Minton is a surname of

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origin. It is a

locational surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

, named after

Minton, Shropshire Minton is a hamlet in Shropshire, England. It is located in the parish of Church Stretton, 2½ miles southwest of the market town of Church Stretton. A historic settlement, it is situated on a foothill of the Long Mynd at around 240m above s ...

, which in

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th c ...

means "the settlement on the hill". The surname Minton may refer to: *

Anna Minton Anna Minton is a British writer, journalist, and academic. Born 19 April 1970, educated at Queen's College, Oxford, Minton has worked as a foreign correspondent, business reporter and social affairs writer and has won a number of national jou ...

(born 1970), British writer * John W. "Big John Studd" Minton (born 1948-1995), Professional Wrestler *

Bob Minton Robert Schenk Minton (October 1946 – January 20, 2010) was a banker who helped the country of Nigeria manage its debt and a well-known critic of Scientology. Early life and career Criticism of Scientology Minton became a critic of Scientol ...

(1946–2010), American banker *

Chip Minton Nathan Chip Minton III (born June 9, 1969) is an American former bobsledder and former professional wrestler. He is best known for his participation in the Winter Olympics in 1994 and 1998, where he represented the United States' bobsleigh team. ...

(born 1969), American bobsledder * Clive Minton (1934–2019), Australian ornithologist *

Faith Minton Faith Minton is an American television and film actress and stuntwoman. Life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Minton has a stunt and wrestling background and is probably best known for her role as "Hurricane" Rosy Spelman in the 1979 action comedy ...

(born 1957), American actress and stuntwoman *

Greg Minton Gregory Brian Minton (born July 29, 1951), nicknamed "Moon Man", is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed pitcher who played for the California Angels and San Francisco Giants. Minton enjoyed a 16-year major league career, from to , ...

(born 1951), American baseball player * Gytte Minton (1901–1964), British fencer * Henry A. Minton (1883–1948), American architect *

Henry Collin Minton Henry Collin Minton (1855–1924) was the chairman of Systematic Theology in the San Francisco Theological Seminary from December 2, 1891 to October 1, 1902. He then became the minister for the First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, New Jersey. ...

(1855–1924), American theologian * Jeff Minton (born 1973), British football player * John D. Minton Jr. (born 1952), American judge *

John Minton (artist) Francis John Minton (25 December 1917 – 20 January 1957) was an English painter, illustrator, stage designer and teacher. After studying in France, he became a teacher in London, and at the same time maintained a consistently large output o ...

(1917–1957), British painter *

Mark C. Minton Mark C. Minton (born 1944) is career member (retired) of the United States Foreign Service and served as the U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia from 2006 to 2009. He was formerly president of the Korea Society from 2010 to 2015 and then joined the fac ...

(born 1944), American diplomat *

Phil Minton Phil Minton (born 2 November 1940) is a British avant-garde jazz/ free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter. Minton is a highly dramatic baritone who tends to specialize in literary texts: he has sung lyrics by William Blake with Mike Westbrook' ...

(born 1940), British musician * Rachel Minton (born 1980), American musician * Reggie Minton (born 1941), American basketball coach * Rick Minton (born 1950), American politician * Sherman A. Minton (1919–1999), American scientist *

Sherman Minton Sherman "Shay" Minton (October 20, 1890 – April 9, 1965) was an American politician and jurist who served as a U.S. senator from Indiana and later became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; he was a member of the ...

(1890–1965), American politician and judge * Robert Minton (1904–1974), American bobsledder *

Roy Minton Roy Minton (born in Nottingham, England) is an English playwright best known for '' Scum'' and his other work with Alan Clarke. He is notable for having written over 30 one-off scripts for London Weekend Television, Rediffusion, BBC, ATV, Gran ...

, British playwright *

Thomas Minton Thomas Minton (1765–1836) was an English potter. He founded Thomas Minton & Sons in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, which grew into a major ceramic manufacturing company with an international reputation. During the early 1780s Thomas Minton ...

(1765–1836), British potter *

Tom Minton Tom Minton is an American animator, producer, writer, and storyboard artist. He created and wrote the "Toby Danger" episode of '' Freakazoid!'', wrote the lyrics to the song "Brainstem" and served as head model for the Warner Bros. character t ...

(born 1954), American animator and artist *

Yvonne Minton Yvonne Fay Minton CBE (born 4 December 1938) is an Australian-born but mostly British-resident opera singer. She is variously billed as a soprano, mezzo-soprano or contralto. A native of Sydney, she originally studied voice while on a scholarshi ...

(born 1938), Australian opera singer

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