Newton (surname)
The surname Newton is a toponymic surname, i.e., derived from a place name. It has a Surname DNA project.[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. Richard Newton (1951-2007), dean of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering.
- Alan Newton (born 1931), British track cyclist
- Alfred Newton (1829-1907), British zoologist and ornithologist
- Amanda Newton (illustrator) (ca. 1860-1943), American botanical illustrator
- Becki Newton, an American actress
- Benjamin Wills Newton (1807-1899), 19th century theologian and early leader of the Plymouth Brethren
- Bert Newton (born 1938), Australian television personality
- 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
- Edward Newton (1832-1897), British colonial administrator and ornithologist
- Edwin Tulley Newton (1840–1930), British palaeontologist
- Emanuel Newton (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
- A. Edward Newton (1863-1940), an American author and bibliophile
- 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
- Helmut Newton (1920-2004), German photographer
- Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896), English astronomer
- Huey P. Newton (1942-1989), founder of Black Panther Party
- Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and philosopher
- Isaac Newton (agriculturalist) (1800-1867), American agriculturalist
- John Newton (1725-1807), British slave trader-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
- Keith Newton (prelate) (born 1952), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Keith Newton (footballer) (1941–1998), English international footballer
- Lauren Newton (singer), European musician
- Lee Newton, American YouTube personality
- Matthew Newton (born 1977), Bert Newton's son
- Michael Newton (disambiguation)
- Milt Newton, NBA executive
- Nate Newton (born 1961), former NFL offensive lineman
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), pop-icon and singer-actress
- Patti Newton (born 1945), Bert Newton's wife
- Paula Newton, Canadian anchor and correspondent for CNN
- Robert Newton, British actor
- Robert Russell Newton, also R. R. Newton (July 7, 1918 - June 2, 1991), American physicist, astronomer, and historian of science.
- Syvelle Newton (born 1985), American college football player
- Thandie Newton (born 1972), English actress
- Todd Newton (born 1970), American game show host
- Tyler Newton (born 1982), American basketball player
- Virgil Miller Newton (b. 1938), Antiochian Orthodox priest and former head of controversial teen drug-rehabilitation facilities
- 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
In fiction
- Curtis Newton, pulp magazine character as Captain Future
See also
References
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