Compton (surname)

Compton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
• Ann Compton (born 1947), American journalist
• Arthur Compton (1892–1962), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect
• Barnes Compton (1830–1898), Maryland congressman and state officeholder
• Billy Compton (1896–1976), English footballer
• Carla Compton, Canadian politician
• Charles H. Compton (1880–1966), American librarian and educator
• Christian Compton (1929–2006), justice of the supreme court of Virginia
• Cliff Compton (born 1979), American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino
• Dale L. Compton (born 1935), American aerospace engineer and director of NASA Ames Research Center
• David G. Compton (1930–2023), British science fiction author
• Denis Compton (1918–1997), England cricketer and footballer
• Edward Compton (actor) (1854–1918), English actor-manager
• Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921), English-born, German artist, illustrator, and mountain climber
• Lady Emily Compton (born 1980), English fashion model, editor, and stylist
• Erik Compton (born 1979), Norwegian-American professional golfer
• F. E. Compton, publisher
• Fay Compton (1894–1974), English actress
• Francis Compton (Conservative politician) (1824–1915), English lawyer and Conservative MP
• Sir Francis Compton (c. 1629–1716), English soldier and MP for Warwick
• Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams
• Freeman W. Compton (1824–1893), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Harry Compton (1899–1951), Canadian soldier
• Henry Compton, Bishop of London
• Henry Compton (actor), English actor
• Herbert Eastwick Compton (1856–1906), English writer
• Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
• John Compton, leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party
• John Compton, London pipe & electronic organ maker
• Karl Taylor Compton (1887–1954), physicist, president of MIT
• Katie Compton, American bicycle racer
• Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer
• Lynn Compton, lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial
• Nick Compton (born 1983), English cricketer
• O'Neal Compton (1951–2019), American film and television actor
• Patrick Compton (born 1952), South African cricketer
• Paul Compton (born 1961), English footballer and football manager
• Paul Justin Compton (born 1944), Australian computer scientist
• Richard Compton (1938–2007), American actor
• Richard G. Compton (born 1955), chemist
• Richard Compton (cricketer) (born 1956), South African cricketer
• Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979), South African botanist
• Sean Compton, American Broadcast executive
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (–1743), British statesman and prime minister
• Virginia Frances Bateman or Bateman Compton (1853–1940), American-born British actor-manager
• Walter Ames Compton (1911–1990), American Doctor and Japanese sword collector.
• Wayde Compton (born 1972), Canadian writer
• William Compton (courtier) (c. 1482–1528), lover of Henry VIII's mistress, Anne Stafford
• Wilson Martindale Compton (1890–1967), fifth president of Washington State University

See also

• Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Scottish novelist, brother of Fay Compton