Breckinridge

Breckinridge may refer to:

People

• Breckinridge (surname)
• Breckinridge family
• Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905–2002), American photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist
• Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), principal of Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921
• Breckinridge Long (1881–1958), United States ambassador to Italy
• Bobby Breckinridge, fictional character in Degrassi
• John Breckinridge Castleman (1841–1918), military officer and prominent landowner and businessman in Louisville, Kentucky
• John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), senator from Kentucky, fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate Secretary of War
• Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849), Kentucky politician, and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
• James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), businessman and philanthropist in Louisville, Kentucky

Places

In the United States:

• Breckenridge, Colorado, originally spelled "Breckinridge", renamed during the Civil War
• Breckinridge County, Kentucky
• Breckinridge Center, Kentucky

Things

• Breckinridge House, a dormitory at the University of Chicago named for Sophonisba Breckinridge
• Myra Breckinridge, a satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary
• Myra Breckinridge (film), cinematic version of Vidal's novel
• USS Breckinridge (DD-148), a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Joseph Breckinridge

See also

• Brackenridge (disambiguation)
• Breckenridge (disambiguation)