Butler (surname)

Butler is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:

• an Anglicisation of the French surname Boutilier, Bouthillier, a cognate of the English name.
• an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller. It eventually came to be used to describe a servant of high responsibility in a noble household, mostly leaving behind its association with the supply of wine.
• in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty associated with the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny and parts of County Carlow. They were seated at Kilkenny Castle, and at Cahir Castle.
• an Anglicisation of German or Swiss-German surnames including Beutler, Bütler, Beidler.

Notable people with the surname Butler

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

• Adam Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Andrew Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Anthony Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Arthur Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Benjamin Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Bill Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Brett Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Charles Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• David Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Daniel Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Edward Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Eleanor Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frank Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• George Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Guy Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jack Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• James Butler (disambiguation), includes Jim Butler and Jimmy Butler
• Jason Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jerry Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• John Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Josh Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kevin Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Matthew Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Michael Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Paul Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Percy Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Pierce Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Richard Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Robert Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Samuel Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sarah Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Thomas Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tom Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tony Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• Walter Butler (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Butler (disambiguation), multiple people

Arts and letters

• Archie Butler (actor) (1911–1977), American actor, crewman, and stuntman
• Artt Butler (born 1969), American voice actor
• Austin Butler (born 1991), American actor
• Bernard Butler (born 1970), English musician, of McAlmont and Butler
• Bisa Butler (born 1973), American quilt artist
• Blair Butler (born 1977), American comedy writer/comedian
• Brian Patrick Butler, American actor and filmmaker
• Bryon Butler (1934–2001), English sports writer and broadcaster
• Champ Butler (1926–1992), American popular music singer
• Charlotte Butler, 17th-century English actress
• Cher Butler (born 1964), American model and actor
• Clementina Butler (1862–1949), American evangelist and author
• Dan Butler, American actor
• Daws Butler, American voice actor
• Dean Butler (actor), Canadian/American actor
• Dori Hillestad Butler, American author of children's books
• Ellis Parker Butler, American writer
• Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, English artist
• Francis Butler (dog trainer), American writer and dog-trainer
• Geezer Butler (born 1949), English musician, bass guitar player in Black Sabbath
• Gerald Butler (writer) (1907–1988), English writer and screenwriter
• Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
• Grace Butler, New Zealand artist
• Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013), English writer
• Henry Butler, American jazz pianist
• Hubert Butler, Irish essayist
• Hugo Butler, Canadian screenwriter
• Jazz Ishmael Butler, American rapper and singer known professionally as Lil Tracy
• Jonathan Butler, South African singer-songwriter
• Judith Butler, American feminist philosopher and queer theorist
• Larry Butler (producer), American country music producer
• Linda Butler, American photographer
• Marcus Butler, British vlogger
• Matt Butler, American singer-songwriter
• Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Irish artist
• Nickolas Butler, American writer
• Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), American science fiction writer
• Oobah Butler, author and filmmaker
• Rachel Barton Butler (died 1920), American writer, lyricist and playwright
• Ralph Butler, British lyricist
• Reg Butler, English sculptor
• Rhett Ayers Butler, American environmental journalist
• Roland C. Butler (1887–1961), American circus press agent and illustrator
• Ross Butler (actor) (born 1990), American actor
• Shay Butler, YouTube personality and vlogger
• Terry Butler, American musician
• Wanda Nero Butler (born 1958), American gospel musician
• Win Butler (born 1980), American musician
• Yancy Butler, American actor

Politics, law

• Christine Butler (1943–2017), British politician
• Colvin G. Butler (1872–1961), American politician
• David Butler (politician) (1829–1891), first Governor of Nebraska
• Dawn Butler (born 1969), British politician
• Eleanor Butler Sanders (1849–1905), American suffragist, civil rights activist
• Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, English judge
• Frederick Butler (1873–1961), British civil servant
• Gordon H. Butler (1889–1964), American civil engineer and politician
• Homer M. Butler, American politician
• Josephine Butler, English activist of the Victorian era
• Laphonza Butler (born c. 1979), American politician
• Louis B. Butler, American judge
• Manley Caldwell Butler (1925–2014), U.S. Representative from Virginia
• Marion Butler, American politician
• Marty Butler, American politician
• Milo Butler, governor-general of the Bahamas
• Patty Butler (born 1952), American politician
• Petra Butler, New Zealand legal academic
• Robin Butler, British civil servant
• Tubal Uriah Butler, Grenadian labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago
• Turner Butler (1869–1938), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Walker Butler, American jurist and politician

