Newton (surname)

The surname Newton is a toponymic surname, i.e., derived from a place name. 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 (cyclist) (born 1931), British track cyclist
• Alan Newton (cricketer), Australian cricketer
• Alan Newton (surgeon) (full name Sir Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton) (1887–1949), Australian surgeon
• Alfred Newton (1829-1907), British zoologist and ornithologist
• Amanda Newton (illustrator) (ca. 1860-1943), American botanical illustrator
• Arthur Edward Newton (1862–1952), Somerset and Oxford University cricketer
• Arthur F. H. Newton (1883–1959), British athlete
• Arthur Lee Newton (1883–1950), American athlete
• 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
• Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton (1887–1949), known as Alan Newton (surgeon), Australian surgeon
• Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896), English astronomer
• Huey P. Newton (1942-1989), founder of Black Panther Party
• Ian Newton ((born 1940), English ornithologist
• 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

• Newton baronets
• Newton (disambiguation)

References