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Acton may refer to:
Places
England
- Acton, Cheshire
- Acton, Dorset
- Acton, Staffordshire
- Acton, Shropshire
- Acton, Worcestershire
- Acton, Suffolk
- Acton, London
- Acton, Northumberland
Also:
- Acton Beauchamp, Herefordshire
- Acton Bridge, Cheshire
- Acton Burnell, Shropshire
- Acton Green, Herefordshire
- Acton Pigott, Shropshire
- Acton Place, Suffolk
- Acton Reynald, Shropshire
- Acton Round, Shropshire
- Acton Scott, Shropshire
- Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
- Acton Turville, South Gloucestershire
Northern Ireland
Wales
United States
- Acton, Alabama
- Acton, California
- Acton, Indiana
- Acton, Kentucky
- Acton, Massachusetts
- Acton, Maine
- Acton Township, Minnesota
- Acton, Montana
- Acton, North Carolina
- Acton Township, North Dakota
- Acton, New Jersey
- Acton, Tennessee
- Acton, Texas
- The Acton School of Business in Austin, Texas
- Acton State Historic Site, Texas
Canada
- Acton, Ontario
- Actons Corners, Ontario
- Acton Island, Ontario in the District of Muskoka
- Acton, New Brunswick
- Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec (MRC d'Acton) - This contains the town of Acton Vale, Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, and other municipalities. Saint-André-d'Acton used to be one of these municipalities until a reorganization in 2000 removed it.
- Acton, Saskatchewan
Australia
- Acton, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra
- Acton, Tasmania, suburb of Burnie, Tasmania
- Acton Park, Tasmania, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, is formerly known as Acton
People
The people of this name include:
- John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian.
- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, his great-grandson, Labour peer]] and life peer.
- Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples.
- Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace.
- Joseph Edward Acton (1737-1808), his great-uncle, brother of the Prime Minister
- Ferdinand Acton, his second cousin, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala.
- Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dillettante.
- Keith Acton, former National Hockey League player.
- Edward Acton (d. 1707), British naval captain
- Thomas Acton (1662-1721), English Jesuit
- Acton, a minor character in The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks.
Other
- Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
- An installation by James Turrell at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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