Nobility

• Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (died 1758)
• Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret (died 1602)
• Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret (1595–1679)
• Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret (died 1779)
• Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret (1745–1793)
• Edmund Butler, 15th Viscount Mountgarret (1875–1918)
• Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny (1771–1846)
• Henry Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret (1816–1900)
• Henry Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret (1844–1912)
• James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c. 1305 – 1337)
• James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (died 1382)
• James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde (died 1405)
• James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde (died 1452)
• James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde (1421–1462)
• James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde (died 1546)
• James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610–1688) created Duke in 1661
• James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665–1745)
• James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde (1849–1943)
• James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde (1893–1971)
• James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844–1919)
• James George Anson Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde (1890–1949)
• James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde (1899–1997)
• James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1777–1838)
• John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde (died 1478)
• John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde (died 1766)
• John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde (1740–1795)
• John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde (1808–1854)
• Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde (died 1539)(also 1st Earl of Ossory)
• Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret (1903–1966)
• Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret (born 1961)
• Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret (1500–1571)
• Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651)
• Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret (1936–2004)
• Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, first Chief Butler of Ireland, father of Theobald le Botiller
• Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler, otherwise known as Theobald le Botiller
• Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde (died 1515)
• Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (died 1614)
• Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde (died 1632)
• Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde (1703–1783)
• Walter Butler, Marquess of Ormonde (1770–1820) created Marquess of Ormonde (Ireland) in 1816

Sciences

• Amos Butler (1860–1937), American naturalist
• Anne Butler (engineer). Irish Engineer
• Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844–1925), English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist
• Arthur Lennox Butler (1873–1939), British naturalist
• Clifford Charles Butler, English physicist
• Edward Albert Butler (1845–1925), English entomologist
• Edward Arthur Butler (1843–1916), British ornithologist and army officer in India
• Harry Butler, Australian naturalist
• Hildred Mary Butler (1906–1975), Australian microbiologist
• John Alfred Valentine Butler, English electrochemist
• Laurie Butler (born 1955), American chemist, twin of Lynne
• Lynne Butler (born 1955), American mathematician, twin of Laurie

Sports

• Amanda Butler (born 1972), American basketball coach
• Archie Butler (footballer), Australian rules footballer
• Billy Butler, American baseball player
• Caron Butler, American basketball player
• Charlie Butler-Henderson, British motor racing driver
• Connor Butler (born 1998), English professional boxer
• Da'Sean Butler (born 1988), American basketball player
• Deighton Butler (born 1974), West Indian cricketer
• Darien Butler (born 2000), American football player
• Darius Butler (born 1986), American football player
• Dennis Butler, football manager
• Duane Butler, American football player
• Eddie Butler (baseball), American baseball player
• Eddie Butler (rugby union), Welsh rugby union player and journalist
• Hakeem Butler (born 1996), American football player
• Ian Butler (cricketer) (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer
• Jeff Butler (born 1990), American wheelchair rugby player
• Jeff Butler (football manager) (1934–2017), English football manager
• Jenna Butler (soccer) (born 2000), American professional soccer player
• Jimmy Butler, American basketball player
• Larry Butler (darts player), American darts player
• Lawrence Butler (baseball) (born 2000), American baseball player
• Lawrence Butler (basketball) (1957–2018), American basketball player
• LeRoy Butler, American football player
• Malcolm Butler (born 1990), American football player
• Malcolm Butler (Irish footballer) (1913–1987), Irish footballer
• Mario Butler (born 1957), Panamanian basketball player
• Mitchell Butler (b. 1970), American sports agent and former basketball player
• Neville Butler, (1917–1944) Australian rugby league footballer
• Percy Butler (born 2000), American football player
• Phil Butler, rugby league footballer of the 1970s, and 1980s
• Rasual Butler (1979–2018), American basketball player
• Rich Butler, Canadian baseball player
• Steve Butler, American racing driver
• Todd Butler, American college baseball coach
• Torrey Butler, American basketball player
• Vicki Butler-Henderson, British racing driver and TV presenter
• Wayde Butler, American football player

Other

• Alban Butler (1710–1773), English Catholic priest and author
• Anthea Butler (born 1950), American professor
• Christopher Butler (bishop) (1902–1986), English Catholic bishop
• W. Corly Butler (1869–1955), Methodist minister in Australia
• Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler (1891–1943), later Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
• Elizabeth Beardsley Butler, American surveyor of social conditions
• Henry Montagu Butler (1833–1918), English academic
• Ignacia Bordallo Butler (died 1993), Chamorro businesswoman and entrepreneur
• Kathleen M. Butler (1891–1972) Project manager for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
• Lee Pierce Butler, American academic and librarian
• Lucy Wood Butler (1820–1895), American temperance leader
• Matthew Butler, American Confederate general
• Montagu C. Butler, Esperantist, for whom the Montagu Butler Library is named
• Nicholas Murray Butler, American academic administrator and politician
• Norman 3X Butler, wrongfully convicted for the killing of Malcolm X
• Ovid Butler, American abolitionist for whom Butler University is named
• Smedley Butler, major-general, son of Thomas S. Butler
• Thaddeus J. Butler, American Catholic priest
• W. E. Butler, British occultist

Fictional entities with the surname Butler

• Faykan Butler, a character from the Dune universe
• Rhett Butler, a character from Gone with the Wind
• Serena Butler, a character from the Dune universe
• Domovoi and Juliet Butler, characters from the Artemis Fowl series
• Maggie Butler, a character from John B. Keane's 1965 play The Field

References

See also

• Justice Butler (disambiguation)
• Senator Butler (disambiguation)
• Butler (disambiguation)
• Buttler, including a list of people with this name