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The name Darwin may refer to various places, things, and people, including:
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The word "Darwin", when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language, many of which are associated with the pre-eminent naturalist Charles Darwin who became famous as a result of his theory of the evolution of The Origin of Species via natural selection. In the list below, confirmed namesakes of Charles Darwin are denoted by asterisks (*).
People:
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882), renowned naturalist and thinker
- Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), Charles' grandfather, himself a naturalist and doctor with early published ideas about evolution
- George Darwin (1845–1912), Charles' son, astronomer and mathematician
- Leonard Darwin (1850–1943), Charles' son, economist, eugenicist, and politician
- Charles Galton Darwin (1887–1962), George's son, mathematician, physicist and eugenicist
- ...and other members of the Darwin — Wedgwood family.
- Mike Darwin (1955–), cryonics pioneer, writer, leader and scientific researcher; no relation to Charles
- Darwin (comics)*, a fictional character in Marvel Comics' X-Men series, named so for the power of "reactive evolution"
Places:
Australia:
- Darwin, Northern Territory*, a regional Australian city, capital of the Northern Territory
- Charles Darwin National Park*, a small nature reserve and World War II heritage site in the Northern Territory
- Darwin Meteorite Impact Crater*, Western Tasmania
- Darwin, Tasmania*, Western Tasmania
- Mount Darwin, Tasmania*, mountain in Tasmania
- Darwin Dam, Tasmania*, a Hydro Tasmania Dam
United States:
Other places:
Fictional places:
- Darwin IV, the planet visited in Expedition by Wayne Douglas Barlowe
Institutions:
Computing:
Other uses:
- Darwin (ESA), a multiple-satellite project planned by the European Space Agency
- Darwin Medal*, an award given by the Royal Society (London)
- Darwin Awards*, an award for people who help the gene pool by dying through their own stupidity
- Darwin fish*, a well-known parody of the ichthys symbol (also known as the "Jesus fish")
- RRS Charles Darwin*, a research vessel of the UK Natural Environment Research Council
- Darwin's finches*, the genus of finches Darwin studied during his visit to the Galápagos Islands
- Darwin (unit), a unit of evolution
- Darwin!, an LP released in 1972 by Italian progressive rock band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
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