Hamilton may refer to:

People

* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The

Duke of Hamilton Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Dukedom of Rothesay held by the Sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the premier peer of Sc ...

, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilton (disambiguation), several Scottish, Irish and British peers, and some members of the judiciary, who may be referred to simply as ''Hamilton'' ** Clan Hamilton, an ancient Scottish kindred * Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States *

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...

, a British Formula One driver *

William Rowan Hamilton Sir William Rowan Hamilton LL.D, DCL, MRIA, FRAS (3/4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish mathematician, astronomer, and physicist. He was the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ire ...

(1805–1865), Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician for whom ''Hamiltonian mechanics'' is named * Hamílton (footballer) (born 1980), Togolese footballer

Places

Australia

* Hamilton, New South Wales, suburb of Newcastle * Hamilton Hill, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Hamilton, South Australia * Hamilton, Tasmania * Hamilton, Victoria Queensland * Hamilton, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane **

Hamilton Reach Hamilton Reach is a reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geography Hamilton Reach flows from west (upstream) to east (downstream). The suburb of Hamilton is on its northern bank (and is most likely the origin of the ...

, a reach of the Brisbane River ** Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland) ** Town of Hamilton, a former local government area ** Hamilton Town Hall, Brisbane, a heritage-listed former town hall * Hamilton Island (Queensland)

Canada

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of ...

Hamilton Harbour Hamilton Harbour, formerly known as Burlington Bay, lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City of Hamilton, and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington Ba ...

, formerly known as Burlington Bay, a branch of Lake Ontario ** Hamilton (provincial electoral district), a former electoral riding ** Hamilton (electoral district), a former federal electoral district * Hamilton, Ontario (township) (unrelated township) * Hamilton Island (Nunavut) * Hamilton Island (Ontario)

New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton ( mi, Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato, Waikato region. With a territorial population of , it is the count ...

** Hamilton (New Zealand electorate), a former parliamentary electorate

United Kingdom

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton ( sco, Hamiltoun; gd, Baile Hamaltan ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and no ...

, Scotland (formerly Cadzow, renamed in 15th century) **

Hamilton Mausoleum Hamilton Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was the resting place of the family of the Dukes of Hamilton.Hamilton Palace, built 1695, demolished 1927, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ** Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency), a former burgh constituency * Hamilton, Leicestershire, England

United States

Hamilton, Alabama Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1896 and since 1980 has been the county's largest city, surpassing Winfield. It was previously the largest town in 1910. At the 2020 census, ...

* Hamilton, California, in Butte County * Hamilton City, California, in Glenn County * Hamilton, Colorado * Hamilton, Georgia * Hamilton, Illinois * Hamilton, Indiana, in Steuben and DeKalb counties * Hamilton, Clinton County, Indiana *

Hamilton, Madison County, Indiana Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Madison County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital an ...

* Hamilton, St. Joseph County, Indiana * Hamilton, Iowa * Hamilton, Kansas * Hamilton, Kentucky * Hamilton Hills, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood in Baltimore * Hamilton, Massachusetts * Hamilton, Michigan * Hamilton, Minnesota * Hamilton, Mississippi * Hamilton, Missouri * Hamilton, Montana * Hamilton, Nevada * Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey * Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey ** Hamilton Square, New Jersey, a census-designated place within the township * Hamilton, Monmouth County, New Jersey * Hamilton (town), New York ** Hamilton (village), New York * Hamilton, North Carolina *

Hamilton, North Dakota Hamilton is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 46 at the 2020 census. History Hamilton was platted in 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point. The city took its name from Hamilton, Ontario, the ...

Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Butler County, Ohio, United States. Located north of Cincinnati, Hamilton is the second largest city in the Greater Cincinnati area and the 10th largest city in Ohio. The population was 63,399 at ...

Hamilton, Pennsylvania Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Perry Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, App ...

* Hamilton, Texas * Hamilton, Virginia, in Loudoun County * Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia * Hamilton, Washington *

Hamilton, West Virginia Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. References Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, West Virginia {{FayetteCountyWV-geo- ...

