Britton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Andrew Britton Andrew Paul Britton (January 6, 1981 – March 18, 2008) was a British-born spy novelist who immigrated to the United States with his family at age seven. He published his first novel at age 23, his books were translated for international sales ...

(1981–2008), British-born American author * Barbara Britton (1919–1980), American film and television actress * Ben Britton (born 1985), British scientist *

Cameron Britton Cameron Britton (born ) is an American actor known for his role as Ed Kemper in the Netflix crime drama television series ''Mindhunter'', for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and ...

(born 1986), American actor * Celia Britton (born 1946), British scholar of French Caribbean literature and thought *

Chris Britton (baseball) Christopher Daniel Britton (born December 16, 1982) is a right-handed former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. High school Britton attended Plantation High School in Florida. He was first-team All-Broward County and second team All-State. B ...

(born 1982), American baseball player *

Christopher Britton (actor) Christopher Britton is a Canadian film, stage, television and voice actor who is probably best known for his work in '' X-Men: The Animated Series'', in which he was the voice of Mister Sinister. More recently, he has voiced the character of Soi ...

(born 1961), Canadian-born actor *

Cliff Britton Clifford Samuel Britton (29 August 1909 – 1 December 1975) was an English football player and manager. Playing career After playing amateur football for a number of teams in the Bristol area, his professional playing career began when he sig ...

(1909–1975), British football player and manager *

Connie Britton Constance Elaine Britton ( Womack; born March 6, 1967) is an American actress. Britton made her feature film debut in the independent comedy-drama film '' The Brothers McMullen'' (1995), and the following year, she was cast as Nikki Faber on th ...

(born 1968), American actress *

David Britton David Britton (18 February 1945 – 29 December 2020) was a British author, artist, and publisher. In the 1970s he founded ''Weird Fantasy'' and ''Crucified Toad'', a series of small press magazines of the speculative fiction and horror genres. ...

(1945–2020), British publisher, writer and artist *

David Britton (basketball) David Britton (born August 26, 1958) is an American former basketball player. He played college basketball for Texas A&M University where he was named MVP of the 1980 Southwest Conference men's basketball tournament. Early years David Britton w ...

(born 1958), American basketball player *

Elizabeth Gertrude Britton Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (née Knight) (January 9, 1858 – February 25, 1934) was an American botanist, bryologist, and educator. She and her husband, Nathaniel Lord Britton played a significant role in the fundraising and creation of the New ...

(1858–1934), American botanist *

Fern Britton Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957) is an English author and television presenter. She co-presented '' Breakfast Time'' in the 1980s, coming to mainstream national attention when hosting cookery game show ''Ready Steady Cook'' between 1994 and 200 ...

(born 1957), British television presenter *

Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala McCormack (née Britton; born 24 September 1984 in Wicklow) is an Irish runner who has competed at a range of distance running events. She was the gold medallist at the 2011 and 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has repr ...

(born 1984), European champion in cross country * Fred C. Britton (1889–1931) artist and educator in South Australia * George Bryant Britton (1863–1929), English boot and shoe manufacturer and Liberal Party Member of Parliament * Gerry Britton (born 1970), Scottish footballer and manager * Halland Britton (1890–1975), English runner * Helene Hathaway Robison Britton (1879–1950), American owner of St. Louis Cardinals * Ian Britton (English footballer) (born 1956), English footballer *

Ian Britton (Scottish footballer) Ian Britton (19 May 1954 – 31 March 2016) was a Scottish footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in England and Scotland, including Chelsea, Blackpool and Burnley. Playing career Chelsea Britton started his career with Scottis ...

(1954–2016), Scottish footballer *

Jack Britton Jack Britton (October 14, 1885 – March 27, 1962) was an American boxer who was the first three-time world welterweight boxing champion. Born William J. Breslin in Clinton, New York, his professional career lasted for 25 years beginning in ...

(1885–1962), three-time world welterweight boxing champion * James Britton (disambiguation), several individuals * Jill Britton (1944–2016), Canadian mathematics educator *

John Britton (antiquary) John Britton (7 July 1771 – 1 January 1857) was an English antiquary, topographer, author and editor. He was a prolific populariser of the work of others, rather than an undertaker of original research. He is remembered as co-author (mainly ...

(1771–1857), English antiquarian *

John Britton (doctor) John Bayard Britton (May 6, 1925 – July 29, 1994) was an American physician. He was assassinated in Pensacola, Florida, by anti-abortion extremist Paul Jennings Hill. Britton's death was the second assassination of a Pensacola abortion provider ...

(1925–1994), assassinated abortion provider *

John Britton (martyr) John Britton (Bretton) (died 1 April 1598) was an English Catholic martyr from Barnsley, Yorkshire, who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was beatified in 1987. Biography A member of the old, established Breton family, Britton w ...

(15??–1598), English Catholic martyr, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I *

John Britton (mathematician) John Leslie Britton (18 November 1927 – 13 June 1994) was an English mathematician from Yorkshire who worked in combinatorial group theory and was an expert on the word problem for groups. Britton was a member of the London Mathematical Socie ...

(1927–1994), British mathematician *

Leon Britton Leon James Britton (born 16 September 1982) is an English footballer and coach who plays for Ammanford in the Cymru South. A midfielder, he spent most of his career with Swansea City, having joined Swansea on a permanent transfer in 2003. Brit ...

(born 1982), English footballer *

Nan Britton Nanna Popham Britton (November 9, 1896 – March 21, 1991) was an American secretary who was a mistress of Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States. In 1927, she revealed that her daughter, Elizabeth, had been fathered by Hard ...

(1896–1991), mistress of U.S. President Warren G. Harding *

Nathaniel Lord Britton Nathaniel Lord Britton (January 15, 1859 – June 25, 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. Early life Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York to Jasp ...

(1859–1934), American botanist * Pamela Britton (1923–1974), American actress * Pamela Britton (author) (), American author * Samantha Britton (born 1973), English retired footballer * Sherry Britton (1918–2008), American burlesque performer *

Tony Britton Anthony Edward Lowry Britton (9 June 1924 – 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including ''The Day of the Jackal'') and television sitcoms (including '' Don't Wait Up'' and '' Robin's Nest'' He is the f ...

(1924–2019), English actor *

W. H. Britton William Hamilton Britton (June 4, 1892 – November 29, 1982) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee for one season in 1935, coaching in the absence of Robert Neyland, w ...

(1892–1982), American college basketball and football coach *

Zack Britton Zackary Grant Britton (born December 22, 1987), known professionally as Zach Britton until February 2019, is a professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles an ...

(born 1987), American baseball player

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