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Hamilton (name) The name Hamilton probably originated in the village of Hamilton, Leicestershire, England, but bearers of that name became established in the 13th century in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire was named after the fam ...
, a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, 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 The Clan Hamilton, or House of Hamilton, is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council ...
, 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 Irela ...
(1805–1865), Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician for whom ''Hamiltonian mechanics'' is named * Hamílton (footballer) (born 1980), Togolese footballer


Places


Australia

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Hamilton, New South Wales Hamilton is a List of suburbs in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. The main commercial centre is located around Beaumont Street and boasts a ...
, suburb of Newcastle *
Hamilton Hill, Western Australia Hamilton Hill is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, located southwest the central business district. Its local government area is the City of Cockburn. History The earliest known settler at Hamilton Hill was Sydney Smit ...
, suburb of Perth *
Hamilton, South Australia Hamilton (postcode 5373) is a small township in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. It is about 120 km northeast of Adelaide, South Australia, about 23 km north of Kapunda. Once a stop for the mining carts going from Adelaide to ...
* Hamilton, Tasmania *
Hamilton, Victoria Hamilton is a large town in south-western Victoria, Australia, at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway. The Hamilton Highway connects it to Geelong. Hamilton is in the federal Division of Wannon, and is in the South ...
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Hamilton, Queensland Hamilton is an affluent riverside mixed-use suburb in the north-east of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Hamilton is located along the north bank of the Brisbane River. In the , Hamilton had a population of 6,995 people. In 2013, th ...
, suburb of Brisbane ** Hamilton Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River **
Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland) Hamilton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1950. The district was based in the inner northeastern suburbs of Brisbane, and included the suburbs of Albion, Ascot, Eagle F ...
** Town of Hamilton, a former local government area **
Hamilton Town Hall, Brisbane Hamilton Town Hall is a heritage-listed former town hall at 36-42 Racecourse Road, Hamilton, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Montague Talbot Stanley and built from 1919 to 1920. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 ...
, a heritage-listed former town hall *
Hamilton Island (Queensland) Hamilton Island is an island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. It is approximately north of Brisbane and south of Cairns. It is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands and a popular tourist destination all y ...


Canada

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Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington, ...
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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 ...
, formerly known as Burlington Bay, a branch of Lake Ontario **
Hamilton (provincial electoral district) Hamilton was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common actio ...
, a former electoral riding **
Hamilton (electoral district) Hamilton was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario and consisted of the city of Hamilton. It was created by the British North America Act of 186 ...
, a former federal electoral district *
Hamilton, Ontario (township) Hamilton Township is a rural township located in Northumberland County in central Ontario. It surrounds the Town of Cobourg. The township was named after Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1782 to 1785. Communities *Balti ...
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Hamilton Island (Nunavut) The uninhabited Hamilton Island is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Arctic Archipelago and lies in the Parry Channel, north of Russell Island, and southwest of Young Island. References External links ...
* Hamilton Island (Ontario)


New Zealand

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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 region. With a territorial population of , it is the country's ...
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Hamilton (New Zealand electorate) 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, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...
, a former parliamentary electorate


United Kingdom

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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 Hamilton Palace was a country house in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, it dated from the 14th century and was subsequently much enlarged in the 17th and 19th centuries.Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency) Hamilton was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post In a first-past-the-post electoral syst ...
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Hamilton, Leicestershire Humberstone and Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the City of Leicester, England. It comprises the north-eastern Leicester suburbs of Humberstone, Humberstone Garden City, Hamilton and Netherhall. Geography Humberst ...
, England


