Norton (surname)
Norton is an English surname and derived from this male first name.
Origin and Meaning
Norton was originally a place-based English surname derived from a place name meaning " northern city " (English north town) in Old English. From the family name of identical male first name is derived.
Bearers of the name
Family name
A
- Andre Norton (1912-2005), American writer
B
- Barbara Norton ( born 1956 ), German canoeist
- Brian Norton (1899-1956), South African tennis player
- Brad Norton ( born 1975 ), American ice hockey player
- Bradley Norton (* 1991), Australian football player
D
- Daniel Sheldon Norton (1829-1870), American politician; U.S. Senator from Minnesota
- Deborah Norton, English actress
- Doreen Norton (1922-2007), British nurse
E
- Ebenezer F. Norton (1774-1851), American politician
- Edward Norton (born 1969 ), American actor
- Edward Felix Norton (1884-1954), British army officer and mountaineer
- Edward Lawry Norton (1898-1983), American engineer (Norton 's theorem )
- Eleanor Holmes Norton ( born 1937 ), American politician
- Elijah Hise Norton (1821-1914), American politician
- Emerson Norton (1900-1986), American track and field athlete
- Enrique Norten (born 1954 ), Mexican architect
- Eunice Norton (1908-2005), American pianist
F
- Franklin B. Norton (1831-1909), inventor of the ceramic whetstone
- Frederick John Norton (1904-1986), British librarian, Romance and Hispanist
G
- Gale Norton (born 1954 ), American politician and Minister of the Interior
- George Norton, American agricultural economist
- Gil Norton, British music producer
- Grace Norton (1834-1926), American Romance languages and literature scholar
- Graham Norton ( born 1963 ), Irish actor
- Greg Norton ( born 1959 ), American bassist and cooking
J
- James Norton ( politician ) ( 1843-1920 ), American politician
- James Norton ( computer scientist ) (* ~ 1953), British computer scientist and university teacher
- James A. Norton (1843-1912), American politician
- James Lansdowne Norton (1869-1925), British entrepreneur
- Jane E. Norton (born 1954 ), American politician
- Jeff Norton (born 1965 ), American ice hockey player
- Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), American politician
- Jim Norton (actor ) ( born 1938 ), Irish actor
- Jim Norton (American Football, 1938) ( 1938-2007 ), U.S. American football player
- Jim Norton (American Football, 1942) ( born 1942 ), U.S. American football player
- Jim Norton ( comedian ) ( born 1968 ), American comedian and actor
- John Norton ( chief ) ( Snipe, Teyoninhokarawen; ~ 1760 - ~ 1826), Scottish officer and chief of the Mohawk Indians
- John Norton ( Athlete ) ( 1893-1979 ), American track and field athlete
- John Norton (water polo player) ( 1899-1978 ), American water polo player
- John N. Norton (1878-1960), American politician
- John Pitkin Norton (1822-1852), American biochemist
- José Norton de Matos (1867-1955), Prime Minister of Portugal
- Joshua Norton (1819-1880), American businessman ( Emperor Norton I )
- Judy Norton -Taylor (born 1958 ), American actress
K
- Ken Norton (1943-2013), American boxer
- Ken Norton Jr. (born 1966 ), American football player
- Kevin Norton ( born 1956 ), American jazz musician
M
- Mary Norton (1903-1992), British children's author
- Mary Teresa Norton (1875-1959), American politician
- Miner G. Norton (1857-1926), American politician
N
- Nelson I. Norton (1820-1887), American politician
P
- Patrick Daniel Norton (1876-1953), American politician
- Peter Norton ( born 1943 ), American computer scientist
- Peter Hill - Norton, Baron Hill - Norton (1915-2004), a British fleet admiral and politician
- Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth ( born 1951 ), British politician, political scientist, professor and author
R
- Ray Norton ( born 1937 ), American track and field athlete
- Richard Norton (Rebel ) ( 1498-1588 ), English sheriff and insurgent
- Richard Norton (actor ) ( born 1950 ), Australian actor
- Richard Henry Norton (1849-1918), American politician
S
- Simon Norton ( born 1952 ), English mathematician
T
- Tara Norton (born 1971 ), Canadian triathlete
- Thomas Norton ( an alchemist ) ( 1433-1513 ), English poet and alchemist
- Thomas Norton ( poet ) ( 1532-1584 ), English poet, playwright and lawyer
W
- William Norton (1900-1963), Irish politician of the Irish Labour Party
- William W. Norton (1924-2010), American screenwriter
First name
- Norton Buffalo (1951-2009), American musician
- Norton P. Chipman (1834-1924), American politician
- Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893), American scientist
- Roger Norton Kenyon ( b. 1949 ), English footballer
- Norton Long ( born 1940 ), American physicist
- Norton Lichtenwalner Lewis (1889-1960), American politician
- Norton de Andrade Mello Rapesta (born 1958 ), Brazilian diplomat
- Norton Nascimento (1962-2007), Brazilian actor
- Norton P. Otis (1840-1905), American politician
- Albert Norton Richards (1821-1897), Canadian politician
- Norton A. Schwartz ( born 1951 ), American General
- Norton Winfred Simon (1907-1993), American industrialist and art collector