Butler is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:
an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller. It eventually came to be used to describe a servant of high responsibility in a noble household, mostly leaving behind its association with the supply of wine.
in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty
a German surname, originating in Prussia before the 11th century, that gained notoriety in the High Middle Ages.
an Anglicisation of the French surname Boutilier, Bouthillier, a cognate of the English name.
The surname “Butler” was originated in the 12th century by Theobald le Botiller FitzWalter (Lord of Preston). Lord FitzWalter accompanied King John to Ireland to help secure Norman areas. When men whom Walter led killed Dermot MacCarthy, prince of Desmond, Walter was granted land holdings of Baggotrath, County Dublin, and the Stein River lands around what is now Trinity College Dublin. He was also given an important fief, on which Walter both founded an abbey and established his Irish seat. Upon returning to England, King John endowed Walter with the hereditary office "Butler to the Lord of Ireland" in 1177; some evidence indicates that he was also dubbed "Butler of Ireland". As such, he had the right to pour the King's wine. This title can be defined as Governor by today's standards. His son, Theobalde Butler, was the first to hold the name and pass it to his descendants. Walter's grandson was James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde. Kilkenny Castle was the main seat of the Butler family.
Arts and letters
Amir Butler, British-Australian writer on Islam
Archie Butler (actor), actor, crewman, and stuntman
Austin Butler, actor on "Zoey 101" and "iCarly"
Bernard Butler, English musician, of McAlmont and Butler
Blair Butler, American comedy writer/comedian
Bryon Butler, English sports writer and broadcaster
Chad Butler, drummer
Cher Butler, American model and actor
Dan Butler, American actor
Daws Butler, American voice actor
Dean Butler (actor), Canadian/American actor
Dori Hillestad Butler, author of The Truth about Truman School and other children's books
Ellis Parker Butler, American writer
Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, English artist
Francis Butler, American writer and dog-trainer
Geezer Butler, English musician, bass guitar player in Black Sabbath
Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013), English writer
Henry Butler, American jazz pianist
Hubert Butler, Irish essayist
Hugo Butler, Canadian screenwriter
Jonathan Butler, South African singer-songwriter
Judith Butler, American feminist philosopher and queer theorist
Larry Butler (producer), American country music producer
Marcus Butler, British vlogger
Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Irish artist
Octavia E. Butler, American science fiction writer
Ralph Butler, British lyricist
Reg Butler, English sculptor
Shay Butler, YouTube personality and vlogger
Terry Butler, American musician
Wanda Nero Butler (born 1958), American gospel musician
Win Butler, American musician
Yancy Butler, American actor
Christine Butler, British politician
David Butler (politician), first Governor of Nebraska
Dawn Butler, British politician
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, English judge
Homer M. Butler, American politician
Josephine Butler, English activist of the Victorian era
Louis B. Butler, American judge
Manley Caldwell Butler (born 1925), U.S. Representative from Virginia
Marion Butler, American politician
Sir Milo Butler, governor-general of the Bahamas
Robin Butler, British civil servant
Tubal Uriah Butler, Grenadian labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago
Walker Butler, American jurist and politician
Clifford Charles Butler, English physicist
Harry Butler, Australian naturalist
Hildred Mary Butler (1906–1975), Australian microbiologist
John Alfred Valentine Butler, English electrochemist
Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925), English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist
Archie Butler, Australian rules footballer
Caron Butler, American basketball player
Charlie Butler-Henderson, British motor racing driver
Da'Sean Butler (born 1988), American basketball player
Deighton Butler (born 1974), West Indian cricketer
Dennis Butler, football manager
Duane Butler, American football player
Eddie Butler (baseball), American baseball player
Ian Butler (cricketer) (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer
Jimmy Butler (basketball), American basketball player
Larry Butler (darts player), American darts player
LeRoy Butler, American football player
Malcolm Butler (American football) (born 1990), American football player
Malcolm Butler (footballer) (1913–1987), Irish footballer
Mario Butler, Panamanian basketball player
Mitchell Butler (b. 1970), American sports agent and former basketball player
Rasual Butler, American basketball player
Rich Butler, Canadian baseball player
Steve Butler, American racing driver
Todd Butler, American college baseball coach
Torrey Butler, American basketball player
Vicki Butler-Henderson, English racing driver
Wayde Butler, American football player
Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and author
Christopher Butler, English Catholic bishop
Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler, later Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler, American surveyor of social conditions
Henry Montagu Butler (1833–1918), English academic
LaVerne Butler (1926–2010), Kentucky clergyman and college president
Lee Pierce Butler, American academic and librarian
Matthew Butler, American Confederate general
Montagu C. Butler, Esperantist, for whom the Montagu Butler Library is named
Nicholas M. Butler, American academic administrator and politician
Norman 3X Butler, convicted for the killing of Malcolm X
Ovid Butler, American abolitionist for whom Butler University is named
Smedley Butler, major-general, son of Thomas S. Butler
W. E. Butler, British occultist
Faykan Butler, fictional character from the Dune universe
Rhett Butler, fictional character from Gone with the Wind
Serena Butler, fictional character from the Dune universe
Stan Butler, fictional character from On The Buses
Theobald Butler, 1st Baron Butler, first Chief Butler of Ireland, father of Theobald le Botiller
Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler, otherwise known as Theobald le Botiller
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c. 1305 – 1337)
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (died 1382)
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde (died 1405)
James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde (died 1452)
James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde (1421–1462)
John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde (died 1478)
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde (died 1515)
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde (died 1539)(also 1st Earl of Ossory)
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde (died 1546)
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (died 1614)
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde (died 1632)
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde and 12th Earl of Ormonde (1610–1688) created Duke in 1661
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and 13th Earl of Ormonde (1665–1745)
Charles Butler, 3rd Duke of Ormonde and 14th Earl of Ormonde (died 1758)
John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde (died 1766)
Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde (1703–1783)
John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde (1740–1795)
Walter Butler, 18th Earl of Ormonde (1770–1820) created Marquess of Ormonde (Ireland) in 1816
James Wandesford Butler, 19th Earl of Ormonde (1777–1838) created Marquess of Ormonde (UK) in 1825)
John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde and 20th Earl of Ormonde (1808–1854)
James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde and 21st Earl of Ormonde (1844–1919)
James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde and 22nd Earl of Ormonde (1849–1943)
James George Anson Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde and 23rd Earl of Ormonde (1890–1949)
James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde and 24th Earl of Ormonde (1893–1971)
James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde and 25th Earl of Ormonde (1899–1997) (his presumed successors in the Earldoms of Ormonde and Ossory have been the 17th and 18th Viscount Mountgarret, descending in the male line from a younger son of the 8th Earl, but the claim has not been proven)
Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret (1500–1571)
Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret (died 1602)
Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651)
Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret (1595–1679)
Richard Butler, 5th Viscount Mountgarret (died 1706)
Edmund Butler, 6th Viscount Mountgarret (1663–1735)
Richard Butler, 7th Viscount Mountgarret (1685–1736)
James Butler, 8th Viscount Mountgarret (1686–1749)
Edmund Butler, 9th Viscount Mountgarret (1687–1751)
Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret (died 1779)
Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret (1745–1793)
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny, 12th Viscount Mountgarret (1771–1846)
Henry Edmund Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret (1816–1900)
Henry Edmund Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret (1844–1912)
Edmund Somerset Butler, 15th Viscount Mountgarret (1875–1918)
Piers Henry Augustine Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret (1903–1966)
Richard Henry Piers Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret (1936–2004)
Piers James Richard Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret (born 1961)
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