People
- Baron Vernon, a title in Great Britain
- Vernon (surname), people with the surname Vernon
People with the given name Vernon:
- Vernon A. Walters, (1917–2002) American diplomat
- Vernon Campbell, American film actor
- Vernon Carrington, Rastafarian, founder of the Twelve Tribes of Israel
- Vernon and Irene Castle, ballroom dancers
- Vernon Dean, former professional American football player
- Vernon Forrest (1971–2009), American boxer
- Vernon Gholston, NFL player for the New York Jets
- Vernon Huber, 36th Governor of American Samoa
- Vernon Kay (born 1974), British DJ and television presenter
- Vernon L. Smith, American economist
- Vernon Reid, American guitarist
- Vernon Wells, American baseball player
- Vernon Wray, American guitarist, brother of Link Wray
Fictional characters:
- Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter's uncle from the Harry Potter novels
- Vernon Schillinger, leader of the Aryans on the HBO series Oz
- Vernon Tomlin, ex-cellarman and potman at the Rovers Return Inn in Coronation Street
- Vernon Fenwick, cameraman at Channel 6 in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“What precisely is it
About the time of day it is, the weather, that causes people to note it painstakingly in their diaries
For them to read who shall come after?”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)