Butterworth (surname)
Butterworth is a toponymic surname based on the township of Butterworth which currently resides in Greater Manchester, England,[1] an area in which the surname was very common as of 2014.[2]
Notable people who share this surname include:
- Born in 17th Century
- Mary Butterworth (1686–1775), Colonial American counterfeiter
- Born in 18th Century
- Joseph Butterworth (1770–1826), English law bookseller and politician
- Born in 19th Century
- Charles Butterworth (actor) (1896–1946), film actor, comedian of the 1930s and 1940s
- Edgar Ray Butterworth (1847–1921), American funeral director
- Frank Butterworth (1870–1950), American football player and coach
- George Butterworth (1885–1916), English composer killed in the First World War
- Horace Butterworth, American university football coach in 1907
- Hugh Butterworth (1885–1915), English cricketer, schoolteacher and soldier
- Stephen Butterworth (1885–1958), the inventor of the Butterworth filter
- William Butterworth (businessman) (1864–1936), American businessman and early Deere & Company president
- William John Butterworth (1801–1856), English colonel and Governor of the Straits Settlements
- Born in 20th Century
- Aiden Butterworth (born 1961), retired English football player
- Albert Butterworth (1912–1991), English professional footballer
- Archie Butterworth (1912–2005), Irish inventor and racing motorist
- Arthur Butterworth (1923–2014), English composer
- Bob Butterworth (born 1942), former Florida attorney general
- Brad Butterworth (born 1959), yachtsman from New Zealand
- Brian Butterworth (born 1944), cognitive neuropsychologist at University College London researching speech, reading and mathematics
- Charles Butterworth (philosopher) (born 1938), American professor of political philosophy
- Dean Butterworth (born 1976), English professional drummer
- Donna Butterworth (born 1956), American actress
- Elizabeth Butterworth (born 1949), English artist
- Eugene Butterworth (born 1984), South African rugby union footballer
- Garry Butterworth (born 1969), British professional footballer
- George Butterworth (cartoonist) (1905–1988), British political, strip and sports cartoonist, later a book illustrator
- George Butterworth (psychologist) (1946–2000), British professor of psychology who studied infant development
- Herbert Butterworth (1902–1938), English professional footballer
- Ian Butterworth (born 1964), English professional footballer
- Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (1918–2003), British lawyer
- Jez Butterworth (born 1969), English playwright and screen writer
- Jim Butterworth (entrepreneur), American technology entrepreneur and documentary filmmaker
- Jim Butterworth (politician), Habersham County, Georgia Commission Chairman and State Senator
- Jon-Allan Butterworth (born 1986), British paralympic cyclist
- Louise Butterworth (born 1985), English pole vaulter
- Luke Butterworth (born 1983), Tasmanian cricketer
- Michael Butterworth (born 1947), British author and publisher
- Michael Butterworth (American football) (born 1985), American football player
- Mike Butterworth (1924–1986), British comic book writer
- Nick Butterworth (born 1946), British children's author and illustrator
- Oliver Butterworth (1915–1990), American children's author and educator
- Oliver Butterworth (violinist), British violinist, music educator, and arts administrator
- Peter Butterworth (1919–1979), English comic actor
- Ryan Butterworth (born 1981), Zimbabwean cricketer
- Shane Butterworth, American actor, starred in the TV series The Bad News Bears
- Tyler Butterworth (born 1959), English actor
- Wally Butterworth (1901–1974), American radio announcer and host
- W. E. Butterworth (born 1929), who writes as W. E. B. Griffin
- William Walton Butterworth (1903–1975), American career diplomat and ambassador
References
- ↑ Redmonds G, King T, Hey D (2011). Surnames, DNA, and Family History. Oxford University Press. pp. 36, 75. ISBN 9780191620362 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Mckinley R (2014). "Chapter 2, Locative Surnames". A History of British Surnames. Routledge. ISBN 9781317901457 – via Google Books.
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