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Horton (surname)

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Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

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List of people surnamed Horton

  • Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone
  • Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer
  • Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Puerto Rican politician
  • Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager
  • Charles Horton, American football player
  • Claude Wendell Horton, Jr. (born 1942), American physicist
  • Claude Wendell Horton, Sr. (1915–2001), American physicist
  • Clinton T. Horton (1876–1953), New York politician and judge
  • Christiana Horton (c. 1696 – c. 1756), English actress
  • Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality
  • Dodie Horton, American politician
  • Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
  • Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player
  • Frank Horton (disambiguation)
  • George Horton (disambiguation)
  • Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina
  • Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
  • Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
  • Jack K. Horton (c. 1917-2000), American lawyer and business executive.
  • James Horton (disambiguation)
  • Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician
  • John Horton (disambiguation)
  • Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer
  • Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast
  • Kenneth Horton (disambiguation)
  • Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer
  • Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer
  • Lesley Horton, British novelist
  • Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist
  • Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player
  • Martin Horton (born 1934), former English cricketer
  • Mary Ann Horton (born 1955), American computer scientist
  • Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British submarine commander during the First World War, and admiral during the Second
  • Michael Horton (disambiguation)
  • Mike A. Horton (born 1973), American businessman
  • Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic
  • Myles Horton (1980–1990), American educator
  • Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor
  • Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal
  • Sir Robert Horton (businessman) (born 1939), British businessman
  • Robert E. Horton (1875–1945), American hydrologist
  • Robert Horton (actor) (1924–2016), American TV actor
  • Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet (1784–1841), British politician
  • Robert Forman Horton (1835–1934), British Nonconformist scholar
  • S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
  • Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer
  • Scott Horton (disambiguation)
  • Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician
  • Stanley M. Horton, American theologian
  • Stuart Horton (born 1963), rugby league footballer of the 1980s, and '90s, and coach of the 1990s
  • Thomas Horton (disambiguation)
  • Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder
  • Tommy Horton (born 1941), English professional golfer
  • Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player
  • Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player
  • William Horton (disambiguation)
  • Willie Horton (born 1951), convicted felon from South Carolina
  • Willie Horton (baseball player) (born 1942), American former Major League baseball player

    • Fictional characters

  • James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series
  • Sarah Horton, character on the TV show Days of Our Lives

    • References

    Horton (surname) Wikipedia
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