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Whistler may refer to:

• Someone who whistles.
• Whistler (electronics), a brand name of mobile electronic equipment
• Whistler (radio), a very low frequency radio phenomenon.
• Whistler (software), Microsoft's Trainable Text-to-Speech Engine.
• The Whistler, a classic mystery drama radio show.
• Whistler (TV series), a TV series set in Whistler, British Columbia
• Whistler Skin also known as "Trillian Whistler", the default skin for the Trillian instant messaging client.
• a Whistler (bird), a genus of Australian passerine birds in the family Pachycephalidae.
• The Hoary Marmot.
• the development codename for the Microsoft Windows XP computer operating system, named for the resort where it was workshopped (see below).
• Whistler (band), a UK indie band
• Whistler (surname), living and deceased members of Whistler family of England.

As a placename in Canada:

• Whistler, British Columbia, a "resort municipality" in British Columbia, Canada
• Whistler-Blackcomb, the ski resort the municipality is named after
• Whistler Mountain, the geographic entity, named for the hoary marmot, that is one of the two mountains the above ski resort is based around; also a glacier and a creek on that same mountain

As a placename in the USA:

• Whistler, Alabama

As a personal name:

• Anna McNeill Whistler (1804–1881), mother of the artist James McNeill Whistler and model for the painting Whistler's Mother. Wife of George Washington Whistler.
• Charles Whistler (1856–1913), a British writer
• George Washington Whistler (1800–1849), an American railroad engineer
• James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), an American-born British painter
• Rex Whistler (1905–1944), a British painter
• Laurence Whistler (1912– 2000), a British glass engraver and poet

As a fictional person:

• Erwin 'Whistler' Emory, a character in the film Sneakers.
• Whistler (Buffyverse), a character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Abraham Whistler, mentor to the Marvel Comics character Blade in film and animated continuity
• James Whistler, mysterious inmate in the television series Prison Break's third season

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