Newton (surname)
The surname Newton is a toponymic surname, derived from the common place name "New-town".[1] The most well-known bearer of the name was Isaac Newton, and he is usually the one meant when a reference is made to "Newton" without qualification. The surname may also refer to:
People
A
- A. Edward Newton (1863–1940), an American author and bibliophile
- A. Richard Newton (1951–2007), dean of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering.
- Alan Newton (cyclist) (born 1931), British track cyclist
- Alan Newton (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Alan Newton (surgeon) (full name Sir Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton) (1887–1949), Australian surgeon
- Alfred Newton (1829–1907), British zoologist and ornithologist
- Amanda Newton (illustrator) (ca. 1860–1943), American botanical illustrator
- Arthur Edward Newton (1862–1952), Somerset and Oxford University cricketer
- Arthur F. H. Newton (1883–1959), British athlete
- Arthur Lee Newton (1883–1950), American athlete
B
- Sir Basil Newton (1889–1965), British ambassador
- Becki Newton (born 1978), American actress
- Benjamin Wills Newton (1807–1899), English theologian, early leader of the Plymouth Brethren
- Bert Newton (born 1938), Australian television personality
C
- Cam Newton (born 1989), American football player
- Cecil Newton, Jr. (born 1986), American football player and brother of Cam
- Charles Newton (disambiguation)
- Clara Chipman Newton (1846–1936), an American china painter
- Conor Newton (born 1991), English football player
- Curtis Newton (fictional), "real" name of pulp magazine character Captain Future
E
- Edward Newton (1832–1897), British colonial administrator and ornithologist
- Edwin Tulley Newton (1840–1930), British palaeontologist
- Emanuel Newton (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
F
- Frances Newton (1965–2005), American convicted murderer from Texas
- Frances Newton (educator) (1865–1938), American early childhood educator in Australia
- Frances E. Newton (1871–1955), British missionary in Palestine
H
- Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German photographer
- Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton (1887–1949), known as Alan Newton (surgeon), Australian surgeon
- Hubert Anson Newton (1830–1896), English astronomer
- Huey P. Newton (1942–1989), founder of Black Panther Party
I
- Ian Newton ((born 1940), English ornithologist
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and philosopher
- Isaac Newton (agriculturalist) (1800–1867), American agriculturalist
J
- John Newton (1725–1807), British slave trader, who turned hymnwriter and anti-slavery campaigner
- John Newton (engineer) (1822–1895), American Civil War general and Chief Engineer of US Army
- Juice Newton (born 1952), American singer
K
- Keith Newton (prelate) (born 1952), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Keith Newton (footballer) (1941–1998), English international footballer
- Kathryn Newton (born 1997), American actress
L
- Lauren Newton (singer), European musician
- Lee Newton, American YouTube personality
M
- Margaret Newton (1887–1971), Canadian plant pathologist and mycologist
- Margit Evelyn Newton (born 1962), Italian actress
- Matt Newton (born 1977), American actor
- Matthew Newton (born 1977), Australian actor
- Matty Newton (born 1984), Australian songwriter, bass player, guitarist, keyboardist, and producer
- Maxwell Newton (1929–1990), Australian media publisher
- Michael Newton, multiple people
- Mika Newton (born 1986), Ukrainian singer and actress
- Mike Newton, multiple people
- Milt Newton (born 1965), American former basketball player
- Morgan Newton (born 1991), American former football player
N
- Nate Newton (born 1961), former NFL offensive lineman
- Nell Jessup Newton, American lawyer and professor
O
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist
- Ollie Newton (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer
- Omari Newton, Canadian actor
P
- Pania Newton, New Zealand lawyer and activist
- Patti Newton (born 1945), Bert Newton's wife
- Paula Newton, Canadian anchor and correspondent for CNN
R
- Robert Newton, British actor
- Robert Russell Newton, also R. R. Newton (July 7, 1918 – June 2, 1991), American physicist, astronomer, and historian of science.
S
- Sean Newton (born 1988), English footballer
- Sydney Newton Also known as S.W.A Newton, English photographer.
- Syvelle Newton (born 1985), American college football player
- Sarah Newton (born 1976)
T
- Thandie Newton (born 1972), English actress
- Todd Newton (born 1970), American game show host
- Tyler Newton (born 1982), American basketball player
V
- Virgil Miller Newton (b. 1938), Antiochian Orthodox priest and former head of controversial teen drug-rehabilitation facilities
W
- Wayne Newton a.k.a. "Mr. Las Vegas" (born 1942), American singer and entertainer
- Wes Newton (born 1977), English darts player
- William Ellis Newton (born 1919), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
- Williams Newton (1893–1970), American college sports coach
See also
- Newton baronets
- Newton (disambiguation)
References
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