Compton

Compton is the name of several places:

In England:

• Compton (Berkshire )
• Compton ( Plymouth)
• Compton ( Surrey )
• Compton ( Wiltshire)
• Compton ( Wolverhampton)

In the United States:

• Compton (Arkansas )
• Compton (Illinois )
• Compton (California )
• Compton (Maryland)
• Compton (Oklahoma)
• Compton (Pennsylvania)
• Compton (Tennessee )
• Compton (Virginia)
• Compton Park (Ohio )
• Compton Woods ( Ohio)

As well as:

• West Compton, a census- designated place in Los Angeles County, California
• East Compton, an unincorporated community and a census- designated place in Los Angeles County, California

Number of people:

• Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962), American physicist
• Barnes Compton (1830-1898), American politician
• Caitlin Compton ( born 1980 ), American cross-country skier and biathlete
• Cliff Compton ( born 1979 ), American professional wrestler
• David G. Compton ( born 1930 ), British writer
• Edward Harrison Compton (1881-1960), German - English painter
• Edward Theodore Compton (1849-1921), English painter and mountaineer
• Fay Compton (1894-1978), British actress
• Ivy Compton - Burnett (1884-1969), English writer
• John Compton (1925-2007), politician from St. Lucia
• Karl Taylor Compton (1887-1954), American physicist
• Katherine Compton (born 1978 ), American cyclist
• Lynn Compton (1921-2012), American lawyer and officer
• Ranulf Compton (1878-1974), American politician
• Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979), South African botanist
• Scout Taylor - Compton (* 1989), American actress
• Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton ( 1601-1643 ), British military commander, politician and peer
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (~ 1673-1743 ), British politician ( Whig Party )
• William Compton (~ 1482-1528 ), English courtier
• William Compton, 1st Earl of Northampton († 1630), British peer

In NRHP -listed objects:

• Compton ( Trappe ), in Trappe, Maryland, ID no. 74000970
• Compton and Bloomfield, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ID no. 78002445
• Compton Bassett, in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, ID no. 83002959
• Compton Building, in Boston, Massachusetts, ID no. 08001284
• Compton Gap Site, in Luray, Virginia, ID no. 85003176
• Compton Hill Water Tower, St. Louis, Missouri, ID no. 72001555
• Short Compton House, in Enterprise, Mississippi, ID no. 80002212
• Compton Woodhouse, in Little Rock, Arkansas, ID no. 80000781

Other:

• Compton effect, increasing the wavelength of a photon

• Disambiguation