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==Notable setters== [[File:Baxter-garry.jpg|thumb|Garry Owen with [[Governor of Maine|Maine Governor]] [[Percival Proctor Baxter|Baxter]]]] * [[Alex the Dog]] from the [[Stroh's]] beer commercials (half Irish Setter, half [[Golden Retriever]]) * [[Big Red (film)|Big Red]], book and film character * Chauncey, fictional dog of Duck Phillips in ''[[Mad Men]]'' * Garry Owen, pet of Maine Governor [[Percival Proctor Baxter]] * King Timahoe (1968–1979), pet of [[Richard Nixon]], a 56th birthday gift from his [[White House]] staff in January 1969<ref>[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082407,00.html "A Decade Later, Watergate's Veterans Are Winners, Losers—and Everything in Between"] ''People'', Vol. 17, No. 23 (14 June 1982).</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19740110&id=0YAsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Uc0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4507,1504032 "Nixon Celebrates Birthday With Surprise Staff Party"] ''The Spartanburg Herald'', 10 January 1974</ref> * Kojak, fictional dog in the [[Stephen King]] novel ''[[The Stand]]'' * Mike, pet of US President [[Harry Truman]] * [[Alexander II of Russia#Alexander II.27s dog.2C Milord|Milord]], a red Setter which was [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II, Tsar of Russia]]'s favourite dog *Molly, a red setter featured in the ''[[John Dies at the End]]'' series. * Peggy Brown, a female Irish setter, the pet of [[Finnish Air Force]] [[No. 24 Squadron (Finland)|Fighter Squadron 24]] in [[World War II]] * Plunkett, the only Irish setter depicted in [[George Earl (painter)|George Earl]]'s mythical painting ''A Field Trial in the Eighties''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishredandwhitesetterclub.org/john_nash.htm|title=The Irish Setter in Sport and Field Trials|first=John|last=Nash|website=IrishRedAndWhiteSetterClub.org|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306062514/http://www.irishredandwhitesetterclub.org/john_nash.htm|archive-date=2016-03-06}}</ref> * Redbeard, owned by younger [[Sherlock Holmes]] in ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' * [[Seamus (dog)|Seamus]], owned by [[Mitt Romney]] * Shamus, an [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] male Irish setter in ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]''. * Shannon, pet of [[The Beach Boys|Beach Boy]] [[Carl Wilson]], whose death became the subject of the 1976 song by a friend, [[Henry Gross]]{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} * T-Bone, mascot for the [[Pace University]] Setters sports teams{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} * Thunder, first mascot for the [[University of British Columbia]] Thunderbirds sports teams{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
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