McCandless

McCandless

McCandless can refer to:

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People

  • Al McCandless (born 1927), U.S. Congressman
  • Billy McCandless (1894-1955), former Northern Irish professional footballer
  • Christopher McCandless (1968-1992), American hiker who died in Alaska; subject of the non-fiction book Into the Wild
  • Bruce McCandless (1911-1968), a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Bruce McCandless II (born 1937), astronaut who made the first untethered spacewalk
  • Byron McCandless (1881-1967), a vexillologist and commodore in the U.S. Navy
  • Lincoln Loy McCandless (1859–1940), American cattle rancher, industrialist and politician from Hawaii
  • Paul McCandless (born 1947), American jazz woodwind player and composer
  • Stanley McCandless, widely considered to be the first theatrical lighting educator
  • William McCandless (1834-1884), Union Army officer in the American Civil War and later member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

Places

Other uses

  • The McCandless Method for stage lighting, authored by Stanley McCandless
  • USS McCandless (FF-1084), a U.S. Navy frigate named for Byron and Bruce McCandless

See also

  • McCanless or McCanles Gang, a possibly fictional outlaw gang in the American West of the early 1860s
  • McCandles, protagonist family in the film Big Jake

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  • McCandless — Der Name McCandless bezeichnet einen Ort in Pennsylvania, USA, siehe McCandless (Pennsylvania) den US amerikanischen Astronauten Bruce McCandless (* 1937) den US amerikanischen Abenteurer Christopher McCandless (1968–1992) den US amerikanischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • McCandless — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. McCandless est un patronyme anglo saxon. Personnalités Bruce McCandless II (1937 ), astronaute américain Christopher McCandless (1968–1992), aventurier… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • McCandless — This interesting and unusual surname is of Irish and Scottish origin, and is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic MacCuind(i)lis , a patronymic from the personal name Cuindleas , of uncertain origin, however, it may refer to a hound. The surname is… …   Surnames reference

  • McCandless, Pennsylvania — McCandless Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania   Home Rule Municipality   …   Wikipedia

  • McCandless Archeological Site — U.S. National Register of Historic Places Nearest city: Elkton, Maryland …   Wikipedia

  • McCandless Township — McCandless Township, PA U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 29022 Housing Units (2000): 11697 Land area (2000): 16.542819 sq. miles (42.845702 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.112148 sq. miles (0.290462 sq. km) Total area… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • McCandless Township, PA — U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 29022 Housing Units (2000): 11697 Land area (2000): 16.542819 sq. miles (42.845702 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.112148 sq. miles (0.290462 sq. km) Total area (2000): 16.654967 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • McCandless — /meuh kand lis/, n. a town in SW Pennsylvania. 26,250. * * * …   Universalium

  • McCandless — /meuh kand lis/, n. a town in SW Pennsylvania. 26,250 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Christopher McCandless — A self portrait of Christopher McCandless in his camp on the Stampede Trail was found undeveloped in his camera after his death. Born February 12, 1968(1968 02 12) El Segundo, California …   Wikipedia

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