People

• Constantine Overton
  Constantine Overton
  Constantine Overton , Quaker leader in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Imprisoned and fined for his beliefs, attendance at Quaker Meetings for Worship, refusing to pay tithes and not taking off his hat in Court and opening his shop on 25th of the Twelfth month.. Sometimes known as "Constant...
  
  
• David M. Overton
  David M. Overton
  David M. Overton is the founder, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Cheesecake Factory, Inc., the ninth largest restaurant company in the United States measured by market capitalization....
  
  
• Doug Overton
  Doug Overton
  Douglas M. Overton is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round of the 1991 NBA Draft. A 6'3" point guard from La Salle University, Overton played in 11 NBA seasons for 8 different teams...
  
  
• Edward Overton, Jr.
  Edward Overton, Jr.
  Edward Overton, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
  
   (1836 - 1903), United States representative from Pennsylvania
• Elli Overton
  Elli Overton
  Ellinora Overton is a former backstroke and medley swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992...
  
  
• Frank Overton
  Frank Overton
  Frank Emmons Overton was an American actor.-Career:Overton appeared in numerous television programs during the early 1950s and through the late 1960s, including The Fugitive in 1963...
  
  
• Guy Overton
  Guy Overton
  Guy William Fitzroy Overton played three Tests for New Zealand....
  
  
• Hall Overton
  Hall Overton
  Hall Franklin Overton was an American composer, jazz pianist, and music teacher. He was born in Bangor, Michigan...
  
  
• Iain Overton
  Iain Overton
  Iain Overton is a British documentary maker born on 3 August, 1973. He has worked for the BBC and ITN and worked in over 85 countries around the world....
  
  
• John Overton (judge)
  John Overton (judge)
  John Overton was an advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Superior Court of Tennessee, a banker and political leader.Overton was born in Louisa County, Virginia...
  
   (1766-1833), judge at the Tennessee Supreme Court
• John H. Overton
  John H. Overton
  John Holmes Overton was an attorney and Democratic United States representative and U.S. senator from Louisiana...
  
  
• Joseph P. Overton (1960 - 2003), creator of the Overton window
  Overton window
  The Overton window, in political theory, describes a "window" in the range of public reactions to ideas in public discourse, in a spectrum of all possible options on a particular issue. It is named after its originator, Joseph P...
  
   concept
• Kelly Overton (disambiguation)
• Macon C. Overton
  Macon C. Overton
  Macon C. Overton was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during World War I.Overton was born in Union Point, Georgia. Mortally wounded while guiding a tank against an enemy position at St...
  
  
• Nancy Overton
  Nancy Overton
  Nancy Swain Overton was an American singer.Overton first formed a singing group with her sister Jean Swain and two college friends, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov in 1946...
  
  
• Peter Overton
  Peter Overton
  Peter Overton is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.-Career:He joined the Nine Network as a reporter for National Nine News and graduated to weekend sports presenter on National Nine News in Sydney and substitute for Ken Sutcliffe...
  
  
• Richard Overton
  Richard Overton
  Richard Overton was an English pamphleteer and Leveller during the Civil War. Little is known of the early life of Overton, but he is believed to have matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge, before working as an actor and playwright in Southwark. Here he picked up Leveller sympathies, and...
  
  , English pamphleteer and Leveller during the Civil War
• Robert Overton
  Robert Overton
  Major-General Robert Overton was prominent soldier and scholar, who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War, and was imprisoned a number of times during the Protectorate and the English Restoration for his strong republican views.-Biography:As positions hardened during the...
  
   (abt 1609–1678), Major General in the New Model Army
• Ron Overton
  Ron Overton
  Ron Overton is a contemporary American poet, author, and professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Many of his works are published by Hanging Loose Press.-Selected works:*Dead Reckoning...
  
  , American poet and academic
• Spencer Overton
  Spencer Overton
  Spencer A. Overton is an American lawyer and law professor of George Washington University Law School. He is a leading election law scholar. Overton is currently serving in the Obama Administration as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy in the U.S...
  
  
• Walter Hampden Overton
  Walter Hampden Overton
  Walter Hampden Overton was a U.S. Representative representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. He was born near Louisa Court House, Virginia in 1788 and moved in infancy with his father Thomas Overton to North Carolina, and then to Tennessee in 1801. Overton attended the common schools...
  
