Stapleton (surname)

Stapleton is an English surname dating back to the times of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain.^[1] It is a habitation name; examples of habitations are found in Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Yorkshire, and the name is derived from the Old English word stapol meaning post and ton meaning settlement.^[2]

Notable people and characters with the surname include:

Arts and entertainment

Chris Stapleton (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
Cyril Stapleton (1914–1975), British violinist and band leader
Fergal Stapleton (born 1961), Irish artist
Jacinta Stapleton (born 1979), Australian actress
Jean Stapleton (1923–2013), American actress
Liam Stapleton (born 1996), Australian radio presenter
Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), American actress
Nicola Stapleton (born 1974), English actress
Oliver Stapleton (born 1948), English cinematographer
Peter Stapleton (1954–2020), New Zealand musician
Robyn Stapleton, Scottish singer
Steven Stapleton (born 1957), British musician
Sullivan Stapleton (born 1977), Australian actor

Business

Bob Stapleton (born 1958), American entrepreneur
Patrick J. Stapleton III (active from 1997), member of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, son of Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr.
Thomas Stapleton (antiquary) (1805–1849), English landowner
Walker Stapleton (born 1974), American businessman and state treasurer

Military

Deryck Stapleton (1918–2018), British bomber pilot and Air Vice Marshal
Gerald Stapleton (1920–2010), British fighter pilot
Sir Miles Stapleton (1408–1466), English knight
Sir Miles Stapleton of Bedale or of Cotherstone (1320?–1364), English knight

Politics and government

Benjamin F. Stapleton (1869–1950), American politician
Charles W. Stapleton (1853–1935), American lawyer and politician
Craig Roberts Stapleton (born 1945), U.S. ambassador
John Stapleton (MP) (1816–1891)
Patrick J. Stapleton Jr. (1924–2001), U.S. politician in Pennsylvania, father of Patrick J. Stapleton III
Philip Stapleton (1603–1647), English politician
Richard F. Stapleton (1831–?), American politician
Sheryl Williams Stapleton (born 1958), American politician
Thomas J. Stapleton (born 1947), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Walker Stapleton (born 1974), American politician
Walter King Stapleton (born 1934), American federal judge
William Stapleton (MP for Carlisle), MP for Carlisle
Sir William Stapleton, 1st Baronet, also see List of colonial governors of Nevis
Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet (c. 1698 – 1740), English politician, son of the governor

Scholars

Henry Ernest Stapleton (1878–1962), English chemist and historian of alchemy and chemistry

Sports

Baseball

Dave Stapleton (infielder) (born 1954), baseball player who played with the Boston Red Sox 1980–86
Dave Stapleton (pitcher) (born 1961), baseball player who played with the Milwaukee Brewers 1987–88

Football (soccer)

Frank Stapleton (born 1956), Irish association and Manchester United football player
Jessie Stapleton (born 2005), Irish association football player
Laurence Stapleton, English footballer
Paul Stapleton, English football executive
Rory Stapleton, Irish Gaelic football player

Football (American)

Clay Stapleton (1921–2014), American football player and coach
Darnell Stapleton (born 1985), American football player

Ice hockey

Mike Stapleton (born 1966), American ice hockey player
Pat Stapleton (ice hockey) (1940–2020), Canadian ice hockey player
Tim Stapleton (born 1982), American ice hockey player

Other sports

Brett Stapleton (born 1987), Australian rugby union player
Craig Stapleton (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
Eddie Stapleton (1930–2005), Australian rugby union player
Harold Stapleton (1915–2015), Australian cricketer
Jim Stapleton (1863–1949), Irish hurler
Paddy Stapleton (born 1985), Irish hurler
Thomas Stapleton (hurler) (born 1988), Irish hurler
Timmy Stapleton, Irish hurler
Tom Stapleton (footballer) (1907–1977), Australian rules footballer
Tom Stapleton (hurler), Irish athlete

Journalism

John Stapleton (born 1946), English journalist
John Stapleton (Australian journalist)
Sally Stapleton (born 1957), American photojournalist

Religion

Ruth Carter Stapleton (1929–1983), American Christian evangelist
Theobald Stapleton (1589–1647), Irish Roman Catholic priest
Thomas Stapleton (theologian) (1535–1598), English Catholic controversialist

Other fields

Augustus Stapleton (1800–1880), British biographer and political pamphleteer

Disambiguation pages

Craig Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
Dave Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
John Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
Patrick Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
Thomas Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
William Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons

Fictional characters

Rita Stapleton, a heroine on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light during the 1970s and early '80s
Jack and Beryl Stapleton, characters from The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Stapleton family, the main characters in a series of historical novels by Thomas Fleming

Notes

^ "Surname Database: Stapleton Last Name Origin".
^ Hanks, Patrick; Flavia Hodges; A. D. Mills; Adrian Room (14 Nov 2002). The Oxford Names Compantion. Oxford University Press. p. 587. ISBN 978-0198605614.

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[1] "Surname Database: Stapleton Last Name Origin".

[2] Hanks, Patrick; Flavia Hodges; A. D. Mills; Adrian Room (14 Nov 2002). The Oxford Names Compantion. Oxford University Press. p. 587. ISBN 978-0198605614.

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