United States

* Hamilton, Alabama *
Hamilton, California Hamilton is a former settlement in Butte County, California, United States, and was its first permanent county seat. It was located on the west side of the Feather River, downstream from Oroville. History John Bidwell discovered gold at Hamilt ...
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Hamilton City, California Hamilton City (formerly, Hamilton) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Glenn County, California, United States. The population was 1,759 at the 2010 census, down from 1,903 at the 2000 census. Hamilton City is located east of Orland, and 10 mile ...
, in Glenn County * Hamilton, Colorado *
Hamilton, Georgia Hamilton is a city in, and the county seat of Harris County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,680 at the 2020 census, up from 307 at the 2000 census. As of 20 ...
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Hamilton, Illinois Hamilton is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,951 at the 2010 census, a decline from 3,029 in 2000. The city is located directly across the Mississippi River from Keokuk, Iowa. Hamilton is the largest city in ...
* Hamilton, Indiana, in Steuben and DeKalb counties *
Hamilton, Clinton County, Indiana Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Madison Township, Clinton County, Indiana. The town is named for Alexander Hamilton. History The western portion of the land on which Hamilton stands was settled by Jacob Stetler in late 1829 or 1830, a ...
* Hamilton, Madison County, Indiana * Hamilton, St. Joseph County, Indiana *
Hamilton, Iowa Hamilton is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States. The population was 119 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Hamilton is located at (41.170926, -92.903948). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area ...
* Hamilton, Kansas * Hamilton, Kentucky * Hamilton Hills, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood in Baltimore *
Hamilton, Massachusetts Hamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,561. Currently the town has no manufacturing industry and no industrially-zoned land. Though ...
* Hamilton, Michigan *
Hamilton, Minnesota Hamilton is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Fillmore County, Minnesota, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. History Hamilton was platted in 1855. A post office called Hamilton was established in 1863, and remained in op ...
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Hamilton, Mississippi Hamilton is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi. Hamilton is located on U.S. Route 45, east of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway, north of Columbus Air Force Base. The third largest titanium diox ...
* Hamilton, Missouri *
Hamilton, Montana Hamilton is a city that serves as the county seat of Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,659 at the 2020 census. History Hamilton was founded by copper king Marcus Daly in the late 19th century. It was named for J.W. H ...
* Hamilton, Nevada *
Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 26,503, reflecting an increase of 6,004 (+29.3%) from the 20,499 counted in the 2000 census. The T ...
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Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Hamilton Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is the largest suburb of Trenton, the state's capital, which is located to the township's west. The township is within the New York metropolitan area as defined ...
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Hamilton Square, New Jersey Hamilton Square is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that is the site of a historic colonial village. Until the 2000 Census the area was p ...
, a census-designated place within the township * Hamilton, Monmouth County, New Jersey *
Hamilton (town), New York Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The Town of Hamilton contains a village also named Hamilton, the s ...
** Hamilton (village), New York *
Hamilton, North Carolina Hamilton is a town in Martin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 408 at the 2010 census. Geography Hamilton is located at (35.944116, -77.207772). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of ...
* Hamilton, North Dakota * Hamilton, Ohio * Hamilton, Pennsylvania *
Hamilton, Texas Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Texas, United States, located in the state's central region. Its population was 3,095 at the 2010 census. Geography Hamilton is located in central Hamilton County at (31.703274, â ...
* Hamilton, Virginia, in Loudoun County *
Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia Hamilton, Cumberland County is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United Stat ...
* Hamilton, Washington * Hamilton, West Virginia *
Hamilton, Wisconsin Hamilton is a town in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,561 as of the 2010 Census. It is part of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. Origin of the town's name The Town of Hamilton was named by J ...
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Hamilton, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Hamilton is an unincorporated community located in the town of Byron, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Cont ...
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Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Hamilton is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. Much of the community is part of the Hamilton Historic District, a site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ...
, an unincorporated community


Other places

* Hamilton, Bermuda, that territory's capital **
Hamilton Parish, Bermuda Hamilton Parish (originally Bedford Parish) is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It was renamed for Scottish aristocrat James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton (1589-1625) when he purchased the shares originally held in the Virginia Company ...
* Port Hamilton, 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 Hamilton Records was an American record label started in 1958 as a subsidiary label of Dot Records. Performing artists included the Lennon Sisters. Its catalog is now owned by Universal Music Group and managed by Geffen Records. See also * List ...
, a record label * Hamilton (''Saturday Night Live'')


