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- Compton
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4 identifiers linking Compton across the web's reference databases
11 statements · 9% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
4 identifiers linking Compton across the web's reference databases
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Compton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Ann Compton, American journalist Arthur Compton (1892–1962), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect Barnes Compton (1830–1898), Maryland congressman and state officeholder Billy Compton (1896–1976), English footballer Carla Compton, Canadian politician Catherine Compton (1731–1784), English noblewoman Charles Compton (1698–1755), English politician and diplomat Charles H. Compton (1880–1966), American librarian and educator Christian Compton (1929–2006), justice of the supreme court of Virginia Cliff Compton, American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino Dale L. Compton, American aerospace engineer and director of NASA Ames Research Center David G. Compton (1930–2023), British science fiction author Denis Compton (1918–1997), England cricketer and footballer Edward Compton (actor) (1854–1918), English actor-manager Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921), English-born, German artist, illustrator, and mountain climber Lady Emily Compton, English fashion model, editor, and stylist Erik Compton, Norwegian-American professional golfer F. E. Compton, publisher Fay Compton (1894–1974), English actress Francis Compton (1824–1915), English lawyer and Conservative MP Sir Francis Compton, English soldier and MP for Warwick Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams Freeman W. Compton (1824–1893), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Harry Compton (1899–1951), Canadian soldier Henry Compton, Bishop of London Henry Compton (actor), English actor Herbert Eastwick Compton (1856–1906), English writer Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist John Compton, leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party John Compton, London pipe & electronic organ maker Karl Taylor Compton (1887–1954), physicist, president of MIT Katie Compton, American bicycle racer Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer Lynn Compton, lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial Nick Compton, English cricketer O'Neal Compton (1951–2019), American film and television actor Patrick Compton, South African cricketer Paul Compton, English footballer and football manager Paul Justin Compton, Australian computer scientist Richard Compton (1938–2007), American actor Richard G. Compton, chemist Richard Compton (cricketer), South African cricketer Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979), South African botanist Sean Compton, American Broadcast executive Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, British statesman and prime minister Virginia Frances Bateman or Bateman Compton (1853–1940), American-born British actor-manager Walter Ames Compton (1911–1990), American Doctor and Japanese sword collector. Wayde Compton, Canadian writer William Compton (courtier), lover of Henry VIII's mistress, Anne Stafford Wilson Martindale Compton (1890–1967), fifth president of Washington State University