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Butterworth (surname)

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Butterworth is a toponymic surname based on the township of Butterworth which currently resides in Greater Manchester, England, an area in which the surname was very common as of 2014.

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Notable people who share this surname include:

Born in the 17th century

  • Mary Butterworth (1686–1775), Colonial American counterfeiter

    • Born in the 18th century

  • James Butterworth (1771–1837), English author
  • Joseph Butterworth (1770–1826), English law bookseller and politician

    • Born in the 19th century

  • Alexander Kaye Butterworth (1854–1946), General Manager of the North Eastern Railway
  • Charles Butterworth (actor) (1896–1946), film actor, comedian of the 1930s and 1940s
  • Edgar Ray Butterworth (1847–1921), American funeral director
  • Frank Butterworth (1870–1950), American football player and coach
  • George Butterworth (1885–1916), English composer killed in the First World War
  • Horace Butterworth, American university football coach in 1907
  • Hugh Butterworth (1885–1915), English cricketer, schoolteacher and soldier
  • Stephen Butterworth (1885–1958), the inventor of the Butterworth filter
  • William Butterworth (businessman) (1864–1936), American businessman and early Deere & Company president
  • William John Butterworth (1801–1856), English colonel and Governor of the Straits Settlements

    • Born in the 20th century

  • Aiden Butterworth (born 1961), retired English football player
  • Albert Butterworth (1912–1991), English professional footballer
  • Archie Butterworth (1912–2005), Irish inventor and racing motorist
  • Arthur Butterworth (1923–2014), English composer
  • Bob Butterworth (born 1942), former Florida attorney general
  • Brad Butterworth (born 1959), yachtsman from New Zealand
  • Brian Butterworth (born 1944), cognitive neuropsychologist at University College London researching speech, reading and mathematics
  • Charles Butterworth (philosopher) (born 1938), American professor of political philosophy
  • Dean Butterworth (born 1976), English professional drummer
  • Donna Butterworth (born 1956), American actress
  • Elizabeth Butterworth (born 1949), English artist
  • Eugene Butterworth (born 1984), South African rugby union footballer
  • Garry Butterworth (born 1969), British professional footballer
  • George Butterworth (cartoonist) (1905–1988), British political, strip and sports cartoonist, later a book illustrator
  • George Butterworth (psychologist) (1946–2000), British professor of psychology who studied infant development
  • Herbert Butterworth (1902–1938), English professional footballer
  • Ian Butterworth (born 1964), English professional footballer
  • Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth (1918–2003), British lawyer
  • Jez Butterworth (born 1969), English playwright and screen writer
  • Jim Butterworth (entrepreneur), American technology entrepreneur and documentary filmmaker
  • Jim Butterworth (politician), Habersham County, Georgia Commission Chairman and State Senator
  • Jon-Allan Butterworth (born 1986), British paralympic cyclist
  • Louise Butterworth (born 1985), English pole vaulter
  • Luke Butterworth (born 1983), Tasmanian cricketer
  • Michael Butterworth (born 1947), British author and publisher
  • Michael Butterworth (American football) (born 1985), American football player
  • Mike Butterworth (1924–1986), British comic book writer
  • Nick Butterworth (born 1946), British children's author and illustrator
  • Oliver Butterworth (1915–1990), American children's author and educator
  • Oliver Butterworth (violinist), British violinist, music educator, and arts administrator
  • Peter Butterworth (1919–1979), English comic actor
  • Ryan Butterworth (born 1981), Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Shane Butterworth, American actor, starred in the TV series The Bad News Bears
  • Tyler Butterworth (born 1959), English actor
  • Wally Butterworth (1901–1974), American radio announcer and host
  • W. E. Butterworth (born 1929), who writes as W. E. B. Griffin
  • William Walton Butterworth (1903–1975), American career diplomat and ambassador

    • References

    Butterworth (surname) Wikipedia
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