Crampton

Crampton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon origination, from Crompton in Lancashire, which may refer to the following persons:

• Barbara Crampton (born 1959), American actress
• Bruce Crampton (born 1935), Australian golfer
• Charles Albert Crampton (1858–1915), American chemist
• Gertrude Crampton (born 1905), American author
• Henry Crampton (1875–1956), American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist
• Howard Crampton (1865–1922), American actor
• Sir John Crampton, 2nd Baronet (1805–1886), British diplomat
• John Crampton (1921–2010) English aviator
• Mark Crampton, English journalist and historian
• Matthew Crampton (born 1986), English cyclist
• Peter Crampton (born 1932), English politician
• Robert Crampton (born 1964), English journalist
• Shane Crampton (born 1976), Australian footballer
• Thomas Russell Crampton (1816–1888), English engineer
• William Crampton, British vexillologist
  • William Crampton Library
  • Luke Crampton (born 1959), English author and television producer

See also:

• Barbara Mary Crampton Pym
  • Crampton Hodnet, a novel by Barbara Pym
• Duncan Stuart Crampton Bell
• Philip Crampton Smyly
• William Crampton Gore

The following locations:

• Crampton's Gap
  • Battle of Crampton's Gap
• Crampton Island

Other:

• Crampton locomotive
  • 6-2-0 locomotive (American usage)