* Hamilton, Wisconsin * Hamilton, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other places

* Hamilton, Bermuda, that territory's capital ** Hamilton Parish, Bermuda *

Port Hamilton Komundo or Port Hamilton, officially Geomun-do in Korean (Hangul: 거문도 'Geomun-do'' Hanja: 巨文島 or 巨門島) is a small group of islands in the Jeju Strait off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, located approximately at . The ...

, a small group of islands in the Jeju Strait off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula

Arts and entertainment

* ''Hamilton'' (play), a 1917 play by Mary Hamlin * ''Hamilton'' (1998 film), a Swedish-produced film based on the character Carl Hamilton * ''Hamilton'' (2006 film), 2006 American film * '' Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation'', 2012 Swedish film * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (album), album based on the musical ** '' The Hamilton Mixtape'', album of music from the musical performed by various artists ** ''Hamilton'' (2020 film), a live film recording of the musical, featuring the original cast * Hamilton Records, a record label * Hamilton (''Saturday Night Live'')

Businesses

* Hamish Hamilton Limited, a British book-publishing house * Hamilton Standard, a supply company for aircraft propeller parts * Hamilton Watch Company, a Swiss watchmaker belonging to the Swatch Group *

Hamilton (automobile company) The Hamilton Motors Company was founded in 1917 by Guy Hamilton, after his Grand Haven, Michigan Alter Motor Car Company went bankrupt. The company produced only one car, the Model A-14, which was a four-cylinder, 28 hp touring car Tou ...

, a short-lived automaker in Michigan in the 1910s * Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards, a South Australian winemaker * Hamilton Project, a think tank

Educational institutions

* Hamilton Academy, Scotland (defunct) * Hamilton and Alexandra College, Victoria, Australia * Hamilton Boys' High School, New Zealand * Hamilton Grammar School, Scotland * Hamilton University, a defunct unaccredited institution based in Evanston, Wyoming, USA

Mathematics and science

Hamiltonian mechanics Hamiltonian mechanics emerged in 1833 as a reformulation of Lagrangian mechanics. Introduced by Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Hamiltonian mechanics replaces (generalized) velocities \dot q^i used in Lagrangian mechanics with (generalized) ''momen ...

* Hamilton–Jacobi equation, a set of physical equations in Hamiltonian mechanics *

Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) Hamiltonian may refer to: * Hamiltonian mechanics, a function that represents the total energy of a system * Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system ** Dyall Hamiltonian, a modified Hamilton ...

* Hamiltonian path, in mathematical graph theory, a path that visits each vertex in a graph exactly once * Hamiltonian group, a non-abelian Dedekind group in algebra * Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

Other uses

* Hamilton Academical F.C., Scottish association football club which has youth departments and an affiliated women's team * Hamilton Field, a former United States Air Force base in California * Hamilton Rage, also known as ''K–W United FC'', Canadian soccer team (defunct) * , an American schooner class ship during the War of 1812 *

Hamilton railway station (disambiguation) Hamilton railway station or Hamilton station may refer to: In Australia: *Hamilton railway station, New South Wales in Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia *Hamilton railway station, Victoria in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia In Canada: *Hamilton G ...

, stations of the name * , a cargo ship with this name from 1947 to 1950 *

Hamilton convention Cappelletti (also called Hamilton and Pottage) is one of many defensive bridge bidding conventions used in the card game contract bridge to compete or interfere in the auction when an opponent has opened one notrump (1NT). Usually attributed to Mi ...

, or Cappelletti, a bidding convention in contract bridge * United States ten-dollar bill, a U.S. currency note, featuring a portrait of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton * Hamilton Group, a north-eastern US geological structure *

Hamilton (crater) Hamilton is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southeastern limb of the Moon. From the Earth this crater is viewed nearly from the edge, limiting the amount of detail that can be observed. It can also become hidden from sight due to li ...

, a lunar impact crater