Newton (surname)

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

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. Edward Newton (1864–1940), American industrialist, author and book collector
• Abba Verbeck Newton (1908–1996), American mathematician
• Alan Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Albert Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Alfred Newton (1829–1907), British zoologist and ornithologist
• Algernon Newton (1880–1968), British artist
• Amanda Newton (illustrator) (c. 1860–1943), American botanical illustrator
• 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
• Arthur Newton, a character in the film 12.10
• Amanda Newton (netball) (born 1977), English former netball player
• Arthur Newton (cricketer) (1862–1952), English cricketer

B

• Basil Newton (1889–1965), British ambassador
• Becki Newton (born 1978), American actress
• Ben Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Benjamin Wills Newton (1807–1899), English theologian, early leader of the Plymouth Brethren
• Bert Newton (1938–2021), Australian television personality
• Bill Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

C

• Cam Newton (born 1989), American football player
• Cam Newton (ice hockey) (born 1950), National Hockey League goaltender
• Cam Newton (safety) (born 1982), American former football player
• Cecil Newton (born 1986), American football player and brother of Cam
• Charles Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Christopher Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Clara Chipman Newton (1846–1936), an American china painter
• Conor Newton (born 1991), English football player

D

• David Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

E

• Edward Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Edwin Tulley Newton (1840–1930), British palaeontologist
• Emanuel Newton (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
• Ernie Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

F

• Frances Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frank Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frederick Newton (disambiguation), multiple people, also includes Frederic and Fred

G

• Gilbert Stuart Newton (1795–1835), British artist
• George Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

H

• Hal Newton (1933–2014), Canadian football player
• Harold Newton (1904–1963), American painter
• Sir Harry Newton, 2nd Baronet (1875–1951), British politician
• Harry Newton (cricketer) (1935–2014), English cricketer
• Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German photographer
• Henry Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• 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
• Dr.Isaac Newton (1947 – 1950), Director of Medical Services of Hong Kong

J

• Jack Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jake Newton (footballer) (born 1984), Guyanese footballer
• Jake Newton (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player
• James Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jer'Zhan Newton (born 2002), American football player
• John Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Newton (disambiguation), multiple people, includes Joe and Joey Newton
• Josh Newton (born 1973), American musician
• Josh Newton (American football) (born 2000), American football player
• 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) (born 1952), European musician
• Lee Newton (born 1985), American YouTube personality
• Luke Newton (born 1993), English actor

M

• Margaret Newton (1887–1971), Canadian plant pathologist and mycologist
• Margit Evelyn Newton (born 1962), Italian actress
• Mark Newton (politician) (born 1960), American politician
• Mark Charan Newton (born 1981), British fantasy author
• Mark J. Newton, convicted child sexual abuser
• Martha Elizabeth Newton (1941–2020), British bryologist and botanist
• 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mike Newton (disambiguation), 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 (1948–2022), 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
• Paul Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paula Newton (born 1968), Canadian anchor and correspondent for CNN
• Peter Newton (kayaker) (born 1970), American sprint kayaker
• Peter Newton (winemaker) (1926–2008), English-born American winemaker

R

• Richard Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Robert Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ross Newton (born 1967), Australian actor

S

• Samuel B. Newton (1868–1932), American college football coach
• Samuel Newton (sport shooter) (1881–1944), Canadian sport shooter
• Sarah Newton (born 1961), British politician
• Sean Newton (born 1988), English footballer
• Stephen Newton (1853–1916), English cricketer
• Stephen Newton (artist) (born 1948), British artist
• Stephen Hibbert Newton (born 1955), Australian teacher
• Steve Newton (born 1941), American basketball coach
• Sydney Newton (1875–1960), English photographer
• Syvelle Newton (born 1985), American college football player

T

• Thandiwe Newton (born 1972), English actress
• Theodore Newton (actor) (1904–1963), American actor
• Thomas Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Todd Newton (born 1970), American game show host
• Tony Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tristen Newton (born 2001), American basketball player
• Tyler Newton (born 1982), American basketball player

V

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

W

• Wayne Newton (born 1942), American singer and entertainer
• Wes Newton (born 1977), English darts player
• Williams Newton (1893–1970), American college sports coach
• William Ellis Newton (1919–43), Australian Victoria Cross recipient

See also

• Newton baronets
• Newton (disambiguation), multiple people