Stanley
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Numerous people, places and things are named Stanley or Stanly.
People
Stanley is a prevalent personal name in England and in some other English-speaking countries. Famous people named Stanley include:
- Henry Morton Stanley, the journalist who "found" David Livingstone. ("Stanley and Livingstone" was a famous phrase.)
- Charles Henry Stanley (1819 - 1901) who was the first chess champion of the United States.
- The Stanley Family were lords of the Isle of Man for hundreds of years.
- Stanley Kubrick, American film director
- Stan Laurel the comedian who worked with Oliver Hardy
- Frederick Trent Stanley founder of the Stanley Works in 1843
Places
There are numerous places named Stanley, including:
In Australia:
- Stanley, Tasmania
In Canada:
- Stanley Rural Municipality, Manitoba
- Stanley, New Brunswick
- Stanley Township, Ontario
- Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island
In the Falkland Islands
- Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
In Hong Kong:
In England:
In Scotland:
- Stanley, Perthshire popular for canoeing
In the United States of America:
- Stanley, Idaho
- Stanley, Iowa
- Stanley, Louisiana
- Stanley Township, Minnesota
- Stanley, North Carolina
- Stanley, North Dakota
- Stanley, Virginia
- Stanley, Wisconsin
- Stanley (town), Wisconsin
- Stanley County, South Dakota
Other
- The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually by the National Hockey League.
- The Stanley Steamer was a steam-powered automobile which set the world land speed record in 1906.
- The Stanley Steamer Company which built steam automobiles from 1901-1924..
- Stanley Knife a sharp utility knife made by the Stanley Works.
- The name of a cartoon series by Murray Ball