Pinkerton

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Pinkerton may refer to:

Locations

• Pinkerton, Ontario
• Pinkerton (detective agency), a detective agency founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton
• Pinkerton Academy, a high school in Derry, New Hampshire

People

• Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), detective and spy
• Bill Pinkerton, Scottish footballer
• Brian Pinkerton (active from 2004), American author of fiction in the suspense, thriller, mystery and horror genres
• David Pinkerton (1836–1906), New Zealand politician
• Godfrey Pinkerton (1858–1937), British architect
• Henry Pinkerton (1915–86), Scottish footballer
• James Pinkerton (born 1958), American columnist, author, and political analyst
• Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton (born 1960), British private secretary in the Royal Household
• Jay Pinkerton (born 1977), humorist
• John Pinkerton (1758–1826), Scottish pseudo-historian
• John Pinkerton (politician) (1845–1908), Irish politician and Member of Parliament
• John Pinkerton (computer designer) (1919–97), British computer designer
• Louis Pinkerton (active from 2007), American politician (North Dakota)
• Mike Pinkerton (active from 1997), American software engineer
• Nancy Pinkerton (1940–2010), American actress
• Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946), English translator and poet
• Robert Pinkerton (1780–1859), Scottish missionary, linguist, translator and author
• William Pinkerton (1810–1893), early South Australian settler

Fictional characters

• Pinkalicious Pinkerton
• Pinky Pinkerton, fictional character in Marvel Comics
• Lieutenant Pinkerton, character in Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly

Other uses

• Pinkerton (album), a 1996 album by Weezer
• The Pinkertons, American Western action-adventure detective television series

See also

• Anti-Pinkerton Act, a U.S. law of 1893
• Little Miss Pinkerton, Our Gang short comedy film of 1943
• Nat Pinkerton in the Fight (German: Nat Pinkerton im Kampf), 1920 German film
• Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640 (1946), a U.S. Supreme Court case
  • Pinkerton liability, a basis of conspiracy liability derived from Pinkerton v. United States
• The Pinkerton Labor Spy, 1907 book which exposed intrigue and abuses by the Pinkerton Detective Agency
• Pinkerton Lecture, annual lecture named after computer designer John Pinkerton and organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Pinkerton Thugs, punk band from Kennebunk, Maine
• Pinkerton's Assorted Colours, mid-1960s pop band from England
• Pinkerton's Landing Bridge, railroad bridge in Pennsylvania
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• All pages beginning with Pinkerton