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35º26N 100º16W, pop (2000e) 1400. Seat of Wheeler Co, Texas, USA; first settled by ranchers in 1881; the town prospered after oil was discovered (c.1928); commercial centre of a rich farming and ranching area; petroleum production; birthplace of Alan Bean, the main street is named after him.

Wheeler, first African-American mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan Alison Wheeler, British political activist Alwyne Wheeler, an ichthyologist after whom the Society for the History of Natural History named their annual Alwyne Wheeler Bursary Anne Wheeler, Canadian film and television director Benjamin Ide Wheeler – Former President of the University of California Benjamin Wheeler – Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1766-1776 Bert Wheeler, American comedian Candace Wheeler, founder of the Society of Decorative Art in New York City (1877) Charles Wheeler (painter) Charles Wheeler (cinematographer) Sir Charles Wheeler, a journalist with the BBC. Charles Wheeler (homeopathist) Charles Wheeler (politician) - former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, USA and current Missouri State Senator Sir Charles Wheeler (sculptor) - President of the Royal Academy of Art Cheryl Wheeler, American Singer-songwriter Caron Wheeler, English R&B singer Damen Wheeler, XFL cornerback Dan Wheeler, Major League Baseball pitcher David John Wheeler, a computer scientist who together with Michael Burrows invented the Burrows-Wheeler transform David Wheeler, movie and television actor, writer, and director. Ellen Wheeler, American actress Erica Wheeler, American folk singer-songwriter Major G Felix Wheeler is the Crown Equerry George Campbell Wheeler, Lieutenant Colonel in the British Indian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I George Godfrey Massy Wheeler, Major in the British Indian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I George Montague Wheeler, 19th century U.S. Army Captain, explorer and cartographer of the western United States Harold Wheeler, composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger, record producer, and music director. John Archibald Wheeler, an American physicist who coined the term black hole Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, a conservative British historian of German and diplomatic history John Wheeler (ironmaster) of Wollaston, Stourbridge, England (died 1708) John Wheeler (commerce), an English businessman John Wheeler (actor), an actor John Wheeler (audio/video technologist) of Berkeley, California Sir John Wheeler, British politician and Northern Ireland Office minister John C. Kenny Wheeler, Canadian composer Lucille Wheeler, Canadian Alpine skiing world champion Maggie Wheeler, American actress Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler, a British archaeologist famous for his work on the Indus Valley Civilization Nathaniel Wheeler, 1800s businessman in Bridgeport, CT, United States Nick Wheeler, guitarist of The All-American Rejects band Peter Wheeler, England rugby union international footballer Roger Wheeler (British military) Roger Wheeler (United States businessman) - former CEO of Telex Captain Roger W. drummer in the American rock band "This Hollywood Machine" Wilson Roy Wheeler, Australian ornithologist Wheeler Hazard Peckham, American lawyer Wheeler Thackston, orientalist

Bands

18 Wheeler Scottish rock band

Fictional characters

Charlie Wheeler, Friends (TV series) Matthew Wheeler (Captain Planet character)' Wheeler, in science fiction novel, Signal to Noise Joey Wheeler or his sister Serenity Wheeler of Yu-Gi-Oh! Rick Wheeler, a.k.a.

US towns

Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii Wheeler, Illinois Wheeler, New York Wheeler, Oregon Wheeler, Texas Wheeler, Wisconsin

US counties

Wheeler County, Georgia Wheeler County, Nebraska Wheeler County, Texas

US mountains

Wheeler Peak (New Mexico) Wheeler Peak (Nevada)

US Secondary Schools

Joseph Wheeler High School
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