# Blackstone

Blackstone may refer to:

## People

* Charles Blackstone (born 1977), fiction writer
* Elliott Blackstone (1924–2006), former police sergeant and LGBT advocate
* Gay Blackstone (born 1952), American magician, producer, and director, widow of Harry Blackstone Jr.
* Harriet Blackstone (1864–1939), American painter
* Harry Blackstone Sr. (1885–1965), famous American magician known as "The Great Blackstone" and father of Harry Blackstone, Jr.
* Harry Blackstone Jr. (1934–1997), popular stage magician and television performer of the late 20th century
* Ian Blackstone (born 1964), English former footballer
* Jerry Blackstone, director of choirs at the University of Michigan
* John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (1796–1868), American lawyer and legislator
* John Wilford Blackstone Jr. (1835–1911), American lawyer and legislator
* Milton Blackstone (1906–1983), publicity agent for Eddie Fisher
* Tessa Blackstone, Baroness Blackstone (born 1942), British politician
* Timothy Blackstone (1829–1900), Chicago Railroad and Stock Yard president
* Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780), English jurist
** Blackstone's formulation, a principle in criminal law named for the jurist
** The Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, a 1769 major legal text of the 18th century; often referred to as "Blackstone" or "Blackstone's Commentaries"
* William Eugene Blackstone (1841–1935), American evangelist and Christian Zionist
* William Seymour Blackstone (1809–1881), 19th-century British MP and grandson of William Blackstone the jurist, above
* William Blackstone, aka William Blaxton (1595–1675), early English settler in New England

## Businesses

* Blackstone & Co, a diesel engine and agricultural engineering company in Stamford, Lincolnshire, which became Mirrlees Blackstone
* Blackstone Audio, publisher of audiobooks
* Blackstone Chambers, a set of barristers' chambers in London
* Blackstone Legal Fellowship, legal training and internship program
* Black Stone Minerals, a Houston-based oil and natural gas corporation
* Blackstone Press, a subsidiary of Oxford University Press
* Blackstone Winery, a Gonzales, California winery owned by Constellation Brands
* Blackstone Inc., American private equity, investment banking, and asset management firm
* Blackstones Bar Maine's longest operating LGBTQ bar, and currently Portland's only LGBTQ bar.

## Places
### Australia

* Blackstone, Queensland, a suburb in the City of Ipswich
* Blackstone, Western Australia, known as Papulankutja
* Blackstone Heights, Tasmania

### United Kingdom

* Blackstone Edge, an area of moorland along the Lancashire (Greater Manchester) and West Yorkshire county boundary in England
* Blackstone, West Sussex, England

### United States

* Blackstone, Illinois
* Blackstone, Massachusetts
* Blackstone, Pennsylvania
* Blackstone, Providence, Rhode Island, a neighborhood
** Blackstone Boulevard Park, in Providence, Rhode Island
** Blackstone Park Conservation District, in Providence, Rhode Island
** Blackstone Park Historic District, in Providence, Rhode Island
* Blackstone, Virginia
** Blackstone Army Airfield, Virginia
* The Blackstone River in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
** The Blackstone Valley, a National Heritage Corridor along the Blackstone River
** Blackstone River Bikeway, a planned rail trail
** Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School, Upton, Massachusetts

### Canada

* Blackstone Lake, Ontario

## Fiction

* Blackstone (novel), a 1972 novel featuring the character Edmund 'Beau' Blackstone, a fictional 19th century detective created by "Richard Falkirk" (Derek Lambert); the first of six such novels
* Blackstone Chronicles, a series of mystery and thriller novels authored by John Saul
* Blackstone Fortress, a type of space station in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000
* Blackstone (TV series), the fictional Blackstone First Nation's struggles with corruption, politics, and the need for change
* Blackstone, the Magic Detective, a radio series starring a fictionalized version of Harry Blackstone, Sr.
* The Blackstone, a country club in the TV series Royal Pains

## Other

* Black Stone, a Muslim object of reverence
* Blackstone Avenue, a major roadway in Fresno, California, USA
* Blackstone Hall, a dormitory at the University of Chicago
* The Blackstone Hotel, a Chicago hotel
* Blackstone Hotel (Omaha, Nebraska), a 1915 Omaha landmark currently known as the Blackstone Center
* Blackstone Library, Chicago's first public library
* Blackstone Memorial, a Zionist petition written by William Eugene Blackstone
* Blackstone, a codename for ColdFusion 7.0 - beta of ColdFusion MX 7.0, a product of Macromedia
* Blackstone, in reference to the Black P. Stones gang
* HTC BlackStone, a Windows Mobile phone also known as the HTC Touch HD
* Operation Blackstone, part of Operation Torch, the Allied landings in Africa during World War II