Hill (surname)

Hill
Family name
Meaning	a person who lived on a hill
Region of origin	England
Related names	Hyll
Footnotes: [1][2]

Hill is a surname of English origin, meaning "a person who lived on a hill". It is the 30th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.^[3]

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A

• Aaron Hill (baseball), a player in Major League Baseball
• Alban Hill
• Albert Hill (athlete), British athlete and Victoria Cross recipient
• Alfred Hill (disambiguation)
• Alisa Hill, American middle distance runner
• A. P. Hill (Ambrose Powell Hill), Confederate general in the American Civil War
• Andrew Hill, U.S. jazz pianist and composer
• Anita Hill, U.S. lawyer, alleged victim of sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas
• Anthony Hill (artist) (born 1930), British artist
• Anthony Hill (author) (born 1942), Australian author
• Anthony C. Hill (born 1957), American politician
• Antony Rowland Clegg-Hill, 8th Viscount Hill (1931–2003)
• Archibald Hill (1886–1977), English Nobel laureate
• A. T. Hill (Asa Thomas Hill), American archaeologist

B

• Baron Hill of Hawkstone Park
• Baron Hill of Berwick of Attingham Park
• Benjamín G. Hill, Mexican revolutionary general, governor of Sonora
• Benny Hill, prolific UK comic
• Betty and Barney Hill (see Hill Abduction), an American couple who claimed to be kidnapped by extraterrestrials in 1961
• Bernard Hill, UK actor
• Billy Hill (gangster)
• Billy Hill (songwriter)
• Brian Hill (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bobby Hill (baseball)
• Bobby Hill (King of the Hill), fictional character on the animated series King of the Hill

C

• Calvin Hill (born 1947), American football player and sports executive; father of basketball player Grant Hill
• Charles Rowland Clegg-Hill, 6th Viscount Hill (1876–1957)
• Clarence E. Hill, petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Hill v. McDonough

D

• Damon Hill, former British 1996 Formula One World Champion and son of Graham Hill
• Dana Hill, American actress and voice actor
• Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate general in the American Civil War
• Darryl Hill (disambiguation)
• David Octavius Hill, Scottish painter and arts activist
• Derek Hill (driver), American racing driver
• Douglas Hill (musician), American horn player
• Drew Hill, American football wide receiver 1979–1993
• Dusty Hill, singer in ZZ Top

E

• Edward Hill (disambiguation)
• Edwin Hill (disambiguation)
• Erica Hill, American news presenter
• Elizabeth Hill, American freestyle swimmer
• Ernestine Hill, Australian author

F

• Faith Hill, American country singer
• Fanny Hill, fictional Woman of Pleasure
• Francis William Clegg-Hill, 5th Viscount Hill (1866–1924)
• Frank Ebenezer Hill, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Frank Hill (rugby player), Wales international rugby captain

G

• George Hill (Medal of Honor), American Medal of Honor recipients
• George William Hill, U.S. mathematician and astronomer
• Gerald Rowland Clegg-Hill, 7th Viscount Hill (1904–1974)
• Graham Hill (1929–1975), former British Formula One double World Champion and the only winner of the "Triple Crown of Motorsport", father of Damon Hill
• Grant Hill (born 1972), American basketball player
• Grant Hill (politician), Canadian politician

H

• Hank Hill, fictional character on the animated series King of the Hill
• Harry Hill, UK comedian
• Henry Hill, American mobster and subject of the movie Goodfellas

J

• James Jerome Hill, U.S. railroad tycoon
• James N. Hill, (1934–1997), processualist archaeologist
• Jane Hill (born 1969), British newsreader
• Jane Hill (politician), (born 1936), Australian
• Jason Hill (disambiguation)
• Jimmy Hill, footballer and sports broadcaster
• Joe Hill, Swedish-American labor activist
• Joe Hill (writer), American writer of thrillers
• John Hill (disambiguation)
• Jon Hill (disambiguation)
• Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• Jonathan Hill (disambiguation)
• Jordan Hill, American singer
• Joyce Hill (born 1929), All American Girls Professional Baseball League player
• Julia Butterfly Hill, tree activist and environmentalist

K

• Karen Hill (television writer), Canadian television writer
• Kim Hill (disambiguation)

L

• Lauryn Hill, American hip hop singer

M

• Matt Hill, voice actor
• Melanie Hill (born 1962), English actress
• Mervyn Hill, Welsh-born cricketer
• Michael Hill (administrator), administrator of Ascension Island
• Mick Hill (athlete), former British athlete
• Mick Hill (footballer), former Welsh international footballer
• Mildred and Patty Hill, writers of the song "Happy Birthday to You"
• Miranda Hill, English social reformer

N

• Napoleon Hill, American author

O

• Octavia Hill, English social reformer

P

• Paul Hill, NASA flight director (born 1962)
• Paul Hill (Guildford Four)
• Paul Andrew Raymond Clegg-Hill (born 1979), Viscount Hill heir apparent
• Paul Jennings Hill, murdered abortion provider John Britton
• Peter Clegg-Hill, 9th Viscount Hill (born 1945)
• Phil Hill, US Formula One champion
• Maj. Ployer Peter Hill (1894–1935), USAF pilot and namesake of Hill Air Force Base

R

• Ralph Hill, US middle distance runner
• Ralyn M. Hill, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Reginald Hill, British crime novelist
• Richard Hill of Hawkstone (Sir Richard 'The Great Hill', c. 1660 – c. 1727), diplomat
• Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet (see Viscount Hill) (1733–1808), contributed significantly to landscaping of Hawkstone Park
• Rina Hill, Australian triathlete
• Robert Hill (Australian diplomat)
• Robin Hill (biochemist)
• Rodney Hill, British applied mathematician
• Rose Hill (actress), British actress who starred in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
• Sir Rowland Hill, 1st Baronet of Hawkstone (see Viscount Hill) (1705–1783), contributed significantly to development of 'Red Castle' at Hawkstone Park
• Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill (1772–1842), successor to the Duke of Wellington, 1814
• Rowland Hill, 2nd Viscount Hill (1800–1875), (4th Baronet), initiated slide to dilapidation of Hawkstone Park
• Rowland Clegg Clegg-Hill, 3rd Viscount Hill (1833–1895), slide to bankruptcy of Hawkstone Park
• Rowland Richard Clegg-Hill, 4th Viscount Hill (1863–1923), forced to sell contents and break up estate at Hawkstone Park
• Rowland Hill (postal reformer), postage stamp pioneer

S

• Scott Hill (disambiguation)

T

• Terence Hill, also known as Mario Girotti, Italian actor
• Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player
• Thomas Wright Hill (1763–1851), inventor of the single transferable vote and father of postal reformer Rowland Hill

V

• Vernon Hill, British cricketer

W

• Will Hill, American college football player

See also

• Hill DNA Project
• Hills surname

References

1. ^ British surnames - origin
2. ^ 1990 Census Name Files
3. ^ British surnames

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