Tappan
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Tappan may refer to:
People
[edit]- Tappan (Native Americans)
- Arthur Tappan (1786–1865), abolitionist
- Benjamin Tappan (1773–1857), Ohio senator
- Clair S. Tappaan (1878–1932), California judge and Sierra Club president
- Eli Todd Tappan (1824–1888), president of Kenyon College, 1868–1875
- Henry Philip Tappan (1805–1881), president, University of Michigan, 1852–1863
- James Camp Tappan (1825–1906), Confederate Army Brigadier General
- Lewis Tappan (1788–1873), abolitionist, developer of credit reporting service
- Lewis Northey Tappan (1831–1880), abolitionist, Western pioneer and a founder of Colorado City
- Mary Tappan Wright (née Tappan; 1851–1916), writer
- Mel Tappan (1933–1980), survivalist writer
- Samuel F. Tappan (1831–1913), US Army officer, journalist, Native American advocate
- Stacey Tappan (born 1973), American lyric soprano
- Tappan Wright King (born 1950), editor
- W. J. Tappan (fl. 1881), founder of the Ohio Valley Foundry Company, later renamed Tappan Stove Company
Places
[edit]United States
[edit]- Tappan, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Tappan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Lake Tappan, a reservoir on the Hackensack River
- Old Tappan, New Jersey, a town in Bergen County
- Tappan Lake, a reservoir in Harrison County, Ohio
- Tappan, New York, a hamlet in Rockland County
- Tappan Zee, widening of the Hudson River
- Tappan Zee Bridge (1955–2017), a former bridge at the Tappan Zee
- Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present) (Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge), the replacement for the 1955 bridge
Other
[edit]- Tappan (brand), a brand of stoves owned by Electrolux, founded by W.J. Tappan