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Pemberton (surname)

Region of origin
  
Pemberton, old Lancashire, England

Pemberton is an English, Anglo Saxon surname first found in Pemberton, Greater Manchester, a residential area of Wigan, historically a part of Lancashire. It is common in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States and many places with an English diaspora.

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Etymologically, it consists of the elements Pen, Celtic for hill or head, ber Anglo-Saxon for barley, and ton Anglo-Saxon for an enclosure or field; thus "Barley field on the hill".

Surname

  • Amy Pemberton, British actress
  • Brock Pemberton (1885–1950), American theatrical producer and director
  • Caroline Pemberton (born 1986), Australian model
  • Charley Pemberton (1854–1894), son of John Pemberton
  • Hugh Pemberton (1890-1956), physician
  • John Pemberton (1831–1888), inventor of Coca-Cola
  • John Pemberton (footballer) (born 1964), Former English football (soccer) player
  • John C. Pemberton (1814–1881), Confederate army general
  • Joseph Despard Pemberton, Canadian surveyor-general
  • Max Pemberton (1863–1950), British novelist
  • Robin Leigh-Pemberton (born 1952), Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993)
  • Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959), Canadian painter
  • Steve Pemberton (born 1967), British comedy writer and performer
  • Steven Pemberton (born 1953), computer scientist
  • Thomas Edgar Pemberton (1849–1905), English playwright and theatrical historian
  • Victor Pemberton, British script writer and novelist

    • Fictional characters

  • Guy Pemberton, a character on the BBC R4 soap, The Archers
  • Simon Pemberton, son of the same
  • Sylvester Pemberton The DC Comics superhero, Star-Spangled Kid
  • Albert Pemberton, nephew

    • References

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