Merton is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Montague Merton Barker (1867–1954), English first-class cricketer and international field hockey player * Merton J. Batchelder (1896–1975), United States Marine Corps brigadier general *

Merton Bernfield Merton R. Bernfield (1938 – March 18, 2002) was an American pediatrician and cell biologist. In his postdoctoral work with Marshall Nirenberg, he made important contributions to deciphering the genetic code. He helped found the field of glycobi ...

(1938–2002), American pediatrician and cell biologist *

Merton Brown Merton Brown (May 5, 1913, Berlin, Vermont – February 20, 2001, Charlestown, Massachusetts) was a composer who studied with Wallingford Riegger and Carl Ruggles. He often collaborated with choreographers including former Martha Graham dancer ...

(1913–2001), American classical music composer *

Merton E. Davies Merton E. Davies (September 13, 1917 – April 17, 2001) was a pioneer of America's space program, first in earth reconnaissance and later in planetary exploration and mapping. He graduated from Stanford University in 1938 and worked for the Doug ...

(1917–2001), a pioneer of America's space program *

Merton Hanks Merton Edward Hanks (born March 12, 1968) is a former American football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons during the 1990s. He is currently a Senior Associate Commissioner for the Pac-12. College care ...

(born 1968), American former National Football League player * Merton Hodge (1903–1958), New Zealand playwright * Merton

Verne Lundquist Merton Laverne Lundquist Jr. (born July 17, 1940) is an American sportscaster. Biography Early life and career Lundquist was born in Duluth, Minnesota. He graduated from Austin High School in Austin, Texas, before attending Texas Lutheran Un ...

(born 1940), American sportscaster *

Merton Miller Merton Howard Miller (May 16, 1923 – June 3, 2000) was an American economist, and the co-author of the Modigliani–Miller theorem (1958), which proposed the irrelevance of debt-equity structure. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic ...

(1923–2000), American economist * Merton L. Miller (c. 1870–1953), ethnologist and professor *

Merton Russell-Cotes Sir Merton Russell-Cotes (Wolverhampton 8 May 1835 – 27 January 1921 Bournemouth) was Mayor of Bournemouth, England, 1894–95. During his Mayoralty, Meyrick Park, two free libraries, and the first two schools of art in the borough ...

(1835–1921), mayor of Bournemouth, England *

Merton Sealts Merton M. Sealts Jr. (December 8, 1915 – June 4, 2000) was a scholar of American literature, focusing on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Melville. His most important works are the genetic edition of Melville's ''Billy Budd, Sailor'' (1962, co-edite ...

(1915–2000), professor of English, particularly American literature

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