Information about Birmingham (disambiguation)

Birmingham is a city in England. It is the second largest city in the United Kingdom, and the largest place commonly known as Birmingham.

Birmingham can also refer to:

Geographic namesakes

United States
Birmingham, Alabama, the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the largest Birmingham in the U.S.
Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area
Birmingham, Connecticut
Birmingham, a community in Johns Creek, Georgia
Birmingham, Iowa
Birmingham, Michigan
Birmingham, Missouri
Birmingham in Pemberton Township, New Jersey
Birmingham, Ohio
Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Birmingham, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Birmingham Township, Illinois
Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania

People

Billy Birmingham (born 1953), Australian humorist
Christian Birmingham, British illustrator
Dan Birmingham, American boxing trainer
George Birmingham (born 1954), Irish politician
Joe Birmingham (1884 — 1946), American baseball player
John Birmingham (born 1964), Australian author
Simon Birmingham (born 1974), Australian politician
Stephen Birmingham (born 1932), American author
Tom Birmingham (born 1949), American politician

Ships

Royal Navy
HMS Birmingham (1913), a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1913 and sold in 1931
HMS Birmingham (C19), a cruiser launched in 1936 and broken up in 1960
HMS Birmingham (D86), a Type 42 destroyer in service from 1976 to 1999
United States Navy
USS Birmingham (CL-2), a light cruiser in service from 1908 to 1923
USS Birmingham (CL-62), a light cruiser, in service from 1943 to 1946 and involved in heavy fighting in the Pacific Ocean during World War II
USS Birmingham (SSN-695), a Los Angeles class nuclear attack submarine in service from 1978 to 1997

Airports

Other

Birmingham City Council (BCC)
Birmingham (crater), a lunar crater named for John Birmingham
Birmingham City Football Club, an English football team that currently play in the English Premier League
"Birmingham", for DFS Classic, a tennis tournament held in Birmingham, England
Birmingham High School in Los Angeles, California, USA

In art and literature

"Birmingham" (1974), a song by Randy Newman
"Birmingham" (1996), a song by Amanda Marshall
"Birmingham" (2001), a song by the Drive-By Truckers
"Birmingham, Alabama" (1969), a song by Harry Belafonte and R. B. Greaves
Birmingham class battleship, a type of fictional spaceship in the anime Gundam 0083

City of Birmingham
Birmingham Skyline viewed from Centenary Square

Coat of Arms of the City Council
Nickname: "Brum = Scum", "Brummagem", "Second City", "Workshop of the World", "City of a Thousand Trades"
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Birmingham, Alabama

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Nickname: "The Magic City" or "Pittsburgh of the South"
Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama
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State of Alabama

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Nickname(s): Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie
Motto(s): Audemus jura nostra defendere

Official language(s) English
Spoken language(s) English 96.
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Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area sometimes known as Greater Birmingham, is made up of 8 counties in Central Alabama. According to the 2000 census, officially designated as the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL CSA
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Derby, Connecticut
Location in Connecticut
Coordinates:
NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford
Region The Valley
Named 1675
Incorporated (town) 1775
Incorporated (city) 1893

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Johns Creek, Georgia
Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia
Country United States
State Georgia
County Fulton
Government
- Mayor Mike Bodker
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Birmingham, Iowa

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State Iowa
County Van Buren
Area
- City 2.
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Birmingham, Michigan
Location of Birmingham, Michigan
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Michigan
County Oakland
Settled 1819
Incorporated 1864 (village)
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Birmingham, Missouri

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State Missouri
County Clay
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Pemberton, New Jersey

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Pemberton Township highlighted in Burlington County. Inset map: Burlington County highlighted in the State of New Jersey.
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Birmingham is an unincorporated community in eastern Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44816.^[1] It is located at the intersection of State Routes 60 and 113.
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Birmingham is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 91 at the 2000 census. Birmingham is the site of the Birmingham Window, a geologic structure created by a Paleozoic thrust fault.
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Billy Birmingham (Born 1953) is an Australian humourist and sometime sports journalist, most noted for his parodies of Australian cricket commentary in recordings under The Twelfth Man name.
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Christian Birmingham is a well-known British illustrator, artist, and author who has worked with many authors, including Michael Morpurgo (in books such as The Butterfly Lion, The Silver Swan, and Dear Olly). He has also written and retold several books.
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Dan Birmingham is a St. Petersburg, Florida based trainer who is best known for his work with World Light Middleweight Champion Winky Wright. Birmingham has been training Wright since he began his boxing career, and has remained with him through the present time.
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For the character, see George Birmingham (character).

George M. Birmingham (born 1954) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician.

George Birmingham was born in Dublin in 1954. He was educated at St.
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Joseph Leo Birmingham (August 6 1884 - April 24 1946), baseball player. Birmingham was an outfielder who occasionally played the infield for the Cleveland Naps. He was a mediocre hitter, but he had one of the strongest throwing arms and he was a fine defensive center
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John Birmingham
Born: 7 July 1964 (age 43)
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Occupation: Writer
Nationality: Australian
Website: John Birmingham's personal blog
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Simon John Birmingham (born 14 July 1974 in Adelaide, South Australia), Australian politician, is a Senator for South Australia, nominated by the Liberal Party under Section 15 of the Australian Constitution to fill the Senate seat left vacant following the death of Senator Jeannie
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Stephen Birmingham, born May 28, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is an author.

Born to Thomas Birmingham and Editha Gardner Birmingham, he received a BA from Williams College in 1953. He is a former teacher of writing at the University of Cincinnati.
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Tom Birmingham (born Thomas Francis Birmingham II, August 4, 1949) is the former President of the Massachusetts Senate. He is widely credited, along with Mark Roosevelt, with passage of a sweeping education bill, the Education Reform Act of 1993.
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HMS Birmingham was lead ship of the Birmingham group of three ships of the "Town" class of light cruisers built by the Royal Navy. Her sister ships were Lowestoft and Nottingham.
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11,350 tons full load
Length: 558 ft
Beam: 61 ft 8 in
Draught: 21 ft 6 in
Propulsion: Four-shaft Parsons geared turbines
Four Admiralty 3-drum boilers
75,000 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
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HMS Birmingham (D86) was a Type 42 destroyer laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 28 March 1972, launched on 30 July 1973 by Lady Empson, wife of Sir Derek Empson and commissioned on 3 December 1976.
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USS Birmingham (CL-2), named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, was a Chester-class light cruiser laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy in Massachusetts on 14 August 1905, launched on 29 May 1907 by Mrs L.
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USS Birmingham (CL-62), a light cruiser named for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, the "Steel City", was a Cleveland class light cruiser laid down at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of Newport News in Virginia on 17 February 1941 and launched on 20 March
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USS Birmingham (SSN-695), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Birmingham, Alabama. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 24
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Birmingham International Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB) is a major airport located 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) east southeast of Birmingham city centre, in the borough of Solihull, West Midlands, England.
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Birmingham International Airport (IATA: BHM, ICAO: KBHM, FAA LID: BHM) is the major airport that serves Birmingham, Alabama and Central Alabama. It is located five miles northeast of downtown Birmingham, near the interchange of I-20 and I-59.
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