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'''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]]
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