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'''Acton''' may refer to:
==Places==
===England===
* [[Acton, Cheshire]]
* [[Acton, Dorset]]
* [[Acton, Staffordshire]]
* [[Acton, Shropshire]]
* [[Acton, Worcestershire]]
* [[Acton, Suffolk]]
* [[Acton, London]]
* [[Acton, Northumberland]]
Also:
* [[Acton Beauchamp]], Herefordshire
* [[Acton Bridge]], Cheshire
* [[Acton Burnell]], Shropshire
* [[Acton Green]], Herefordshire
* [[Acton Pigott]], Shropshire
* [[Acton Place]], Suffolk
* [[Acton Reynald]], Shropshire
* [[Acton Round]], Shropshire
* [[Acton Scott]], Shropshire
* [[Acton Trussell]], Staffordshire
* [[Acton Turville]], South Gloucestershire
===Northern Ireland===
*[[Acton, County Armagh]]
===Wales===
* [[Acton, Wrexham]]
===United States===
*[[Acton, Alabama]]
*[[Acton, California]]
*[[Acton, Indiana]]
*[[Acton, Kentucky]]
*[[Acton, Massachusetts]]
*[[Acton, Maine]]
*[[Acton Township, Minnesota]]
*[[Acton, Montana]]
*[[Acton, North Carolina]]
*[[Acton Township, North Dakota]]
*[[Acton, New Jersey]]
*[[Acton, Tennessee]]
*[[Acton, Texas]]
*[[Acton State Historic Site]], Texas
===Canada===
*[[Acton, Ontario]]
*[[Actons Corners, Ontario]]
*[[Acton Island, Ontario]] in the District of Muskoka
*[[Acton, New Brunswick]]
*[[Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec]] (MRC d'Acton) - This contains the town of [[Acton Vale, Quebec|Acton Vale]], [[Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton]], [[Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Quebec|Saint-Théodore-d'Acton]], and other municipalities. '''Saint-André-d'Acton''' used to be one of these municipalities until a reorganization in 2000 removed it.[http://www.mrcacton.qc.ca/Territoire.htm]
*[[Acton, Saskatchewan]]
===Australia===
*[[Acton, Australian Capital Territory]], suburb of Canberra
*[[Acton, Tasmania]], suburb of Burnie, Tasmania
*[[Acton Park, Tasmania]], suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, is formerly known as '''Acton'''
==People==
The people of this name include:
*[[John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton]]: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian.
**[[Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton]], his great-grandson, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[British Peerage|peer]] and [[life peer]].
*[[Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet]], his grandfather, admiral and [[Prime Minister]] of the [[Kingdom of Naples]].
**[[Charles Januarius Edward Acton]], his uncle, [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] of [[Santa Maria della Pace]].
*[[Joseph Edward Acton]] (1737-1808), his great-uncle, brother of the Prime Minister
**[[Ferdinand Acton]], his second cousin, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept [[Garibaldi]] at [[Marsala]].
*[[Harold Acton]], his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dillettante.
*[[Keith Acton]], former [[National Hockey League]] player.
*[[Edward Acton]] (d. 1707), British naval captain
*[[Thomas Acton]] (1662-1721), English Jesuit
*[[Minor Men in Shannara#Acton|Acton]], a minor character in ''[[The Sword of Shannara]]'' by Terry Brooks.
==Other==
*An [[Installation art|installation]] by [[James Turrell]] at the [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]].
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