder and president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute
• Norman Rockwell, a famous American painter
• Porter Rockwell, a colorful figure of the Wild West period of American History
• Rockwell Kent, an American artist
• Sam Rockwell, an American actor
• Thomas Rockwell, an American author and son of Norman Rockwell
• Willard Rockwell, a businessman who helped shape and name what became Rockwell International
• Rockwell (musician) (Kenneth William Gordy), a 1980s R&B musician
• Rockwell (keyboardist), keyboardist for Danava

[edit] Companies

• Rockwell International, a former defense company in the United States, portions of which are now owned by ArvinMeritor, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  • Rockwell Automation, an industrial automation company that descended from Rockwell International
  • Rockwell Collins, a communications and aviation electronics company that also descended from Rockwell International
  • Rockwell Semiconductor, a semiconductor company that also descended from Rockwell International, now known as Conexant

[edit] Places

[edit] United States

• Rockwell, Arkansas
• Rockwell, Iowa
• Rockwell City, Iowa
• Rockwell Township, Minnesota
• Rockwell, North Carolina
• Rockwell Field, a defunct United States Air Force base, San Diego, California
• The Norman Rockwell Museum, home to the world's largest collection of original Norman Rockwell art, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Fictional

• Rockwell, Maine, fictional setting of the 1999 animated film, The Iron Giant

[edit] Other countries

• Rockwell Center, an upscale urban area in Makati City, Philippines
• Rockwell College, a secondary school in South Tipperary, Ireland
• Rockwell Green, a village in West Somerset, England

[edit] Other

• Rockwell Arena, a simulation and automation software developed by Rockwell Automation
• Rockwell scale, a scale of material hardness
• Rockwell (typeface), a typeface
• Rockwell (CTA), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Brown Line