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Cotton (surname)

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Cotton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Athletes

  • Amy Cotton (born 1980), Canadian judoka
  • Craig Cotton (born 1947), American football player
  • Henry Cotton (golfer) (1907–1987), English golfer
  • James Cotton (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
  • James Cotton (gridiron football) (born 1978), American defensive end
  • Paris Cotton (born 1989), American football player
  • Schea Cotton (born 1978), American basketball player

    • Musicians

  • Billy Cotton (1899–1969), British band leader
  • Gene Cotton(born 1944), American pop and folk singer-songwriter
  • James Cotton (born 1935), American blues musician (harmonica)
  • Jeff Cotton (born 1949), American rock guitarist
  • Paul Cotton (musician) (born 1943), American guitar player

    • Politicians and nobility

  • George W. Cotton (1821–1892), South Australian politician
  • Norris Cotton (1900-1989), American politician
  • Paul Cotton (diplomat) (born 1930), New Zealand diplomat
  • The Cotton baronets
  • Tom Cotton (born 1977), American politician

    • Science and engineering

  • Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571–1631), antiquarian and bibliophile, creator of the basis of the British Library
  • Aimé Cotton (1869–1951), French scientist
  • Cotton effect, named after him
  • Sir Arthur Cotton (1803–1899), British general and engineer famous for his work in India
  • Arthur Disbrowe Cotton (1879–1962), botanist, species author Cotton and a president of the British Mycological Society
  • Bernard Charles Cotton (1905–1966), Australian malacologist
  • Charles Cotton (geologist), New Zealand geologist
  • Émile Cotton (1872–1950), French mathematician, discoverer of the Cotton tensor
  • F. Albert Cotton (1930–2007), American inorganic chemist

    • Television

  • Antony Cotton (born 1975), British actor, best known for his roles in Coronation Street and Queer as Folk (UK)
  • Bill Cotton (1928–2008), British television executive
  • Fearne Cotton (born 1981), English television presenter and radio 1 DJ

    • Other

  • Charles Cotton (1630–1687), poet
  • John Cotton (minister) (1585–1652), clergyman, grandfather of Cotton Mather
  • Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873), British serial killer
  • Richard Lynch Cotton (1794–1880), British vicar and university administrator
  • Robert Cotton (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for various men with this name
  • Sarah Cotton (1815–1878), British wife of the academic and medic Sir Henry Acland, inspiration for the Acland Hospital
  • Sir Sydney Cotton (1792–1874), British Army officer.
  • William Cotton (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for various men with this name

    • References

    Cotton (surname) Wikipedia
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