Compton (surname)

Compton is a surname of English origin, and may refer to:

• Ann Compton, journalist
• Arthur Compton, physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect, brother of Karl Taylor Compton and Wilson Martindale Compton, below
• Barnes Compton, Maryland congressman and state officeholder
• Christian Compton, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
• Cliff Compton (born 1979), American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino
• D.G. Compton, science fiction author
• Denis Compton, England cricketer and footballer
• F. E. Compton, publisher
• Fay Compton, actress
• Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams
• Henry Compton, Bishop of London
• Henry Compton (actor), English actor
• Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
• John Compton, leader of Saint Lucia UWP
• John Compton, London pipe & electronic organ maker
• Karl Taylor Compton, physicist, one-time president of MIT, brother of Arthur Compton, above, Wilson Martindale Compton, below
• Katie Compton, American bicycle racer
• Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer
• Lynn Compton, lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial and 101st Airborne WWII-veteran
• Nick Compton, English cricketer
• O'Neal Compton, American film and television actor
• Patrick Compton, South African cricketer
• Richard Compton, American actor
• Richard G. Compton, chemist
• Richard Compton (cricketer), South African cricketer
• Robert Harold Compton, botanist
• Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
• William Compton (courtier), lover of Henry VIII's notorious mistress, Anne Stafford; the two were prosecuted for adultery
• Wilson Martindale Compton, fifth president of Washington State University, brother of Arthur Compton and Karl Taylor Compton, above

See also

• Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist - brother of Fay Compton