Family name Herndon (Herndon 
) , in the entire world, is a common cognomen. The last name Herndon is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, where it is a rare surname, and Canada. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Canada, and Japan.
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| Herndon | Germany, Japan, Canada, United States, United Kingdom |
| benjamin herndon member of the North Carolina militia in the America Revolution, US (b. 1748) |
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william lewis herndon American explorer, US (b. 1813) |
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william herndon law partner and biographer of Abraham Lincoln, US (b. 1818) |
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thomas h. herndon American politician, US (b. 1828) |
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william s. herndon American politician (1835-1903), US (b. 1835) |
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| nancy herndon (1800-1874) (b. 1800) |
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| john hunter herndon American planter and judge, US (b. 1813) |
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adrienne mcneil herndon Important African American woman, US (b. 1869) |
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| mary e. herndon American anti-Tom novelist, US (b. 1820) |
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| sarah raymond herndon (b. 1840) |
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richard middleton herndon American diplomat, US (b. 1919) |
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| richard g. herndon theatre producer and manager, FR (b. 1873) |
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marcia alice herndon American ethnomusicologist and anthropologist, US (b. 1941) |
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| james herndon American drag queen and health care worker, US (b. 1892) |
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j. marvin herndon American scientist and conspiracy theorist (b. 1944) |
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