Gainsborough
Gainsborough commonly refers to
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), English painter
- Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England
Gainsborough or Gainsboro /ˈɡeɪnzbərə/ may also refer to:
Places
- Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)
- Gainsborough, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Gainsborough, New South Wales, Australia
- Gainsborough, Ipswich, England
- Gainsboro, Roanoke, Virginia
People
- Earl of Gainsborough, a title in the peerage of England and the peerage of the United Kingdom
- Humphrey Gainsborough (1718-1776), English minister and engineer
- William Gainsborough (d.1307), Bishop of Winchester
- Aerith Gainsborough, a fictional character from Final Fantasy VII
Other
- Gainsborough (crater), on the planet Mercury
- Gainsborough (horse), the 1918 Triple Crown Champion of English Thoroughbred Racing
- HMS Gainsborough, two ships of the Royal Navy
- Gainsborough Pictures, a London-based film studio, active between 1924 and 1951
- Gainsborough melodramas, a group of films made by the studio
- Gainsborough chair, a type of chair made in 18th century England
- Gainsborough hat, a hat in the style of those in Thomas Gainsborough's paintings
- Gainsboro, a color in the X11 color scheme
- a mullein (plants in the genus Verbascum) cultivar
See also
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