Appleton (surname)
Appleton is an Anglo-Saxon locational surname.[1]
- Alistair Appleton, British television presenter
- Charles Appleton (academic) (1841–1879), Oxford don and scholarly entrepreneur
- Charles Appleton (cricketer) (1844–1925), English amateur cricketer
- Charles William Appleton (1874–1945), vice president of the General Electric Company, judge and Assistant District Attorney in New York City
- Colin Appleton, footballer
- Daniel Appleton, American publisher, 1800s founder of D. Appleton & Company
- Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, known for his research on the ionosphere
- Edwin Nelson Appleton, American Medal of Honor recipient
- George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), American publisher
- Henry Appleton (fl. 1650–1654), English captain in the navy and commodore
- James Appleton (1786-1862), American abolitionist
- John Appleton (academic), Master of University College, Oxford, England (c.1401–8)
- John E. C. Appleton (1905–1990), Australian theatre and radio producer
- John F. Appleton (1838–1870), American Civil War general from Maine
- John Howard Appleton, American chemist
- John James Appleton (1789–1864), diplomat for the United States
- Jon Appleton, American composer, author and professor of music
- Larry Appleton, a character from the TV series Perfect Strangers
- Michael Appleton, footballer
- Natalie Appleton, British/Canadian singer
- Nathan Appleton, American merchant and politician
- Nicole Appleton, British/Canadian singer
- Ruel Ross Appleton (1853–1928), campaign manager for Mayor Gaynor of New York City
- Samuel Appleton (1766–1853), an American merchant and philanthropist
- Scott Appleton (1942-1992), American football player
- Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884), American author and artist
- Victor Appleton, a house pseudonym, famous for the Tom Swift series
- William Appleton (politician) (1786–1862), congressman from Massachusetts
- Will Appleton (1889–1958), mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
- William Sumner Appleton (1874–1947), founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
- William M. Appleton (1920–2001), Pennsylvania politician
- William Henry Appleton (1814–1899), American publisher
- William Appleton (entrepreneur) (born 1961), American entrepreneur and technologist
- William H. Appleton (1843–1912), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- William Thomas Appleton (1859–1930), Australian businessman, shipping agent and public servant
See also
- Appleton P. Clark, Jr., American architect
References
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