Florence (disambiguation)
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Florence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Florence.
Florence may also refer to:
Places
[edit]Italy
[edit]- Florence Airport in the Italian city
- Republic of Florence, Renaissance-era Tuscan city-state
United States
[edit]- Florence, Alabama
- Florence, Arizona
- Florence, California
- Florence, Colorado
- ADX Florence, a Federal prison
- Florence, Illinois, a village
- Florence, Stephenson County, Illinois, an unincorporated community
- Florence, Indiana
- Florence, Kansas
- Florence, Kentucky
- Florence, Louisiana
- Florence, Maryland
- Florence, Massachusetts
- Florence, Minnesota
- Florence, Mississippi
- Florence, Missouri
- Florence, Montana
- Florence, Nebraska
- Florence, New Jersey
- Florence, New York
- Florence, Madison County, Ohio
- Florence, Oregon
- Florence, Pennsylvania
- Florence, South Carolina
- Florence, South Dakota
- Florence, Tennessee
- Florence, Texas
- Florence Township, Minnesota
- Florence, Vermont
- Florence, Washington
- Florence (CDP), Wisconsin
- Florence (town), Wisconsin
- Florence-Graham, California
- Mount Florence
Elsewhere
[edit]- Florence, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Florence, Staffordshire, England
People
[edit]- Florence (actor) or Nicolas-Joseph Billot de La Ferrière (1749–1816), French actor
- Florence (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
- Drayton Florence (born 1980), American football player
- Franklin Florence (1934-2023), American civil rights activist
- Gillian Florence, Canadian rugby union player
- Hércules Florence (1804–1879), French/Brazilian artist and inventor of photography
- Tyler Florence (born 1971), celebrity chef and TV host
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Florence, a character in The Magic Roundabout, a 1960s–70s children's TV programme
- Florence Jean Castleberry, the titular character of the sitcom Flo
- Florence Johnston, the maid in The Jeffersons
Literature
[edit]- Florence, a 1949 play by Alice Childress
- "Florence", a 1994 poem by Patti Smith from Early Work
Music
[edit]- Florence (album), a 2015 album by Darren Hayman
- Florence and the Machine, a British indie band
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Florence (video game), a 2018 interactive novel video game
Ships
[edit]- USS Curlew (1862) or SS Florence, a stern-wheel steamer and gunboat
- USS Florence (SP-173), a yacht chartered by the US Navy
- Florence (clipper), a clipper which disappeared in 1902
- USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70), a cargo ship which served during World War II
Other uses
[edit]- 3122 Florence, an Amor asteroid
- Tropical Storm Florence, various storms
- Hurricane Florence, Atlantic storm that caused heavy damage in September 2018