# Newton (surname)

The surname Newton is a toponymic surname, derived from the common place name "New-town". "As nearly every county has its ... Newton," there are many independent families that share this surname.
The most well-known bearer of the name was Isaac Newton, and he is usually the one meant when a reference is made to "Newton" without qualification. The surname may also refer to:

## People

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### A

* A. Edward Newton (1864–1940), American industrialist, author and book collector
* Abba Verbeck Newton (1908–1996), American mathematician
* Alan Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Albert Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alfred Newton (1829–1907), British zoologist and ornithologist
* Algernon Newton (1880–1968), British artist
* Amanda Newton (illustrator) (c. 1860–1943), American botanical illustrator
* Arthur Newton (cricketer) (1862–1952), Somerset and Oxford University cricketer
* Arthur F. H. Newton (1883–1959), British athlete
* Arthur L. Newton (1883–1956), American athlete
* Arthur Newton, a character in the film 12.10
* Amanda Newton (netball) (born 1977), English former netball player
* Arthur Newton (cricketer) (1862–1952), English cricketer

### B

* Basil Newton (1889–1965), British ambassador
* Becki Newton (born 1978), American actress
* Ben Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Benjamin Wills Newton (1807–1899), English theologian, early leader of the Plymouth Brethren
* Bert Newton (1938–2021), Australian television personality
* Bill Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

### C

* Cam Newton (born 1989), American football player
* Cam Newton (ice hockey) (born 1950), National Hockey League goaltender
* Cam Newton (safety) (born 1982), American former football player
* Cecil Newton (born 1986), American football player and brother of Cam
* Charles Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Christopher Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Clara Chipman Newton (1846–1936), an American china painter
* Conor Newton (born 1991), English football player

### D

* David Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

### E

* Edward Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Edwin Tulley Newton (1840–1930), British palaeontologist
* Emanuel Newton (born 1984), American mixed martial artist
* Ernie Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

### F

* Frances Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Frank Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Frederick Newton (disambiguation), multiple people, also includes Frederic and Fred

### G

* Gilbert Stuart Newton (1795–1835), British artist
* George Newton (disambiguation), multiple people

### H

* Hal Newton (1933–2014), Canadian football player
* Harold Newton (1904–1963), American painter
* Sir Harry Newton, 2nd Baronet (1875–1951), British politician
* Harry Newton (cricketer) (1935–2014), English cricketer
* Helmut Newton (1920–2004), German photographer
* Henry Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton (1887–1949), known as Alan Newton (surgeon), Australian surgeon
* Hubert Anson Newton (1830–1896), English astronomer
* Huey P. Newton (1942–1989), founder of Black Panther Party

### I

* Ian Newton (born 1940), English ornithologist
* Irene Newton (1915–1992), English artist
* Isaac Newton (1642–1727), English physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and philosopher
* Isaac Newton (agriculturalist) (1800–1867), American agriculturalist
* Dr.Isaac Newton (1947 – 1950), Director of Medical Services of Hong Kong

### J

* Jack Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jake Newton (footballer) (born 1984), Guyanese footballer
* Jake Newton (ice hockey) (born 1988), American ice hockey player
* James Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jerjuan Newton (born 2001), American football player
* Jer'Zhan Newton (born 2002), American football player
* John Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph Newton (disambiguation), multiple people, includes Joe and Joey Newton
* Josh Newton (musician) (born 1973), American musician
* Josh Newton (American football) (born 2000), American football player
* Juice Newton (born 1952), American singer

### K

* Keith Newton (prelate) (born 1952), English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
* Keith Newton (footballer) (1941–1998), English international footballer
* Kathryn Newton (born 1997), American actress

### L

* Lauren Newton (singer) (born 1952), European musician
* Lee Newton (born 1985), American YouTube personality
* Luke Newton (born 1993), English actor

### M

* Margaret Newton (1887–1971), Canadian plant pathologist and mycologist
* Margit Evelyn Newton (born 1962), Italian actress
* Mark Newton (politician) (born 1960), American politician
* Mark Charan Newton (born 1981), British fantasy author
* Mark J. Newton, convicted child sexual abuser
* Martha Elizabeth Newton (1941–2020), British bryologist and botanist
* Matt Newton (born 1977), American actor
* Matthew Newton (born 1977), Australian actor
* Matty Newton (born 1984), Australian songwriter, bass player, guitarist, keyboardist, and producer
* Maxwell Newton (1929–1990), Australian media publisher
* Michael Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mike Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Milt Newton (born 1965), American former basketball player
* Morgan Newton (born 1991), American former football player

### N

* Nate Newton (born 1961), former NFL offensive lineman
* Nell Jessup Newton, American lawyer and professor

### O

* Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), English-Australian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and activist
* Ollie Newton (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer
* Omari Newton, Canadian actor

### P

* Pania Newton, New Zealand lawyer and activist
* Patti Newton (born 1945), Bert Newton's wife
* Paul Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Paula Newton (born 1968), Canadian anchor and correspondent for CNN
* Peter Newton (kayaker) (born 1970), American sprint kayaker
* Peter Newton (winemaker) (1926–2008), English-born American winemaker

### R

* Richard Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Robert Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ross Newton (born 1967), Australian actor

### S

* Samuel B. Newton (1868–1932), American college football coach
* Samuel Newton (sport shooter) (1881–1944), Canadian sport shooter
* Sarah Newton (born 1961), British politician
* Sean Newton (born 1988), English footballer
* Stephen Newton (1853–1916), English cricketer
* Stephen Newton (artist) (born 1948), British artist
* Stephen Hibbert Newton (born 1955), Australian teacher
* Steve Newton (born 1941), American basketball coach
* Sydney Newton (1875–1960), English photographer
* Syvelle Newton (born 1985), American college football player

### T

* Thandiwe Newton (born 1972), English actress
* Theodore Newton (actor) (1904–1963), American actor
* Thomas Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Todd Newton (born 1970), American game show host
* Tony Newton (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tristen Newton (born 2001), American basketball player
* Tyler Newton (born 1982), American basketball player

### V

* Virgil Miller Newton (born 1938), Antiochian Orthodox priest and former head of controversial teen drug-rehabilitation facilities

### W

* Wayne Newton (born 1942), American singer and entertainer
* Wes Newton (born 1977), English darts player
* Williams Newton (1893–1970), American college sports coach
* William Ellis Newton (1919–43), Australian Victoria Cross recipient