Compston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alastair Compston (born 1948), British neurologist
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Archie Compston
Archibald Edward Wones Compston (1893 – 8 August 1962) was an English professional golfer. Through the 1920s he built a reputation as a formidable match play golfer, in an era when many professionals made more money from "challenge" matches ag ...
(1893–1962), English golfer
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Joshua Compston
Joshua Richard Compston (1 June 1970 – 5 March 1996) was a London curator and progressive thinker, whose company Factual Nonsense was closely associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists (YBAs).
Early life and career beginnings
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(1970–1996), British gallerist
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Martin Compston
Martin Compston (born 8 May 1984) is a Scottish actor and former Association Football, professional footballer. He played Anti-Corruption Unit Detective Inspector Steve Arnott in the BBC drama ''Line of Duty'', Liam in Ken Loach, Ken Loach's '' ...
(born 1984), Scottish actor
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Peter Compston
Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Maxwell Compston (12 September 1915 – 20 August 2000) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
Naval career
Educated at the Epsom College, Compston joined the Royal Air Force in 193 ...
(1915–2000), Royal Navy officer
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Robert J. O. Compston
Wing Commander Robert John Orton Compston DSC & 2 Bars DFC (9 January 1898 – 28 January 1962) was an English fighter pilot credited with 25 victories during World War I. He was one of only seven airman in this war who won three awards of ...
(1898–1962), English fighter pilot
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William Compston (born 1931), Australian geophysicist
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