Breckinridge
# Breckinridge

Breckinridge may refer to:

## People

* Breckinridge (surname)
* Breckinridge family
* Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (1905–2002), American photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist
* Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield (1851–1921), principal of Princeton Seminary from 1887 to 1921
* Breckinridge Long (1881–1958), United States ambassador to Italy
* Bobby Breckinridge, fictional character in Degrassi
* John Breckinridge Castleman (1841–1918), military officer and prominent landowner and businessman in Louisville, Kentucky
* John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), senator from Kentucky, fourteenth Vice President of the United States, and later Confederate general and the last Confederate Secretary of War
* Robert Breckinridge McAfee (1784–1849), Kentucky politician, and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
* James Breckenridge Speed (1844–1912), businessman and philanthropist in Louisville, Kentucky

## Places

In the United States:

* Breckenridge, Colorado, originally spelled "Breckinridge", renamed during the Civil War
* Breckinridge County, Kentucky
* Breckinridge Center, Kentucky

## Things

* Breckinridge House, a dormitory at the University of Chicago named for Sophonisba Breckinridge
* Myra Breckinridge, a satirical novel by Gore Vidal written in the form of a diary
* Myra Breckinridge (film), cinematic version of Vidal's novel
* USS Breckinridge (DD-148), a Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Joseph Breckinridge
