Crighton is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cameron Crighton (born 1992), British actor
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Crighton Porteous or Crichton Porteous, (1901–1991), British writer
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David Crighton
David George Crighton, FRS (15 November 1942 – 12 April 2000) was a British mathematician and physicist.
Life
Crighton was born in Llandudno, North Wales, where his mother, Violet Grace Garrison, had been sent because of the bombing of Londo ...
FRS (1942–2000), British mathematician and physicist
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Hec Crighton (1900–1967), Canadian football coach
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Michael Crichton or Michael Crighton, (1942–2008), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter
See also
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Craigton (disambiguation)
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Creighton (disambiguation)
Creighton may refer to:
Places Canada
* Creighton, Saskatchewan
* Creighton, Simcoe County, Ontario
* Creighton Mine, a mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario
* Creighton Mine, Ontario
South Africa
* Creighton, KwaZulu-Natal
United States
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Creightons
Creightons Plc is a manufacturer of consumer goods headquartered in Peterborough, United Kingdom, whose shares are listed on the FTSE Fledgling Index. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock ex ...
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Crichton (disambiguation) The name Crichton () originates as the name of
* Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, which is also the site of
* Crichton Castle Places and institutions
It can also refer to:
In Dumfries
* Crichton Campus, Dumfries, part of the University of Glasgo ...
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Croughton (disambiguation)
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The Admirable Crichton
''The Admirable Crichton'' is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie.
Origins
Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram-loving Ernest is p ...
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Kryten
Kryten is a fictional character in the British science fiction situation comedy ''Red Dwarf''. The name ''Kryten'' is a reference to the head butler in the J.M. Barrie play ''The Admirable Crichton''. Originally referred to as a Series III mech ...
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