Compton
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Compton is both a place and family/given name of English origin, and may refer to:
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[edit] Places
Compton serves as a name for many communities in England, the United States and Canada. It should not be confused with West Compton.
[edit] Canada
[edit] England
- Cassey Compton, Gloucestershire
- Compton, West Riding of Yorkshire
- Compton, Derbyshire
- Compton, South Staffordshire
- Compton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
- Compton, Wiltshire
- Compton, Test Valley, Hampshire
- Compton, Winchester, Hampshire
- Compton, Berkshire - divided into East and West Compton
- Compton, West Sussex
- Compton, Guildford, Surrey
- Compton, Plymouth, Devon
- Compton, South Hams, Devon
- Compton Abbas, Dorset
- Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire
- Compton Bassett, Wiltshire
- Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire)
- Compton Bishop, Somerset
- Compton Chamberlain, Wiltshire
- Compton Common, Somerset
- Compton Dando, Somerset
- Compton Dundon, Somerset
- Compton Durville, Somerset
- Compton End, Hampshire
- Compton Green, Gloucestershire
- Compton Greenfield, Gloucestershire
- Compton Martin, Somerset
- Compton Pauncefoot, Somerset
- Compton Valence, Dorset
- Nether Compton, Dorset
- Over Compton, Dorset
- West Compton, Dorset
[edit] United States
- Compton, California
- see also West Compton, California
- Compton, Illinois
- West Coast Compton, New York
- Little Compton, Rhode Island
[edit] People
- Ann Compton, journalist
- Bobby R Compton, LTC Executive
- Arthur Compton, physicist
- Christian Compton, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
- D.G. Compton, science fiction author
- Denis Compton, England cricketer and footballer
- F. E. Compton, publisher
- Fay Compton, actress
- Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams
- Henry Compton, Bishop of London
- Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
- Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer
- Robert Harold Compton, botanist
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
- Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist - brother of Fay Compton
[edit] Others
- Straight Outta Compton, a rap record by NWA
- Compton scattering, an effect observed when photons interact with electrons.
- Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, an orbital observatory.
- Compton's Encyclopedia