Newton (surname)

The surname Newton is a toponymic surname, derived from the common place name "New-town".[1] "As nearly every county has its ... Newton," there are many independent families that share this surname.[1]

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

• A. P. Newton (Arthur Percival; 1873–1942), British historian
• A. Edward Newton (Arthur; 1864–1940), American writer, publisher and book collector
• A. Richard Newton (Arthur; 1951–2007), Australian-born American computer scientist
• Alan Newton (cricketer) (1894–1979), Australian cricketer
• Alan Newton (cyclist) (born 1931), British cyclist
• Sir Alan Newton (surgeon) (1887–1949), Australian surgeon
• Alfred Newton (1829–1907), British zoologist and ornithologist
• Algernon Newton (1880–1968), British artist
• Amanda Newton (illustrator) (ca. 1860–1943), American botanical illustrator
• Arthur Newton, a character in the film 12.10
• Arthur Newton (cricketer) (1862–1952), Somerset and Oxford University cricketer
• Arthur F. H. Newton (1883–1959), British athlete
• Arthur L. Newton (1883–1956), American athlete

B

• Sir Basil Newton (1889–1965), British ambassador
• Becki Newton (born 1978), American actress
• Benjamin Wills Newton (1807–1899), English theologian, early leader of the Plymouth Brethren
• Bert Newton (born 1938), Australian television personality

C

• 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
• Curtis Newton (fictional), "real" name of pulp magazine character Captain Future

E

• Edward Newton (1832–1897), British colonial administrator and ornithologist
• Edwin Tulley Newton (1840–1930), British palaeontologist
• Emanuel Newton (born 1984), American mixed martial artist

F

• 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

H

• 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

I

• Ian Newton ((born 1940), English ornithologist
• Irene Newton (1915–1992), English artist
• Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and philosopher
• Isaac Newton (agriculturalist) (1800–1867), American agriculturalist

J

• John Newton (1725–1807), British slave trader, who 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

K

• Keith Newton (prelate) (born 1952), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Keith Newton (footballer) (1941–1998), English international footballer
• Kathryn Newton (born 1997), American actress

L

• Lauren Newton (singer), European musician
• Lee Newton, American YouTube personality

M

• Margaret Newton (1887–1971), Canadian plant pathologist and mycologist
• Margit Evelyn Newton (born 1962), Italian actress
• Matt Newton (born 1977), American actor
• Matthew Newton (born 1977), Australian actor
• Matty Newton (born 1984), Australian songwriter, bass player, guitarist, keyboardist, and producer
• Maxwell Newton (1929–1990), Australian media publisher
• Michael Newton, multiple people
• Mika Newton (born 1986), Ukrainian singer and actress
• Mike Newton, multiple people
• Milt Newton (born 1965), American former basketball player
• Morgan Newton (born 1991), American former football player

N

• Nate Newton (born 1961), former NFL offensive lineman
• Nell Jessup Newton, American lawyer and professor

O

• Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist
• Ollie Newton (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer
• Omari Newton, Canadian actor

P

• Pania Newton, New Zealand lawyer and activist
• Patti Newton (born 1945), Bert Newton's wife
• Paula Newton, Canadian anchor and correspondent for CNN

R

• Robert Newton, British actor
• Robert Russell Newton, also R. R. Newton (July 7, 1918 – June 2, 1991), American physicist, astronomer, and historian of science.

S

• Sean Newton (born 1988), English footballer
• Sydney Newton Also known as S.W.A Newton, English photographer.
• Syvelle Newton (born 1985), American college football player
• Sarah Newton (born 1976)

T

• Thandie Newton (born 1972), English actress
• Todd Newton (born 1970), American game show host
• Tyler Newton (born 1982), American basketball player

V

• Virgil Miller Newton (b. 1938), Antiochian Orthodox priest and former head of controversial teen drug-rehabilitation facilities

W

• 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

See also

• Newton baronets
• Newton (disambiguation)

References

1. Lower, Mark Antony (1849). "Chapter V. Local Surnames". English Surnames. 1 (3rd ed.). London: John Russell Smith. pp. 58–59 – via Google Books.