Compton (surname)

Compton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

* Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
* Ann Compton (born 1947), American journalist
* Arthur Compton (1892–1962), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect
* Barnes Compton (1830–1898), Maryland congressman and state officeholder
* Billy Compton (1896–1976), English footballer
* Carla Compton, Canadian politician
* Charles H. Compton (1880–1966), American librarian and educator
* Christian Compton (1929–2006), justice of the supreme court of Virginia
* Cliff Compton (born 1979), American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino
* David G. Compton (1930–2023), British science fiction author
* Denis Compton (1918–1997), England cricketer and footballer
* Edward Compton (actor) (1854–1918), English actor-manager
* Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921), English-born, German artist, illustrator, and mountain climber
* Lady Emily Compton (born 1980), English fashion model, editor, and stylist
* Erik Compton (born 1979), Norwegian-American professional golfer
* F. E. Compton, publisher
* Fay Compton (1894–1974), English actress
* Francis Compton (Conservative politician) (1824–1915), English lawyer and Conservative MP
* Sir Francis Compton (c. 1629–1716), English soldier and MP for Warwick
* Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams
* Freeman W. Compton (1824–1893), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
* Henry Compton, Bishop of London
* Henry Compton (actor), English actor
* Herbert Eastwick Compton (1856–1906), English writer
* Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
* John Compton, leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party
* John Compton, London pipe & electronic organ maker
* Karl Taylor Compton (1887–1954), physicist, president of MIT
* Katie Compton, American bicycle racer
* Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer
* Lynn Compton, lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial
* Nick Compton (born 1983), English cricketer
* O'Neal Compton (1951–2019), American film and television actor
* Patrick Compton (born 1952), South African cricketer
* Paul Compton (born 1961), English footballer and football manager
* Richard Compton (1938–2007), American actor
* Richard G. Compton (born 1955), chemist
* Richard Compton (cricketer) (born 1956), South African cricketer
* Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979), South African botanist
* Sean Compton, American Broadcast executive
* Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 1674–1743), British statesman and prime minister
* Virginia Frances Bateman or Bateman Compton (1853–1940), American-born British actor-manager
* Walter Ames Compton (1911–1990), American Doctor and Japanese sword collector.
* Wayde Compton (born 1972), Canadian writer
* William Compton (courtier) (c. 1482–1528), lover of Henry VIII's mistress, Anne Stafford
* Wilson Martindale Compton (1890–1967), fifth president of Washington State University

## See also

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* Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Scottish novelist, brother of Fay Compton

Surname list

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