Denton is an English surname. It refers to someone from the location Denton, of which there are several, including in
Yorkshire,
Kent,
Lancashire,
Norfolk, and
Lincolnshire.
Notable persons with this surname
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Andrew Denton
Andrew Christopher Denton (born 4 May 1960) is an Australian television producer, comedian, Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and former radio host, and was the host of the ABC's weekly television interview program ''Enough Rope'' and ...
(born 1960), Australian media personality
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Daniel Denton Daniel Denton (c. 1626 – 1703) was an early American colonist. Denton led an expedition into the interior of northern New Jersey. He was one of the purchasers of what is known as the Elizabethtown Tract in 1664, in the area of (and surrounding) ...
(c. 1626 – 1703), early American colonist and writer
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Denice Denton
Denice Dee Denton (August 27, 1959 – June 24, 2006) was an American professor of electrical engineering and academic administrator. She was the ninth chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Biography
Early years
Denton was ...
(1959–2006), American academician
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George Chardin Denton (1851–1928), British colonial governor
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George H. Denton George H. Denton (born 14 December 1939 in Medford, Massachusetts, USA) is a Professor of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Studies at the University of Maine.
Biography
Denton earned his Ph.D. at the Yale University in 1965, and was the first ...
(born 1939), American geologist and glaciologist
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George K. Denton (1864–1926), American politician
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James Denton (actor)
James Thomas Denton Jr. (born January 20, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for playing Mike Delfino on ABC's comedy-drama series ''Desperate Housewives'' (2004–2012) and Dr. Sam Radford on Hallmark Channel's comedy ...
(born 1963), American film and television actor
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Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), American politician (former U.S. Senator, R-AL)
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Jim Denton, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
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John B. Denton
John B. Denton (July 28, 1806 – May 22, 1841, also shown in secondary references as John Bunard Denton and John Bunyan Denton) was a Methodist minister, lawyer, soldier, and political candidate for whom both Denton County, Texas and the city ...
(1806–1841), American preacher, lawyer, soldier
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(1814–1893), English surveyor, and civil engineer
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Kit Denton
Arnold Christopher "Kit" Denton (5 May 1928 – 14 April 1997), originally Arnold Ditkofsky,Matthew Ricketson, 2004, ''The Best Australian Profiles'', Melbourne, Black Inc., p. 248. (1928–1997), Australian author
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Mary Florence Denton
Mary Florence Denton (July 4, 1857 – December 24, 1947) was an American educator in Japan, and a longtime member of the faculty at Doshisha University in Kyoto.
Early life
Mary Florence Denton was born in Grass Valley, California, the daugh ...
(1857–1947), American educator in Japan
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Michael Denton (born 1943), British-Australian biochemist
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Nancy Denton, American sociologist
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Nick Denton (born 1966), founder of Gawker Media
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Randy Denton
Randall Drew Denton (born February 18, 1949) is an American former professional basketball player.
Denton graduated from William G. Enloe High School in 1967. A 6'10" center from Duke University, Randy holds the all-time Duke record for avera ...
(born 1949), American basketball player
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Richard Denton (1586–1662), Founded one of the first Presbyterian churches in America
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Sandra Denton (born 1964), American/Jamaican hip hop artist and part of Salt n Pepa
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Sherman Foote Denton
Sherman Foote Denton (24 September 1856 – 24 June 1937) was an American naturalist, illustrator, specimen collector, inventor, writer, and entrepreneur. Along with his brothers Shelley Wright and Robert Winsford he started Denton Brothers Butter ...
(1854–1937), American naturalist and illustrator
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Trevor Denton
Trevor Denton is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at club level for Doncaster (Heritage № 266), and Halifax (loan) (Heritage № 807), as a , i.e. number 6.
Background
Trevor ...
, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s
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Will Denton (born 1990), American actor
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William Denton (geologist)
William Denton (8 January 1823 - 26 August 1883) was a self-taught geologist, preacher, and a promoter of occult practices such as psychometry. He claimed that inanimate objects had souls or memories which sensitive people like his wife, Elizabeth ...
(1823-1883), occultist preacher and writer
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Winfield K. Denton
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton (October 28, 1896 – November 2, 1971) was an American lawyer, military veteran, and politician who served several terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana in the mid-20th ce ...
(1896–1971), American politician
In fiction:
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JC Denton
JC Denton is the player character and protagonist of the first-person role-playing video game ''Deus Ex'' and a supporting character in its sequel, '' Deus Ex: Invisible War''. He is voiced by Jay Anthony Franke in both games. Denton was created ...
, the main character in the video game ''Deus Ex''
See also
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Baron Denton
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often Hereditary title, hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher th ...
, subsidiary title of
Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
Earl Kitchener, of Khartoum and of Broome in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1914 for the famous soldier Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum. He had alread ...
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Danton (name) Danton is a French given name that is a form of Antoine, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin used in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, French Guiana, Madagascar, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Maurit ...
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English-language surnames
English toponymic surnames