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 Sco ...

, the premier peer of Scotland **

Lord Hamilton (disambiguation) The title Lord Hamilton may refer to one of the following: *The Scottish Lordship of Parliament, ''Lord Hamilton'', created for James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton * Duke of Hamilton, the title into which the Lordship of Parliament merged * Arthur H ...

, 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 Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first United States secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795. Born out of wedlock in Charlest ...

(1755–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * Lewis Hamilton, a British Formula One driver * William Rowan Hamilton (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 (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 is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands in the Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north-west of the town of Hobart. The 2016 census recorded a population of 241 for the suburb of ...

* 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) Hamilton was an Electoral districts of Queensland, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to 1950. The district was based in the inner northeastern subu ...

Town of Hamilton A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

, a former local government area ** Hamilton Town Hall, Brisbane, a heritage-listed former town hall * Hamilton Island (Queensland)

Canada

* Hamilton, Ontario **

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 (New Zealand electorate), a former parliamentary electorate

United Kingdom

* Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland (formerly Cadzow, renamed in 15th century) ** Hamilton Mausoleum, which holds the records for the world's longest echo, located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ** 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 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 ...

, in Butte County * Hamilton City, California, in Glenn County *

Hamilton, Colorado Hamilton is an unincorporated community with a U.S. Post Office in Moffat County, Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Sou ...

* Hamilton, Georgia * Hamilton, Illinois *

Hamilton, Indiana Hamilton is a town located on the border of Steuben County, Indiana and DeKalb County, Indiana. In Steuben County, it is in Otsego Township, and in DeKalb County it is in Franklin Township. The population was 1,532 at the 2010 census. Histor ...

, in Steuben and DeKalb counties * Hamilton, Clinton County, Indiana * Hamilton, Madison County, Indiana * 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, Ohio * Hamilton, Pennsylvania * Hamilton, Texas * Hamilton, Virginia, in Loudoun County * Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia * Hamilton, Washington * Hamilton, West Virginia * 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, a small group of islands in the Jeju Strait off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula

Arts and entertainment

* Hamilton (play), ''Hamilton'' (play), a 1917 play by Mary Hamlin * Hamilton (1998 film), ''Hamilton'' (1998 film), a Swedish-produced film based on the character Carl Hamilton * Hamilton (2006 film), ''Hamilton'' (2006 film), 2006 American film * ''Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation'', 2012 Swedish film * Hamilton (musical), ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda **Hamilton (album), ''Hamilton'' (album), album based on the musical ** ''The Hamilton Mixtape'', album of music from the musical performed by various artists **Hamilton (2020 film), ''Hamilton'' (2020 film), a live film recording of the musical, featuring the original cast * Hamilton Records, a record label * Hamilton (Saturday Night Live), 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), 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 * Hamilton–Jacobi equation, a set of physical equations in Hamiltonian mechanics * Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) * 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 Hamilton Academical F.C. Reserves and Academy, youth departments and an Hamilton Academical W.F.C., affiliated women's team * Hamilton Army Airfield, 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), stations of the name * , a cargo ship with this name from 1947 to 1950 * Hamilton convention, 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), a lunar impact crater