Hamilton

Hamilton may refer to:

People

• Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
  • The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
  • Lord Hamilton (disambiguation), several Scottish, Irish and British peers, and some members of the judiciary, who may be referred to simply as Hamilton
  • Clan Hamilton, an ancient Scottish kindred
  • Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), first American Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
  • William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865), Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician
  • Henry Hamilton (governor) (1734–1796) British Lt. Governor of Quebec during the American War of Independence
  • Lewis Hamilton from Stevenage (UK), one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers, 4 times world champion

Places

Arts and entertainment

• Hamilton (play), a 1917 play by Mary Hamlin
• Hamilton (1998 film), a Swedish-produced film based on the character Carl Hamilton
• Hamilton (2006 film), 2006 American film
• Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation, 2012 Swedish film
• Hamilton (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Hamilton (album), album based on the musical
    • The Hamilton Mixtape, album of music from the musical performed by various artists
• Hamilton Records, a record label
• Hamilton House (dance), a Scottish country dance
• Hamilton (Saturday Night Live)

Businesses

• Hamish Hamilton Limited, a British book-publishing house
• Hamilton Standard, a supply company for aircraft propeller parts
• Hamilton Watch Company, a U.S. watchmaker belonging to the Swatch Group
• Hamilton (automobile company), a short-lived automaker in Michigan in the 1910s
• Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards, a South Australian winemaker
• Hamilton Project, a think tank

Educational institutions

• Hamilton Academy, Scotland (defunct)
• Hamilton and Alexandra College, Victoria, Australia
• Hamilton Boys' High School, New Zealand
• Hamilton Grammar School, Scotland
• Hamilton University, a defunct unaccredited institution based in Evanston, Wyoming, USA

Mathematics and science

• Hamiltonian mechanics
• Hamilton–Jacobi equation, a set of physical equations in Hamiltonian mechanics
• Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics)
• Hamiltonian path, in mathematical graph theory, a path that visits each vertex in a graph exactly once
• Hamiltonian group, a non-abelian Dedekind group in algebra
• Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

Other uses

• Hamilton Academical F.C., Scottish association football club which has youth departments and an affiliated women's team
• Hamilton Rage, also known as K–W United FC, Canadian soccer team (defunct)
• Hamilton (schooner), an American schooner class ship during the War of 1812
• Hamilton railway station (disambiguation), stations of the name
• SS Lewis Hamilton, a cargo ship with this name from 1947–50
• Hamilton convention, or Cappelletti, a bidding convention in contract bridge
• United States ten-dollar bill, a U.S. currency note, featuring a portrait of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
• Hamilton Group, a north-eastern US geological structure

See also

• Hamilton's
• Hamilton Branch (disambiguation)
• Hamilton Creek (disambiguation)
• Hamilton Township (disambiguation)
• Hamiltonian (disambiguation)
• Justice Hamilton (disambiguation)