Creighton (name)
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Creighton is a Scottish and Irish habitational name that comes from the barony of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is derived from Gaelic {{lang|gd|crìoch}} (border) and Middle English {{lang|enm|tune}} (settlement).{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=A Dictionary of First Names |date=2006 |publisher=Oxford Paperback Reference |isbn=978-0-19-861060-1 |edition=Second |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Dobson |first1=David |title=The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America |date=2003 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com |isbn=978-0-8063-5209-1 |page=28 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlYTbQ_wFz8C&q=Creighton |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977169-1 |page=383 |language=en}} Notable people with the name include:
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Surname
- Abraham Creighton (disambiguation)
- Abraham Creighton (died 1706), MP for County Fermanagh and Enniskillen
- Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne (1703–1772)
- Abraham Creighton (died 1809), MP for Lifford
- Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne (1765–1842)
- Adam Creighton (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Adam Creighton (journalist), Australian economist and journalist
- Anthony Creighton (1922–2005), British playwright
- Billy Creighton (1892–1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brandon Creighton (born 1970), American politician
- Breen Creighton, Australian professor of law
- Charles Creighton (disambiguation)
- Charles Creighton (physician) (1847–1927), British physician, opponent of vaccination
- Charles Creighton (referee) (1876–1949), Irish-American soccer referee
- Charles F. Creighton (1863–1907), Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Charles W. Creighton (1885–1947), American politician and lawyer
- Chris Creighton (born 1969), American football coach
- D. F. Creighton (1858–1936), American architect, mechanical engineer, and construction manager
- Dave Creighton (1930–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
- David Creighton (1843–1917), Canadian businessman and politician
- Donald Creighton (1902–1979), Canadian historian
- Donna Creighton (born 1985), British bobsledder and skeleton racer
- Edward Creighton (1820–1874), American pioneer businessman
- Ernest Creighton (1859–1931), English first-class cricketer
- Eugene Creighton, First Nation Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, Canada
- Frank W. Creighton (1879–1948), American Episcopal bishop
- Fred Creighton (1930–2011), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Guy Creighton (born 1949), Australian equestrian
- Harriet Creighton (1909–2004), American botanist, geneticist and educator
- Helen Creighton (1899–1989), Canadian folklorist
- James Creighton (disambiguation)
- James Creighton (ice hockey) (1850–1930), Canadian ice hockey pioneer
- James Edwin Creighton (1861–1924), American philosopher
- James Forbes Creighton (1879–1944), Canadian physician and politician
- James George Aylwin Creighton or J.G.A. Creighton, father of organized ice hockey
- James M. Creighton (1856–1946), American architect
- Jamie Creighton (1983), Scottish International Athlete
- Jim Creighton (1841–1862), American baseball player
- Jim Creighton (basketball) (born 1950), American basketball player
- Jimmy Creighton (1905–1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Joanne V. Creighton (born 1942), American academic and President of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
- John Creighton (disambiguation)
- John Creighton (archaeologist), British archaeologist and academic
- John Creighton (British Army officer) (1772–1833), MP for Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
- John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the Little Belt affair in 1811
- John Creighton (judge) (1721–1807), Canadian lawyer and judge
- John Creighton (Nova Scotia politician) (1794–1878), Canadian lawyer and politician
- John Creighton (priest) ({{floruit|1643–1670}}), Irish Chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of Ferns
- John Creighton (rugby union) (1937–2022), New Zealand rugby union player
- John Creighton (surgeon) (1768–1827), Irish president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- John Creighton (warden) (1817–1885), Canadian merchant, politician and prison official
- John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (1731–1828), Irish peer
- John A. Creighton (1831–1907), American pioneer businessman
- John Oliver Creighton (born 1943), American astronaut
- John W. Creighton Jr. (1932–2020), American businessman
- John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the Little Belt affair in 1811
- Louise Creighton (1850–1936), British author
- Lucinda Creighton (born 1980), Irish Fine Gael politician
- Mandell Creighton (1843–1901), British historian and bishop
- Margaret Creighton, American historian, writer and professor emerita at Bates College, Maine
- Mark Creighton (born 1981), English professional footballer
- Mary Frances Creighton (1899–1936s–1936), convicted American murderer, executed in 1936
- Mary Lucretia Creighton (1834–1876), American philanthropist
- Michael Creighton (disambiguation)
- Michael Cyril Creighton, American actor and writer
- Michael W. Creighton, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
- Milan Creighton (1908–1998), American football player and coach
- Neal Creighton (born 1965), American entrepreneur
- Richard D. Creighton (1924–1988), Korean War flying ace
- Shaun Creighton (born 1967), Australian long-distance runner
- Thomas Creighton (prospector) (20th Century), Canadian prospector
- Thomas C. Creighton (born 1945), American politician
- Thomas H. Creighton (1865–1942), American lawyer and politician
- William Creighton (disambiguation)
- William Creighton Jr. (1778–1851), American attorney, banker and politician
- William Black Creighton (1864–1946), Canadian social reformer
- William Steel Creighton (1902–1973), American myrmecologist and taxonomist
- William Creighton (bishop) (1909–1987), American Episcopal bishop
Given name
- Creighton Abrams (1914–1974), United States Army General
- Creighton Burns (1925–2008), Australian journalist and academic
- Creighton Carvello (1944–2008), British mnemonist
- Creighton Tull Chaney (1906–1973), American actor better known as Lon Chaney Jr.
- Creighton Gubanich (born 1972), American professional baseball player
- Creighton Hale (1882–1965), Irish-American actor born Patrick Fitzgerald
- Creighton Miller (1922–2002), American football player and attorney
- Creighton Redman (born 1933), British rower
- Creighton Leland Robertson (1944–2014), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota
Characters
- Creighton Bernette, a character from Treme season 1
See also
- Crighton, a surname
References
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