Billington is an English surname arising from several places in

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

and

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, and possibly

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. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adeline Billington Adeline Billington (3 January 1826 – 23 January 1917), was an English actress and teacher. Biography Adeline Mortimer was born 3 January 1826, in England. She married John Billington, a fellow actor. Billington made her London debut in ''Cupid ...

(1826–1917), English actress and teacher * James Billington (1847 – 1901), English executioner * Thomas Billington (1872 – 1902), English executioner * William Billington (1875 – 1952), English executioner *

John Billington John Billington (also spelled as Billinton) (c. 1580September 30, 1630) was an Englishman who travelled to the New World on the ''Mayflower'' and was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. In England Nothing is known about John Billingt ...

(1880 – 1905), English executioner *Tom Billington (1958–2018), English professional wrestler best known as Dynamite Kid * Clyde Billington Jr. (1934-2018), American businessman, chemist, and politician *

Craig Billington Craig Richard Billington (born September 11, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played with several teams in a 15-year National Hockey League career, always known as "Biller," and serves as an assistant general manage ...

(born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender *

Elizabeth Billington Elizabeth Billington (27 December 1765, in London25 August 1818, in Venice) was a British opera singer. Life She was born on 27 December 1765 in Litchfield Street, Soho, London. She was the daughter of Carl Weichsel, a native of Freiberg, in ...

(1765–1818), British opera singer * Francelia Billington (1895–1934), American actress * Fred Billington (1862–1917), English singer and actor * Geoff Billington, British showjumper *

James H. Billington James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions. He served as the 13th Librarian ...

(1929-2018), United States Librarian of Congress *

(1580s–1630), an immigrant on the ''Mayflower'' and first Englishman to be hanged in New England *

John Billington (actor) John Billington (31 August 1828 – 8 September 1904) was an English actor, for many years a member of the company of the Adelphi Theatre in London. Life Adelphi Theatre Through his appearances outside London, Billington acquired the reputation o ...

(1830–1904), English actor * Joseph Billington, English footballer *

Kevin Billington Kevin Billington (12 June 1934 – 13 December 2021) was a British film director, who worked in the theatre, film and television from the 1960s. Biography The son of a factory worker,Fred Hauptfuhre''People'', 13:12, 24 March 1980 and educated ...

(1934-2021), British film director *

Michael Billington (actor) Michael Billington (24 December 1941 – 3 June 2005) was a British film and television actor. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Career Television In 1966 Billington appeared in ''Incident at Vichy'' at the Phoenix Theatre in Lo ...

(1941–2005), British film and television actor *

Michael Billington (critic) Michael Keith Billington OBE (born 16 November 1939) is a British author and arts critic. He writes for ''The Guardian'', and was the paper's chief drama critic from 1971 to 2019. Billington is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic" and th ...

(born 1939), the drama critic of The Guardian *

Michael Billington (activist) Michael O. Billington is an activist in the LaRouche Movement, Asia editor for the ''Executive Intelligence Review'', and author of ''Reflections of an American Political Prisoner: the Repression and Promise of the LaRouche Movement''. Billington ...

, activist in the LaRouche movement, author of ''Reflections of an American Political Prisoner'' * Polly Billington, radio reporter *

Rachel Billington Lady Rachel Mary Billington (''née'' Pakenham; born 11 May 1942) is a British author, the third daughter of the 7th Earl and Countess of Longford; both parents were writers, as was her aunt, Christine Longford. Career Billington worked in ...

(born 1942), British author *

Ray Allen Billington Ray Allen Billington (September 28, 1903 in Bay City, Michigan - March 7, 1981 in San Marino, California) was an American historian focusing his work on the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defend ...

(1903–1981), American historian * Teresa Billington-Greig (1877–1964), suffragette and one of 70 founders of the Women's Freedom League *

Teddy Billington Edwin "Teddy" Billington (July 14, 1882, Southampton – August 8, 1966, Pine Brook, New Jersey) was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. An all round cycling talent he competed in Cycling at the 1 ...

(1882–1966), US Olympic cyclist *

William Billington (poet) William Billington (3 April 1825 – 3 January 1884) was an English poet, living in Blackburn, Lancashire and sometimes writing in dialect. He became known as "The Blackburn Poet". Life Billington was born in Samlesbury, Lancashire in 1825. Hi ...

(1825–1884), English poet * Wilf Billington (1930–2023), British footballer who also played in Australia

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