Whiting 351614 217721853 2008-06-07T10:30:32Z 214.13.24.91 '''Whiting''' is the name of several species of fish: *''[[Merlangius merlangus]]'', the original species to receive the name; a common food fish of the cod family found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean around Europe and the Mediterranean regions *[[Whiting (fish) (disambiguation)]], various other fish species in North America, Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific region '''Whiting''' may also refer to: *Powdered and washed white [[chalk]] ([[calcium carbonate]]), used in putty, metal polish, whitewash and sometimes added to paint to improve the paint's opacity ==Places== In the United States of America: * [[Whiting, Indiana]] * [[Whiting, Iowa]] * [[Whiting, Kansas]] * [[Whiting, Maine]] * [[Whiting, Missouri]] * [[Whiting, New Jersey]] * [[Whiting, Vermont]] * [[Whiting, Wisconsin]] ==Surname== According to the 1990 U.S. Census, '''Whiting''' is the 2565th most popular surname in the United States, carried by 0.005% of the population. * [[Charlie Whiting]], FIA Formula One race director * [[Danny Whiting]], fictional character in BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' * E.M. Whiting, captain of the [[USS Massachusetts (BB-54)|USS ''Massachusetts'' (BB-54)]] in the 1920s * [[John Whiting]] (1917-1963), John Robert Whiting, English dramatist and critic * [[Justin Rice Whiting]] (1847-1903), Michigan politician * [[Leonard Whiting]] (b. 1950), British actor * [[Margaret Whiting]] (b. 1924), traditional pop music singer, daughter of [[Richard A. Whiting]] * [[Margaret Whiting (actress)]], British actress * [[Napoleon Whiting]] (1910-1984), African-American character actor * [[Nathan Whiting]] (1724-1771), soldier and merchant in colonial America * Richard Whiting (1500s), last abbot of Glastonbury Abbey before [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] - see [[Little Jack Horner]] * [[Richard A. Whiting]] (1891-1938), writer of popular songs, father of [[Margaret Whiting]] and [[Barbara Whiting Smith]] * Roy William Whiting (b. 1959), car mechanic and murderer: see [[Murder of Sarah Payne]] * [[William Whiting]] (1825 – 1878), English writer and hymnist, wrote the words to "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" (The Navy Hymn) * [[William Whiting (politician)]] (1813-1873), Massachusetts * [[William Whiting II (politician)]] (1841-1911), Massachusetts * [[William F. Whiting]] (1864-1936), William Fairfield Whiting, Massachusetts politician * [[William H. C. Whiting]] (1824-1865), William Henry Chase Whiting, American Civil War army officers ==Other== *[[Whiting Writers' Award]] *[[Whiting School of Engineering|The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering]] [[Category:Surnames]] {{disambig}} [[de:Whiting]] [[nl:Whiting]] [[pl:Whiting]] [[vo:Whiting]]