  
• Wil Overton
  Wil Overton
  Wil Overton is a British artist, specialising in manga styles. He has worked for a number of notable British video games magazines, including Super Play and N64 Magazine. He currently works at Rare and is an illustrator for NGamer magazine...
  
  
• William Overton (judge)
  William Overton (judge)
  William Ray Overton was a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.Overton was born in Malvern, Arkansas. He received a B.S./B.A. from the University of Arkansas in 1961, and an LL.B. from the University of Arkansas School of Law in 1964...
  
   (1939–1987), a United States district court judge
• William Overton (Portland founder)
  William Overton (Portland founder)
  William Overton was a pioneer of the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In the mid-1840s he purchased the land claim, along with Asa Lovejoy, for the site which would become Portland, Oregon. Overton sold his share shortly thereafter to Francis Pettygrove.According to...
  
  , American Mountain Man and founder of Portland, Oregon

Places

• Overton County, Tennessee, USA
• Overton, Texas
  Overton, Texas
  Overton is a city in Rusk and Smith Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 2,350 at the 2000 census.Overton lies in two counties as well as two metropolitan areas...
  
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• Overton, Nebraska
  Overton, Nebraska
  Overton is a village in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lexington, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 646 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Overton is located at ....
  
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• Overton, Nevada
  Overton, Nevada
  Overton is an Unincorporated Town located in Clark County, Nevada. The town is on the north end of Lake Mead. The town is home to Perkins Field airport and Echo Bay Airport....
  
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• Overton, Nova Scotia
  Overton, Nova Scotia
  Overton, Nova Scotia is a fishing village in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, located approximately northwest of the town of Yarmouth....
  
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• Overton, Cheshire
  Overton, Cheshire
  Overton is a civil parish in the Borough of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire in England. It has a population of 68. It is the site of a deserted village, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, the sole remains of which are earthworks....
  
  , England
• Overton, Hampshire
  Overton, Hampshire
  Overton is a village and parish in Hampshire, England located west of the town of Basingstoke, and east of Andover and Whitchurch. The village of Quidhampton lies to the north of the village. The River Test rises 1 km to the east near the hamlet of Ashe....
  
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• Overton, Lancashire
  Overton, Lancashire
  Overton is a village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is located to the south west of Lancaster, between Heysham and the estuary of the River Lune. Neighbouring villages include Middleton and Sunderland Point; Glasson is on the opposite side of the river...
  
  , England
• Overton, North Yorkshire
  Overton, North Yorkshire
  Overton is a small village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England, about north-west of York....
  
  , England
• Overton, Shropshire, England
• Overton, Wakefield
  Overton, Wakefield
  Overton is a small village in West Yorkshire, England, between Wakefield and Huddersfield. It lies about south west of Wakefield, south of Ossett, west of Netherton and south west of Horbury....
  
  , West Yorkshire, England
• Cold Overton, Leicestershire, England
• Market Overton
  Market Overton
  Market Overton is a village on the northern edge of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England.-Geography:Most of the civil parish lies to the north and the east, including part of RAF Cottesmore, but not the main runway. The boundary crosses Teigh Road at Netherfields where it borders...
  
  , Rutland, England
• West Overton
  West Overton
  -Local government:West Overton forms part of the civil parish of Fyfield and West Overton, which has an elected parish council. It also falls within the area of Wiltshire Council. Both councils are responsible for different aspects of local government....
  
  , Wiltshire, England
• Overton-on-Dee
  Overton-on-Dee
  Overton-on-Dee is a small rural town and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales....
  
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• Overton, Swansea, Wales
• Overton, Greenock
  Overton, Greenock
  Overton is an area in the suburbs of Greenock, Inverclyde. Overton offers excellent views across the River Clyde and suburban Greenock.The area is the closest in Greenock to "The Cut" which was completed in 1827, bringing a water supply from Loch Thom to Overton, where the Shaws Water Works...
  
  , Scotland
• Overton, Ayrshire, Scotland

Other

• The Overton window
  Overton window
  The Overton window, in political theory, describes a "window" in the range of public reactions to ideas in public discourse, in a spectrum of all possible options on a particular issue. It is named after its originator, Joseph P...
  
  , a concept in political theory
• The USS Overton (DD-239)
  USS Overton (DD-239)
  USS Overton was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Captain Macon C. Overton....
  
  , a World War II US Navy Destroyer