Sutton (surname)
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Sutton is a surname, and may refer to:
- Antony C. SuttonAntony C. SuttonAntony Cyril Sutton was a British-born economist, historian, and writer.- Biography :Sutton studied at the universities of London, Gottingen, and California, and received his D.Sc. from the University of Southampton...
(1925–2002), historian and author - Andy SuttonAndy SuttonAndrew Cameron "Andy" Sutton is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers. He has previously played with the San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks.-Playing career:Sutton was born in...
(born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player - Bertine SuttonBertine SuttonAir Marshal Sir Bertine Entwisle Sutton KBE, CB, DSO, MC, RAF was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and a senior officer in the Royal Air Force from the 1920s to the 1940s.-Early life:...
(1886–1946), British air marshal - Chloe SuttonChloe SuttonChloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American...
(born 1992), American swimmer - Chris SuttonChris SuttonChristopher Roy "Chris" Sutton is an English football manager and former player.In his career, Sutton played for Norwich City, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Celtic, Birmingham City and Aston Villa. Sutton scored over 150 career goals in over 400 league appearances spanning 16 years in the English...
(born 1973), English footballer - Crystal Lee SuttonCrystal Lee SuttonCrystal Lee Sutton , formerly known as Crystal Lee Jordan, was an American union organizer and advocate who gained fame during the early 1970s. She was fired from her job at the J.P...
(1940–2009), American union organizer and advocate, inspiration for the film Norma Rae - Don Sutton (born 1945), former Major League Baseball pitcher and sports broadcaster
- Dudley SuttonDudley Sutton-Life:He served in the RAF as a mechanic before enrolling in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from which he was later expelled.Known for his eccentricity, he became a cult figure after playing a gay biker in The Leather Boys . He married American actress Marjorie Steele in 1961; she had previously...
(born 1933), English actor - Eddie SuttonEddie SuttonEddie Sutton is an American former college head coach with 36 years of Division I basketball coaching experience at Creighton, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State , and the University of San Francisco...
, college men's basketball coach - Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron DudleyEdward Sutton, 2nd Baron DudleyEdward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley was an English nobleman, the son of Edmund de Sutton, Knight of Dudley Castle and Gatescombe, and Joyce de Tiptoft, daughter of Sir John de Tibetot and Joyce de Cherleton...
- Elise Sutton, American author of books about female dominance, possibly a pseudonym
- Sutton FosterSutton FosterSutton Lenore Foster is an American actress, singer and dancer. Foster has received two Tony Awards, in 2002 for her role of Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie and in 2011 for her role of Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes...
, American actress, singer and dancer - Frank SuttonFrank SuttonFrank Spencer Sutton was an American actor best remembered for his role of Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.-Early life:...
, actor - Jason SuttonJason SuttonJason Paul Sutton OBE is a Royal Air Force Regiment officer who was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his actions whilst serving in Iraq in 2007....
OBE, Royal Air Force Regiment Officer - Jeffrey SuttonJeffrey SuttonJeffrey S. Sutton is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.- Early life :Sutton received his B.A. from Williams College in 1983...
, federal judgeUnited States federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....
on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
. - Jim SuttonJim SuttonJames Robert Sutton, CNZM , generally known as Jim Sutton, was a New Zealand politician from 1984–1990 and from 1993–2006. He has held a range of ministerial portfolios including Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Affairs, Biosecurity, and Trade Negotiations.-Biography:Sutton was born in...
, politician - Joe SuttonJoe SuttonJoe Sutton is an American playwright. He writes in the traditional Aristotelian style. He teaches Playwrighting at Dartmouth College.He is the son of actor Frank Sutton....
, American playwright - Johnny SuttonJohnny SuttonJohnny Sutton is an attorney who served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas from 2001 until 2009, and chaired the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys. Sutton is known for the prosecution of United States Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and...
, United States Attorney - Julie Sutton (mayor)Julie Sutton (mayor)Julie Sutton, JP is a New South Wales politician, elected as a Councillor of Warringah Council and was previously Mayor of Warringah from 1995–1996 and 2002-2003.-Early life:...
, Australian former mayor and councillor of Warringah council - Kathy Sutton, married name of Kathy Cox
- Len SuttonLen SuttonLen Sutton was an American racecar driver. He is best known for finishing second at the 1962 Indianapolis 500.-Early racing career:...
, Formula One driver who scored zero championship points (1958–1960) - Matt SuttonMatt SuttonMatt Sutton is an Australian basketball player who played more than fifty games for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League.-References:...
, radio announcer in Australia - Mel SuttonMel SuttonMelvyn Charles "Mel" Sutton is a former English professional footballer.-Career:Sutton was an amateur on the books of Aston Villa when Jimmy Scoular brought him to Cardiff City in December 1967...
, former English footballer - Mike Sutton (criminologist)Mike Sutton (criminologist)Michael "Mike" Sutton is the originator of the Market Reduction Approach to theft. Described by Marcus Felson as classic research and as a simple idea, Sutton's MRA has had a significant influence upon theory and practice regarding stolen goods markets and markets for other illicit commodities...
- Mike Sutton (basketball), American basketballer
- Mike Sutton (footballer)Mike Sutton (footballer)Mike Sutton is a former English professional footballer. He played in The Football League for three clubs. Two of his sons, Chris and John, have also played professionally.-Playing career:...
, former English footballer - Nicholas SuttonNicholas SuttonNicholas Sutton is a property developer, who has become well known for his abortive deal with Mohammed Al-Fayed to purchase Craven Cottage, home of Fulham Football Club for £50 million...
(born 1969), English property developer - Richard S. SuttonRichard S. SuttonRichard S. Sutton is professor of computer science and chair at the University of Alberta. Professor Sutton is known for his significant contributions in the field of reinforcement learning. He is the author of the original paper on temporal difference learning...
, computer scientist, identified as one of the founders of modern reinforcement learning - Ritchie SuttonRitchie SuttonRitchie Aidan Sutton is an English footballer who plays for Mansfield Town as a defender. He can operative as a centre-back or a full-back....
(born 1986), English footballer - Samuel SuttonSamuel SuttonSamuel Sutton was an officer in the Royal Navy. He entered the service shortly after the start of the American War of Independence, and spent most of his early career serving with Captain and later Admiral Joshua Rowley. He saw action at several engagements with the French fleets in the West...
(1760–1832), Royal Navy admiral - Shelton B. Sutton, Jr.Shelton B. Sutton, Jr.Shelton B. Sutton, Jr. , was a United States Navy officer killed in action during World War II for whom two U.S. Navy ships were named.-Naval career:...
(1919–1942), United States Navy officer for whom more than one U.S. Navy ship has been named - Steve Sutton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Thomas of SuttonThomas of SuttonThomas of Sutton was an English Dominican theologian, an early Thomist. He wrote a large number of works, in some of which he opposed Duns Scotus....
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1274–1300), Dominican friar and theologian - Thomas SuttonThomas SuttonThomas Sutton was an English civil servant and businessman as well as being the founder of Charterhouse School. He was the son of an official of the city of Lincoln, and was educated at Eton College and probably at Cambridge...
(1532–1611), British merchant and civil servant - Thomas Sutton (photographer)Thomas Sutton (photographer)Thomas Sutton was an English photographer, author, and inventor.-Life:Thomas Sutton went to school in Newington Butts and studied architecture for four years before studying at Caius College, Cambridge graduating in 1846 as the twenty-seventh wrangler. He opened a photographic studio in Jersey the...
(1819–1875), English photographer, author, and inventor - Tierney SuttonTierney SuttonTierney Sutton is an American jazz singer.A three-time Grammy Nominee for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" and "a selection by Jazzweek as Vocalist of the Year in 2005," Sutton was born in Wisconsin and was educated at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and the Berklee College of Music in...
, American jazz singer - Tyrell SuttonTyrell SuttonTyrell DelShawn Sutton, , is an American football running back who formerly played for the Carolina Panthers and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2009...
, Northwestern Wildcat running back - Valerie SuttonValerie SuttonValerie Sutton is a developer of movement notation and a former dancer.She was born in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, the daughter of a physicist father and a poet/model mother...
, inventor - Walter SuttonWalter SuttonWalter Stanborough Sutton was an American geneticist and physician whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms...
(1877–1916), American biologist - Ward SuttonWard SuttonWard Sutton is an American illustrator, cartoonist and writer born in Minneapolis and based in New York City. His comic strip, "Sutton Impact" , was published in The Village Voice from 1995 to 2007....
, American political cartoonist - Willie SuttonWillie SuttonWilliam "Willie" Sutton was a prolific U.S. bank robber. During his forty-year criminal career he stole an estimated $2 million, and eventually spent more than half of his adult life in prison...
, famous bank robber and prison escape-artist