Butterfield (surname)

Butterfield is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Porter Butterfield (born 1926), official in the Nixon administration during the

Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...

Asa Butterfield Asa Bopp Farr Butterfield (; born Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield on 1 April 1997) is an English actor. He has received nominations for three British Independent Film Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and three Young ...

(born 1997), English actor * Benjamin Butterfield, British immigrant who was the founder of

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, first Butterfield in America *

Billy Butterfield Charles William Butterfield (January 14, 1917 – March 18, 1988) was an American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, flugelhornist, and cornetist. Early years Charles William Butterfield was born in Middletown, Ohio and attended high school in Wyoming ...

(aka Charles William Butterfield) (1917–1988), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader * Brian James Butterfield (born 1958), Third base coach and infield instructor for the Boston Red Sox * Daniel Adams Butterfield (1831–1901), United States Civil War Union general, "Taps" composer *

Danny Butterfield Daniel Paul Butterfield (born 21 November 1979) is an English former professional footballer and coach who is currently an assistant head coach at Lincoln City. Butterfield was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and played between 1997 and 2016 as ...

(aka Daniel Paul Butterfield) (born 1979), English footballer *

Dave Butterfield Dave Butterfield (born July 29, 1954) is a former American football defensive back who played college football at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and attended Sterling High School in Sterling, Colorado. He was drafted by the New York Jets in ...

(born 1954), American football player * Deborah Kay Butterfield (born 1949), U.S. artist * Don Kiethly Butterfield (1923–2006), American tuba player * George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (born 1947), member of U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina *

Herbert Butterfield Sir Herbert Butterfield (7 October 1900 – 20 July 1979) was an English historian and philosopher of history, who was Regius Professor of Modern History and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is remembered chiefly for a shor ...

(1900–1979), historian, author of 'The Whig Interpretation of History' *

Isaac Butterfield Isaac Butterfield was an American officer who served under Colonel Timothy Bedel during the invasion of Quebec in the American Revolutionary War. He was either a Major or a Lieutenanthttps://books.google.ca/books?id=ev56CoLLW8oC&pg=PA27 In an od ...

, American officer in the revolutionary war who surrendered in the ''Battle of the Cedars'' to George Forster *

Jack Butterfield (ice hockey) John Arlington Butterfield (August 1, 1919 – October 16, 2010) was a Canadian professional ice hockey administrator and the president of the American Hockey League, serving the longest tenure of any AHL executive (28 years, from 1966 to 1994). ...

(aka John Arlington Butterfield) (1919–2010), president of the American Hockey League for 28 years from 1966 to 1994 *

Jack Butterfield (baseball) John Butterfield (August 5, 1929 – November 16, 1979) was an American college baseball coach and professional baseball executive. Butterfield grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts and played college baseball for Maine in the early 1950s and la ...

(1929–1979), college baseball coach at Maine and South Florida and New York Yankees executive * Jack Butterfield (footballer) (1922–2001), English footballer * Jacob Luke Butterfield (born 1990), English footballer * James Butterfield (aka Jim Butterfield) (born 1950), rower for Bermuda at the 1972 Olympics *

James Austin Butterfield James Austin Butterfield (May 18, 1837 – July 6, 1891) was an American composer. His best-known composition is ''When You and I Were Young, Maggie'', first published in 1866 (lyrics by George W. Johnson). Butterfield was born in England in ...

(1837–1891), American composer of "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" * Phillip James Butterfield Jr. (aka Jim Butterfield) (1927–2002), an American football player and coach *

Jeff Butterfield Jeffrey Butterfield (9 August 1929, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire – 30 April 2004, Wicken, Northamptonshire) was an England, British and Irish Lions, Yorkshire, Cleckheaton RUFC, Northampton and Barbarians Rugby player and businessman. Education ...

(1929–2004), international rugby union player * Jeremy Nicholas Butterfield (born 1954), philosopher *

Jim Butterfield Frank James "Jim" Butterfield (14 February 1936 – 29 June 2007), was a Toronto-based computer programmer, author, and television personality known for his work with early microcomputers. He is particularly noted for associations with Commodore ...

(aka Frank James Butterfield) (1936–2007), Canadian computer programmer * Jo Butterfield (aka Joanna Shuni Butterfield) (born 1979), British field athlete *

Jock Butterfield John Rutherford "Jock" Butterfield (18 January 1932 – 14 February 2004) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was named amongst the finest that New Zealand produced during the 20th century. A New Zeala ...

(aka John Rutherford Butterfield) (1932–2004), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

John Butterfield, Baron Butterfield William John Hughes Butterfield, Baron Butterfield, (28 March 1920 – 22 July 2000) was a leading British medical researcher, clinician and administrator. Early life and education Butterfield was educated at Solihull School, an historic inde ...

(aka William John Hughes Butterfield) (1920–2000), British medical researcher and administrator *

John Warren Butterfield John Butterfield (November 18, 1801 – November 14, 1869) was a transportation pioneer in the mid-19th century in the American Northwest and Southwest. He founded many companies, including American Express which is still in operation today. The ...

(1801–1869), founder of Butterfield Overland Mail * Orville Orland Butterfield, The false lynching of Orlando Butterfield, The Tuskegee Institute 24 July 1883 in the book Lynching and Mob Violence in Ohio, 1772–1938 *

Len Butterfield Leonard Arthur Butterfield (29 August 1913 – 5 July 1999) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946. He later served as New Zealand's chief harness racing stipendiary steward. Cricket career Butterfield made his first-class ...

(aka Leonard Arthur Butterfield) (1913–1999), New Zealand cricketer * Rosaria Champagne Butterfield (born 1962), religious writer * Paul Vaughn Butterfield (1942–1987), American blues musician, singer and harmonica player * Spencer Darren Butterfield (born 1992), American basketball player *

Stewart Butterfield Daniel Stewart Butterfield (born Dharma Jeremy Butterfield; March 21, 1973) is a Canadian billionaire businessman, best known for co-founding the photo-sharing website Flickr and the team-messaging application Slack. Early life and education In ...

(aka Daniel Stewart Butterfield / Dharma Jeremy Butterfield) (born 1973), co-founder of Flickr * Taahira Naeema Butterfield (born 2000), Bermudian sprinter *

Thomas Butterfield Thomas Butterfield (circa 1871 – 13 October 1943) was an Australian politician and minister in the South Australian Parliament. Political career In 1910/11 Butterfield was a councillor for the Tumby Bay ward in the Tumby Bay Council and was ...

(–1943), Australian politician * Thomas C. Butterfield, mayor of Cork, Ireland from 1916 to 1919 *

Tony Butterfield Anthony Butterfield (born 4 February 1966) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative prop-forward, he started his club football career with t ...

(aka Anthony Butterfield) (born 1966), Australian rugby league footballer * Tyler Barbour Butterfield (born 1983), Bermudian cyclist and triathlete * William Butterfield (British architect) (1814–1900), British architect * William Butterfield (American architect) (aka William M. Butterfield) (1860–1932), American architect * William Butterfield (auctioneer), founder of auction house

Butterfield & Butterfield Bonhams and Butterfield was a large American auction house, founded in 1865 by William Butterfield in San Francisco. It was purchased in 1999 from Bernard Osher by online auctioneer eBay for $260 million. In 2002, it was acquired from eBay by Br ...

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