Creighton (name)

Creighton is a Scottish and Irish habitational name that comes from the barony of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is derived from Gaelic crìoch (border) and Middle English tune (settlement).^[1]^[2]^[3] Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Abraham Creighton (disambiguation)
- Abraham Creighton (died 1706), MP for County Fermanagh and Enniskillen
- Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne (1703–1772)
- Abraham Creighton (died 1809), MP for Lifford
- Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne (1765–1842)
Adam Creighton (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
Adam Creighton (journalist), Australian economist and journalist
Anthony Creighton (1922–2005), British playwright
Billy Creighton (1892–1970), Canadian ice hockey player
Brandon Creighton (born 1970), American politician
Breen Creighton, Australian professor of law
Charles Creighton (disambiguation)
- Charles Creighton (physician) (1847–1927), British physician, opponent of vaccination
- Charles Creighton (referee) (1876–1949), Irish-American soccer referee
- Charles F. Creighton (1863–1907), Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Charles W. Creighton (1885–1947), American politician and lawyer
Chris Creighton (born 1969), American football coach
D. F. Creighton (1858–1936), American architect, mechanical engineer, and construction manager
Dave Creighton (1930–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
David Creighton (1843–1917), Canadian businessman and politician
Donald Creighton (1902–1979), Canadian historian
Donna Creighton (born 1985), British bobsledder and skeleton racer
Edward Creighton (1820–1874), American pioneer businessman
Ernest Creighton (1859–1931), English first-class cricketer
Eugene Creighton, First Nation Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, Canada
Frank W. Creighton (1879–1948), American Episcopal bishop
Fred Creighton (1930–2011), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Guy Creighton (born 1949), Australian equestrian
Harriet Creighton (1909–2004), American botanist, geneticist and educator
Helen Creighton (1899–1989), Canadian folklorist
James Creighton (disambiguation)
- James Creighton (ice hockey) (1850–1930), Canadian ice hockey pioneer
- James Edwin Creighton (1861–1924), American philosopher
- James Forbes Creighton (1879–1944), Canadian physician and politician
- James George Aylwin Creighton or J.G.A. Creighton, father of organized ice hockey
- James M. Creighton (1856–1946), American architect
- Jamie Creighton (1983), Scottish International Athlete
- Jim Creighton (1841–1862), American baseball player
- Jim Creighton (basketball) (born 1950), American basketball player
- Jimmy Creighton (1905–1990), Canadian ice hockey player
Joanne V. Creighton (born 1942), American academic and President of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
John Creighton (disambiguation)
- John Creighton (archaeologist), British archaeologist and academic
- John Creighton (British Army officer) (1772–1833), MP for Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the Little Belt affair in 1811
- John Creighton (judge) (1721–1807), Canadian lawyer and judge
- John Creighton (Nova Scotia politician) (1794–1878), Canadian lawyer and politician
- John Creighton (priest) (fl. 1643–1670), Irish Chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of Ferns
- John Creighton (rugby union) (1937–2022), New Zealand rugby union player
- John Creighton (surgeon) (1768–1827), Irish president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- John Creighton (warden) (1817–1885), Canadian merchant, politician and prison official
- John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (1731–1828), Irish peer
- John A. Creighton (1831–1907), American pioneer businessman
- John Oliver Creighton (born 1943), American astronaut
- John W. Creighton Jr. (1932–2020), American businessman
- John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the Little Belt affair in 1811
Louise Creighton (1850–1936), British author
Lucinda Creighton (born 1980), Irish Fine Gael politician
Mandell Creighton (1843–1901), British historian and bishop
Margaret Creighton, American historian, writer and professor emerita at Bates College, Maine
Mark Creighton (born 1981), English professional footballer
Mary Frances Creighton (1899–1936s–1936), convicted American murderer, executed in 1936
Mary Lucretia Creighton (1834–1876), American philanthropist
Michael Creighton (disambiguation)
- Michael Cyril Creighton, American actor and writer
- Michael W. Creighton, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
Milan Creighton (1908–1998), American football player and coach
Neal Creighton (born 1965), American entrepreneur
Richard D. Creighton (1924–1988), Korean War flying ace
Shaun Creighton (born 1967), Australian long-distance runner
Thomas Creighton (prospector) (20th Century), Canadian prospector
Thomas C. Creighton (born 1945), American politician
Thomas H. Creighton (1865–1942), American lawyer and politician
William Creighton (disambiguation)
- William Creighton Jr. (1778–1851), American attorney, banker and politician
- William Black Creighton (1864–1946), Canadian social reformer
- William Steel Creighton (1902–1973), American myrmecologist and taxonomist
- William Creighton (bishop) (1909–1987), American Episcopal bishop

Given name

Creighton Abrams (1914–1974), United States Army General
Creighton Burns (1925–2008), Australian journalist and academic
Creighton Carvello (1944–2008), British mnemonist
Creighton Tull Chaney (1906–1973), American actor better known as Lon Chaney Jr.
Creighton Gubanich (born 1972), American professional baseball player
Creighton Hale (1882–1965), Irish-American actor born Patrick Fitzgerald
Creighton Miller (1922–2002), American football player and attorney
Creighton Redman (born 1933), British rower
Creighton Leland Robertson (1944–2014), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

Characters

Creighton Bernette, a character from Treme season 1

References

^ Hanks, Patrick (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (Second ed.). Oxford Paperback Reference. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
^ Dobson, David (2003). The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8063-5209-1.
^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (Second ed.). Oxford Paperback Reference. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

[2] Dobson, David (2003). The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-8063-5209-1.

[3] Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

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Creighton (name)

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