Cameron (given name)
Cameron is an English surname of Scottish origin and derived from it a first name for both genders.
Origin and Meaning
The name comes from Scottish Gaelic cam - shron or cam SRON " hook nose ", and is thus a nickname.
Bearers of the name
Family name
A
- A. Collier Cameron, Scottish astronomer and university lecturer
- Alan Cameron ( born 1938 ), British classical scholar and historian
- Alastair Cameron (1925-2005), Canadian astrophysicist
- Alexander Thomas Cameron (1882-1947), Canadian biochemist
- Allan Cameron ( born 1944 ), British art director
- Angus Cameron (1826-1897), American politician
- Anne Cameron ( born 1938 ), Canadian writer and screenwriter
- Averil Cameron ( born 1940 ), British historian
B
- Benjamin Franklin Cameron (1890-1964), American lawyer
- Bert Cameron ( born 1959 ), Jamaican sprinters
- Brittany Cameron ( born 1986 ), American football player
C
- Candace Cameron (born 1976 ), American actress
- Charles Cameron (1743-1812), British architect
- Charles Duncan Cameron (1825-1870), British officer and consul in Abyssinia
- Clyde Cameron (1912-2008), Australian politician
- Cody Cameron (born 1970 ), American voice actor, screenwriter and film director
- Colin Cameron (born 1972 ), Scottish football player
D
- David Cameron (born 1966 ), British politician, Prime Minister
- David Cameron ( actor) ( 1933-2012 ), British actor and director
- Debbie Cameron (born 1958 ), American singer
- Donald Cameron ( soldier ) ( 1916-1961 ), British soldier
- Donald Charles Cameron ( governor) ( 1872-1948 ), British colonial governor
- Donald Charles Cameron ( politician ) ( 1879-1960 ), Australian politician
- Donald Ewen Cameron (1901-1967), Scottish- American psychiatrist
- Donald Hamish Cameron of Lochiel (1910-2004), Scottish politician
- Douglas Cameron, Canadian tennis player
- Douglas Colin Cameron (1854-1921), Canadian politician and businessman
- Dove Cameron ( * 1996), American actress
- Duncan Cameron ( ~ 1764-1848 ), fur traders and politicians in the former British colony of Upper Canada
- Dwayne Cameron ( born 1981 ), New Zealand actor
E
- Edwin Cameron ( born 1953 ), South African lawyer and author
- Eric Cameron ( born 1935 ), British- Canadian concept artist
- Etta Cameron (1939-2010), Danish jazz and blues singer
- Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington ( b. 1949 ), British landowner and Life Peer
G
- Geoff Cameron ( born 1985 ), American football player
B
- Harry Cameron (1890-1953), Canadian ice hockey player
- Heather Cameron ( * 1969 ), high school teacher of inclusive education
- Hilda Cameron (1912-2001), Canadian track and field athlete
J
- J. Smith - Cameron ( born 1955 ), American actress
- Jack Cameron (1902-1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- James Cameron (born 1954 ), Canadian director, producer and screenwriter, among other things, the director of Titanic and Avatar
- James Donald Cameron (1833-1918), American politician
- Jay Cameron (1928-2001), American saxophonist
- Jeff Cameron ( Goffredo actually Scarciofolo, † 1985), Italian actor
- John Cameron ( Scottish Episcopal ) ( † 1446 ), Bishop of Glasgow
- John Cameron ( theologian ) ( ~ 1579-1623 ), Scottish theologian
- John Cameron (Canadian bishop) ( 1826-1910 ), Bishop of Antigonish
- John Cameron ( politician ) ( 1847-1914 ), Australian politician and businessman
- John Cameron ( footballer ) ( 1872-1935 ), Scottish football player
- John Cameron ( composer ) ( born 1944 ), British composer, arranger and conductor
- John Cameron ( film producer) (born 1958 ), American film producer
- John Archibald Cameron (1902-1981), Canadian ice hockey player, see Jack Cameron
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), British photographer
K
- Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom ( born 1931 ), British politician and lawyer
- Kenneth Donald Cameron ( born 1949 ), American astronaut
- Kirk Cameron (born 1970 ), American actor
L
- Lynn Cameron ( born 1979 ), Scottish curler
M
- Mark Cameron ( born 1952 ), American weightlifter
- Matt Cameron (born 1962 ), American rock musician
N
- Neil Cameron, Baron Cameron of Balhousie (1920-1985), British Marshal of the Royal Air Force
P
- Paul Cameron ( born 1939 ), American psychologist
- Paul Cameron ( Cinematographer ) (born 1958 ), Canadian cameraman
- Peter Cameron ( mathematician ) ( born 1947 ), Australian mathematician
- Peter Cameron ( writer ) ( born 1959 ), American writer
- Peter Cameron ( entomologist ) ( 1847-1912 ), British entomologist ( entomologist )
R
- Ralph H. Cameron (1863-1953), American politician
- Rod Cameron (1910-1983), Canadian actor
- Ronald B. Cameron (1927-2006), American politician
- Ruth Cameron, American jazz singer and a producer of
S
- Shane Cameron ( born 1977 ), New Zealand boxers
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), American politician
T
- Tatiana Cameron (born 1970 ), Yugoslav singer
- Tiffany Cameron ( * 1991), Canadian soccer player
V
- Verney Lovett Cameron (1844-1894), British explorer
W
- William E. Cameron (1842-1927), American politician
First name
- Cameron Bright ( * 1993), Canadian actor
- Cameron Diaz (born 1972 ), American actress
- Cam Gigandet (actually Cameron Gigandet, * 1982 ), American actor
- Cameron Hanley (born 1973 ), Irish equestrians
- Cameron Jamie (born 1969 ), American multi-media and performance artist
- Cameron Mitchell (1918-1994), American actor
- Cameron A. Morrison (1869-1953), American politician
- Clair Cameron Patterson (1922-1995), American geochemist
Documents
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