Businesses

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Hamish Hamilton Limited Hamish Hamilton Limited was a British book publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half- Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton (''Hamish'' is the vocative form of the Gaelic Seumas eaning James ''James'' the English form – which w ...
, a British book-publishing house *
Hamilton Standard Hamilton Standard was an American aircraft propeller parts supplier. It was formed in 1929 when United Aircraft and Transport Corporation consolidated Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller into the Hamilton Standard Propeller C ...
, a supply company for aircraft propeller parts *
Hamilton Watch Company The Hamilton Watch Company is a Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in Bienne, Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the Hamilton Watch Company ended American manufacture in 1969. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, th ...
, a Swiss watchmaker belonging to the Swatch Group * Hamilton (automobile company), a short-lived automaker in Michigan in the 1910s *
Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards was a winery founded by Richard Hamilton (1792–1852) in the early days of the colony of South Australia. History Richard Hamilton (18 February 1792 – 13 August 1852), a tailor of Dover, Kent, was owner of property ...
, a South Australian winemaker *
Hamilton Project The Hamilton Project is an economic policy initiative within the Brookings Institution. It was originally launched in April 2006 by a combination of public policy makers, business people, academic leaders, and other former Clinton administration ec ...
, a think tank


Educational institutions

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Hamilton Academy Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school was described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, and was featured in a 1950 Scottish Seconda ...
, Scotland (defunct) * Hamilton and Alexandra College, Victoria, Australia *
Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Boys' High School is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand and is the largest secondary school in the Waikato region. The school was established as Hamilton High School in 1911 but was later split into separate boys' and gi ...
, New Zealand * Hamilton Grammar School, Scotland * Hamilton University, a defunct unaccredited institution based in Evanston, Wyoming, USA


Mathematics and science

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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) ''momenta ...
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Hamilton–Jacobi equation In physics, the Hamilton–Jacobi equation, named after William Rowan Hamilton and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, is an alternative formulation of classical mechanics, equivalent to other formulations such as Newton's laws of motion, Lagrangian mecha ...
, 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 Hamiltoni ...
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Hamiltonian path In the mathematical field of graph theory, a Hamiltonian path (or traceable path) is a path in an undirected or directed graph that visits each vertex exactly once. A Hamiltonian cycle (or Hamiltonian circuit) is a cycle that visits each vertex ...
, in mathematical graph theory, a path that visits each vertex in a graph exactly once *
Hamiltonian group In group theory, a Dedekind group is a group ''G'' such that every subgroup of ''G'' is normal. All abelian groups are Dedekind groups. A non-abelian Dedekind group is called a Hamiltonian group. The most familiar (and smallest) example of a Hamilt ...
, a non-abelian Dedekind group in algebra *
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), also called the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), sometimes also abbreviated as HAM-D, is a multiple-item questionnaire used to provide an indication of depression, and as a guide to evalu ...


Other uses

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Hamilton Academical F.C. Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scotti ...
, 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 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, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...
, 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), 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 The United States ten-dollar bill ($10) is a denomination of U.S. currency. The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. The reverse features the U.S. Treasury Buil ...
, a U.S. currency note, featuring a portrait of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton * Hamilton Group, a north-eastern US geological structure * Hamilton (crater), a lunar impact crater


See also

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Hamilton's Buck Meadows (formerly Hamilton's and Hamilton's Station) is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is located east-northeast of Smith Peak, at an elevation of . The population was 21 at the 2020 census. Buck ...
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Hamilton Beach (disambiguation) Hamilton Beach may refer to: * Hamilton Beach, Queens, a neighborhood in New York City ** Hamilton Beach station, a former station in Hamilton Beach, Queens * Hamilton Beach Brands Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company is an American designer, m ...
* Hamilton Branch (disambiguation) * Hamilton Creek (disambiguation) * Hamilton railway station (disambiguation) *
Hamilton Steelhawks (disambiguation) Hamilton Steelhawks may refer to: * Hamilton Steelhawks (junior), a junior ice hockey team that played in Hamilton, Ontario, from 1984 to 1988 * Hamilton Steelhawks (senior), a senior-level ice hockey team that began play in Hamilton, Ontario, in 2 ...
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Hamilton Township (disambiguation) Hamilton Township may refer to: Canada *Hamilton Township, Ontario United States Arkansas * Hamilton Township, Lonoke County, Arkansas Illinois * Hamilton Township, Lee County, Illinois Indiana * Hamilton Township, Delaware County, Indiana * ...
* Hamiltonian (disambiguation) * Justice Hamilton (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton