Thornton (surname)
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Thornton is a surname, and may refer to:
- Abraham Thornton
- Al ThorntonAl ThorntonAl Thornton is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association . He had formerly played for the Los Angeles Clippers and the Washington Wizards...
, basketball player - Alfred ThorntonAlfred ThorntonAlfred Horace Thornton was an English amateur footballer who played for England in the first representative international match against Scotland in 1870. By profession, he was a banker.-Family and education:...
(1853–1906), English footballer from the 1870s - Alvin ThorntonAlvin ThorntonAlvin Thornton is the chair of Howard University's political science department and has also been associate provost. He is a proponent of universal opportunity to conquer class discrepancy....
- Andre ThorntonAndre ThorntonAndré Thornton , nicknamed "Thunder," is a former first baseman and designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and Cleveland Indians during a 14-year career...
, baseball player - Andrew ThorntonAndrew ThorntonAndrew Thornton is a National Hunt jockey. He was born on October 28, 1972 in Cleveland and schooled at Barnard Castle School in County Durham. He rides mainly for Caroline Bailey,Seamus Mullins,Henrietta Knight,Ben Pollock and Richard Rowe.as well as for many other trainers. He is not related to...
, pro jockey - Andrew C. Thornton IIAndrew C. Thornton IIAndrew C. Thornton II was a head member of "The Company", a drug smuggling ring in Kentucky. The son of Carter and Peggy Thornton of Threave Main Stud farm in southern Bourbon County, Kentucky. Drew grew up living a privileged life in the Lexington, Kentucky area and attended the private with...
- Anne Thornton, cabin boy and ship's cook
- Archibald Thornton
- A. G. (Archibald George) ThorntonA.G. Thornton- Life and works :Thornton was born in Secunderabad, India, the son of James Thornton, a physical drill teacher, and Mary Thornton. The family returned to England soon after, and Thornton was raised in Hornsey, Middlesex. In 1911 their residence was 8 Summerhill Road, South Tottenham, London. He...
novelist and journalist - Barry ThorntonBarry ThorntonAir Marshal Sir Barry Michael Thornton KCB, MSc, CEng, FIMechE, FCMI, FRAeS, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.-RAF career:Educated at Baines Grammar School and the University of Nottingham, Thornton joined the Royal Air Force in 1976...
- Big Mama ThorntonBig Mama ThorntonWillie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was an American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter. She was the first to record the hit song "Hound Dog" in 1952. The song was #1 on the Billboard R&B charts for seven weeks in 1953. The B-side was "They Call Me Big Mama," and the single sold almost two million...
, musician - Billy Bob ThorntonBilly Bob ThorntonBilly Bob Thornton is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained early recognition as a cast member on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in several early 1990s films including On Deadly Ground and Tombstone...
(born 1955), actor - Bonnell ThorntonBonnell ThorntonBonnell Thornton was an English poet, essayist, and critic. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Oxford University.In 1752 he founded the Drury Lane Journal, a satirical periodical which, among other things, lampooned other journals such as Johnson's Rambler, The Gentleman's Magazine and...
, parodist - Bret ThorntonBret ThorntonBret Thornton is an Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League .-Early life and junior career:Thornton grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley and attended Mount Waverley Secondary College....
- Bruce ThorntonBruce ThorntonBruce S. Thornton is a classicist at California State University, Fresno. He has written for many publications, published several books, and appeared at numerous media venues. He lives in Fresno with his wife and two sons. He is currently a research fellow and W...
, classicist- Bruce Thornton (football player)Bruce Thornton (football player)Bruce Thornton is an American football cornerback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.-College career:...
- Bruce Thornton (football player)
- Cecilia Dart-ThorntonCecilia Dart-ThorntonCecilia Dart-Thornton is an Australian author of fantasy novels, most notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy.-Biography:Cecilia Dart-Thornton was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. She became a schoolteacher before...
- Charley ThorntonCharley ThorntonCharles J. "Charley" Thornton, , was an important American college sports figure.Charley Thornton was born on June 6, 1936 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He graduated from Jonesboro High School in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1954. Thornton graduated from Arkansas State College in 1958 earning the award as the...
- David Thornton (musician), British euphonium player
- David Thornton (actor)David Thornton (actor)David Thornton is an American actor. He is the husband of Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, whom he married in 1991. Their son, Declyn Wallace Thornton Lauper, was born on November 19, 1997.- Filmography :...
, actor and husband to Cyndi LauperCyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album... - David Thornton (American football), linebacker for the Tennessee TitansTennessee TitansThe Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
- De'mario Monte Thornton, real name of Raz-BRaz-BDe'Mario Monte Thornton , better known as Raz-B, is an American singer and actor, most famous for being is a founding member of R&B boy band B2K.-Career:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Raz B was a member of the group B2K as a teen...
, member of boy band B2KB2KB2K was an American R&B music group. The group met in 1998, established in 2001, and managed by music producer Chris Stokes with Lil' Fizz, J-Boog, Raz-B, and Omarion as members. The group disbanded in 2004 due to internal disagreements.-2001-2002: B2K:... - Edward Thornton (disambiguation)
- Eleanor Velasco Thornton, actress and model
- Elena Mumm ThorntonElena Mumm ThorntonElena Mumm Thornton Wilson was born into an unusual, wealthy, aristocratic European family and was the fourth wife of the famed American writer Edmund Wilson. Elena was a central figure in Wilson's life from the time they met until his death in 1972. She was the literary executrix of his estate...
socialite, European aristocrat, editor - Elizabeth Thornton, writer
- Flora L. ThorntonFlora L. ThorntonFlora Laney Thornton was the widow of Tex Thornton. She was known for her philanthropic activity in the Los Angeles area, including her support of the USC Thornton School of Music , the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Pepperdine University, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los...
- Frank ThorntonFrank ThorntonFrank Thornton is an English actor who is best known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? and its sequel Grace & Favour and as Truly in Last of the Summer Wine.-Early life:...
- George Thornton (disambiguation)
- Glenys Thornton, Baroness ThorntonGlenys Thornton, Baroness ThorntonDorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton , known as Glenys Thornton, is a Labour and Co-operative member of the House of Lords...
- Grant ThorntonGrant ThorntonGrant Thornton LLP encompasses the U.S. operations of Grant Thornton International, the largest accounting organizations outside of the Big Four . The member firms of Grant Thornton International comprise a global network of 27,000 employees and 2,207 partners in more than 110 countries...
- Henry Thornton (disambiguation)
- Henry Thornton (abolitionist)Henry Thornton (abolitionist)Henry Thornton was an English economist, banker, philanthropist and parliamentarian.-Early life:He was the son of John Thornton of Clapham, London, who had been one of the early patrons of the evangelical movement in Britain...
, campaigner against the slave trade - Henry Thornton (railroader), president of Canadian National RailwayCanadian National RailwayThe Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
- Henry Clay Thornton, lawyer and father of Sir Henry Worth Thornton
- Henry Hermann Mumm ThorntonHenry Hermann Mumm ThorntonHenry Hermann Mumm Thornton was a prominent banker and businessman whose young adulthood was detailed in the journals of his stepfather Edmund Wilson, the noted essayist and scholar...
banker; businessman; grandson of Sir Henry W. Thornton
- Henry Thornton (abolitionist)
- James Thornton (disambiguation)
- James Thornton (American football)James Thornton (American football)James Thornton is a former American football cornerback. He most recently was on the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns in 2005. He was a three-year captain at Morris Brown College where he recorded 35 tackles, 4 interceptions and returned 3 of his 4 interceptions for touchdowns in addition...
- James Thornton (naval officer)James Thornton (naval officer)James Shepard Thornton was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(1826-1875) - James Worth ThorntonJames Worth ThorntonJames Worth Thornton was a businessman and scion of the politically and socially connected Thorntons of Indiana. Thornton was the son of Sir Henry Worth Thornton and Lady Virginia Blair, daughter of banker and steel magnate George Dike Blair...
, businessman and son of Sir Henry Worth Thornton - Jim Thornton
- James Thornton (American football)
- Joe ThorntonJoe ThorntonJoseph Eric Thornton is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . He was selected first overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and went on to play seven seasons with the club, five as its Captain. During the...
, an NHL hockey player - John Thornton (disambiguation)
- John L. ThorntonJohn L. ThorntonJohn Lawson Thornton is Professor and Director of Global Leadership at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He is a former President and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs. In 1983, Thornton founded and developed Goldman Sachs' European mergers and acquisitions business. He served as co-CEO of Goldman Sachs...
- John R. ThorntonJohn R. ThorntonJohn Randolph Thornton was a United States Senator from Louisiana.-Biography:Born on Notoway plantation , he moved with his parents to Rapides Parish in 1853...
- John Wingate ThorntonJohn Wingate ThorntonJohn Wingate Thornton was a United States lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author.-Early life:He was born August 12, 1818 at the home of his grandfather, Thomas Gilbert Thornton in Saco, Maine...
, lawyer, historian, author - John Thornton (philanthropist)John Thornton (philanthropist)John Thornton was a merchant and Christian philanthropist.Thornton was the son of Robert Thornton of Clapham, Surrey, a merchant who became a director of the Bank of England....
- John L. Thornton
- Kalen ThorntonKalen ThorntonKalen Bruce Thornton is a former American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played in fifteen games in the 2004 season but was forced to retire in 2006 after missing part of the 2005 season because of a knee injury...
- Kate ThorntonKate ThorntonKate Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter. Early in her career, she was notable for her articles at the Daily Mirror and for her role as editor of Smash Hits magazine...
, British television presenter - Kathryn Thornton, astronaut
- Keith Thornton, hip hop artist Kool KeithKool KeithKeith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is the self-proclaimed inventor of...
- Kevin ThorntonKevin ThorntonKevin Anthony Thornton is an Irish footballer who was released by former club Northampton Town on the 31st August-Career:...
- Kirk ThorntonKirk ThorntonKirk Thornton is an American voice actor.-Bio:He is known for playing tough or grouchy men in English-dubbed anime and video games. His career includes Hotohori in Fushigi Yūgi and Jin in Samurai Champloo...
- Kristin ThorntonKristin ThorntonKristin Thornton is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for in the West Australian Football League .He was recruited as the number 54 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from Peel Thunder...
- Lawrence ThorntonLawrence ThorntonLawrence A. Thornton is an American author best known for his first novel, Imagining Argentina, which won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, the Shirley Collier Award from University of California, Los Angeles , the PEN American Center West Award for Best Novel and a nomination for a PEN/Faulkner...
- Lou ThorntonLou ThorntonLouis Thornton is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and pinch runner. He played parts of five seasons in the major leagues between and .-Sources:...
, former major league baseball player - Louise ThorntonLouise ThorntonLouise "Lou" Thornton is a character in the NBC television series The West Wing portrayed by Janeane Garofalo. The character's first appearance is in Season 7 of the series.-Character biography:...
- Malcolm ThorntonMalcolm ThorntonSir George Malcolm Thornton , known as Malcolm Thornton, is a British Conservative politician.Thornton was first elected to Parliament in the 1979 general election, winning the marginal seat of Liverpool Garston from Labour's Eddie Loyden. In the early 1980s, however, all seats were re-organised...
- Marcia Thornton Jones, best-selling children's author
- Mark ThorntonMark ThorntonMark Thornton is an American economist of the Austrian School. Thornton has been described by the Advocates for Self-Government as "one of America's experts on the economics of illegal drugs." Thornton has written extensively on that topic, as well as on the economics of the American Civil War,...
- Matt ThorntonMatt ThorntonMatthew J. Thornton , is a left-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. Before the season, Thornton was with the Seattle Mariners.-College and minor league baseball:...
- Matthew ThorntonMatthew ThorntonMatthew Thornton , was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.- Background and Early Life :He was born in Ireland, the son of James Thornton and Elizabeth Malone...
, first president of New Hampshire House of Representatives - Melanie ThorntonMelanie ThorntonMelanie Janene Thornton was an American pop singer who found fame in Germany and fronted the Eurodance group La Bouche, who found success with the singles "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams" in the mid-1990s. She forged a moderately successful solo career in Germany before her death...
, musician - Melody ThorntonMelody ThorntonMelody Thornton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, Soprano vocalist, dancer, model, showgirl and television personality who rose to stardom as a member of the successful pop group the Pussycat Dolls...
- Michael Thornton (disambiguation)
- Michael B. ThorntonMichael B. ThorntonMichael B. Thornton is a judge of the United States Tax Court.-Education:Thornton graduated summa cum laude from the University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S. in Accounting in 1976. In 1977, he graduated from the same school with a M.S. in Accounting. In 1979, he graduated with a M.A. in...
- Michael B. Thornton
- Omar Thornton, murderer of 8 and suicide, see Hartford Distributors shootingHartford Distributors shootingThe Hartford Distributors shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on August 3, 2010, in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. The location of the crime was a warehouse owned by Hartford Distributors, a beer distribution company...
- Randy ThorntonRandy ThorntonRandy Thornton is an American former professional wrestler. He is best known for his stint in World Championship Wrestling under the ring name Swoll.-Professional wrestling career:...
- Richard ThorntonRichard ThorntonRichard Thornton was an English millionaire. He was born on 20 September 1776 and died on 20 June 1865 in Merton, Surrey. He is buried at West Norwood Cemetery in London. On his death, Richard Thornton left an estate of £2,800,000, which is the largest fortune to have been valued for probate in...
, millionaire 'Duke of Danzig' - Richard L. Thornton, Native American architect, city planner & writer
- Robert Thornton (disambiguation)
- Robert ThorntonRobert Thornton (jockey)Robert "Choc" Thornton is an English National Hunt jockey currently employed as stable jockey to Alan King....
, jockey - Robert L. ThorntonRobert L. ThorntonRobert Lee Thornton, Sr. was a Dallas, Texas businessman, philanthropist, and mayor of the city....
- Robert Lyster ThorntonRobert Lyster ThorntonRobert Lyster Thornton , was born at Wooton, Bedfordshire, England, the son of a mechanical engineer, Dudley L. Thornton, and his wife Katherine Foster. He was educated in Canada, where his family went in his youth, his father being employed by the Canadian Pacific Railway. He attended McGill...
- Robert Stirton ThorntonRobert Stirton ThorntonRobert Stirton Thornton was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, and again from 1914 to 1922. Thorton was a Liberal, and served as a cabinet minister in the government or Tobias C. Norris.Thornton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland...
- Robert Thornton
- Roger ThorntonRoger ThorntonRoger Thornton , the Dick Whittington of Newcastle, seems to have been a country boy seeking his fortune in town.-History:The old saying was: At the Westgate came Thornton in With a hap, and a halfpenny, and a lambskin....
- Samuel Thornton, bank director
- Samuel W. ThorntonSamuel W. ThorntonSamuel W. Thornton was a prominent farmer, businessman, soldier, and politician. He was elected to serve one term in the Nebraska State Legislature , representing Buffalo County....
Nebraskan politician
- Samuel W. Thornton
- Sara ThorntonSara ThorntonSara Joanne Thornton CBE QPM is currently the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police. She replaced former Chief Constable Peter Neyroud who, in January 2007, moved to the role of Chief Executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency.Thornton was born in Poole, Dorset. She attended the...
- Sarah ThorntonSarah ThorntonSarah Thornton is a writer and sociologist of culture. Her early work was about clubs, raves, music taste and cultural hierarchies. Thornton has authored and edited works about subcultures. She now writes principally about art, artists and the art market...
- Scott ThorntonScott Thornton (ice hockey player)Scott C. Thornton is a retired professional ice hockey winger.Thornton was drafted in the first round by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played thirty-three games for the team his rookie season, accumulating one goal and three assists...
, ice hockey player - Sean ThorntonSean ThorntonSean Thornton is a professional footballer currently playing for Welsh Premier League side Aberystwyth Town, after a year out of the game following his release by Leyton Orient...
- Sean Thornton (The Quiet Man)
- Shawn ThorntonShawn ThorntonShawn Thornton is a Canadian professional hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He is known to be an enforcer.-Playing career:...
, ice hockey player - Sigrid ThorntonSigrid ThorntonSigrid Thornton is an Australian multi-award winning actress.-Early years:Thornton was born in Canberra, the daughter of Merle, a teacher of women's studies and writer, and Neil Thornton, an academic. She spent most of her formative years growing up and attending school at St. Peter's Lutheran...
, Australian actress - Simon ThorntonSimon ThorntonSimon Thornton is a Brighton-based recording engineer, mix engineer, remixer, producer and musician.First worked at Esselle Beat studios in late 1980s, but later became resident engineer for Norman Cook in all his various guises as Fatboy Slim, Freakpower, Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz et al.Thornton...
- Tex ThorntonTex ThorntonCharles Bates "Tex" Thornton was an American business executive who was the founder of Litton Industries.-Biography:...
- Tiffany ThorntonTiffany ThorntonTiffany Dawn Thornton is an American actress and singer-songwriter best known for her co-starring role as Tawni Hart on the Disney Channel Original Series, Sonny with a Chance and So Random!.- Career:...
, American actress - Timothy Thornton, American musician
- Walter ThorntonWalter ThorntonWalter Miller Thornton was an American Major League Baseball player who played from through for the Chicago Colts/Orphans....
- William ThorntonWilliam ThorntonDr. William Thornton was a British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol, an authentic polymath...
, architect- William E. ThorntonWilliam E. ThorntonWilliam Edgar Thornton is a former NASA Astronaut. Thornton was born in Faison, North Carolina, and is married with two sons to the former Elizabeth Jennifer Fowler of Hertfordshire, England.-Education:...
, astronaut - William Patton ThorntonWilliam Patton ThorntonDr. William Patton Thornton , son of William and Martha Patton Thornton, was a prominent physician, educator, author, politician, and member of the influential Thornton family of Logansport, Indiana...
, doctor - William Wheeler ThorntonWilliam Wheeler ThorntonWilliam Wheeler Thornton was an Indiana lawyer, Attorney General, judge, and author. He was born in Logansport, Indiana, to John Allen and Elizabeth B. Thomas Thornton, members of respectable farming families...
, Judge, Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, author, and State Supreme Court Librarian - Willie ThorntonWillie ThorntonWilliam Thornton was a Scottish footballer and manager. His entire senior playing career was spent with Rangers, and he is considered to be one of the greatest players in the club's history...
- William E. Thornton
- Zach ThorntonZach ThorntonZach Thornton is an American soccer player who currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-Youth and college:...