Thornton (surname)

Thornton is a surname found in Ireland and Britain.

Bearers of the surname

• Abraham Thornton
• Al Thornton, basketball player
• Alfred Thornton (1853–1906), English footballer from the 1870s
• Alice Thornton (1626–1707), British autobiographer
• Alvin Thornton
• Andre Thornton (born 1949), American baseball player
• Andrew Thornton, pro jockey
• Andrew C. Thornton II
• Anne Jane Thornton, cabin boy and ship's cook
• Anne Thornton (born 1981), American pastry chef
• Archibald Thornton
• A. G. Thornton novelist and journalist
• Sadik Hakim (born Argonne Thornton, 1919–1983) American jazz pianist and composer
• Barry Thornton, RAF officer
• Barry Thornton (cricketer) (born 1941), Australian cricketer
• Big Mama Thornton, musician
• Billy Bob Thornton (born 1955), American actor
• Bonnell Thornton, parodist
• Bret Thornton
• Bruce Thornton, classicist
  • Bruce Thornton (cornerback)
• Cecilia Dart-Thornton
• Charley Thornton
• David Thornton (musician), British euphonium player
• David Thornton (actor), actor and husband to Cyndi Lauper
• David Thornton (American football), linebacker for the Tennessee Titans
• De'mario Monte Thornton, real name of Raz-B, member of boy band B2K
• Duncan Thornton, Canadian writer
• Edward Thornton (disambiguation)
• Eleanor Velasco Thornton, actress and model
• Elizabeth Thornton, writer
• Flora L. Thornton
• Frank Thornton (1921–2013), English actor
• George Thornton (disambiguation)
• Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton
• Grant Thornton
• Henry Thornton (disambiguation)
  • Henry Thornton (abolitionist), campaigner against the slave trade
  • Henry Thornton (railroader), president of Canadian National Railway
• Hugh Thornton (American football) (born 1991), American football player
• James Thornton (disambiguation)
  • James Thornton (naval officer) (1826–1875)
  • James Worth Thornton, businessman and son of Sir Henry Worth Thornton
  • Jim Thornton
• Joe Thornton, NHL hockey player
• John Thornton (disambiguation)
  • John L. Thornton
  • John R. Thornton
  • John Wingate Thornton, lawyer, historian, author
  • John Thornton (philanthropist)
• Kalen Thornton
• Kate Thornton, English television presenter
• Kathryn Thornton, astronaut
• Keith Thornton, hip hop artist Kool Keith
• Kelly Thornton, Irish actress
• Kelly Thornton, Canadian theatre director and dramaturge
• Kevin Thornton (chef), Irish Michelin starred chef
• Kevin Thornton (footballer), Irish footballer
• Khyri Thornton (born 1989), American football player
• Kirk Thornton
• Kristin Thornton
• Lawrence Thornton
• Leslie Thornton, American filmmaker and artist
• Leslie Thornton (sculptor) (1925–2016), English sculptor
• Lou Thornton, former major league baseball player
• Louise Thornton
• Malcolm Thornton
• Marcia Thornton Jones, best-selling children's author
• Marcus Thornton (disambiguation)
• Mark Thornton
• Matt Thornton (disambiguation)
• Matthew Thornton, first president of New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Melanie Thornton, musician
• Melody Thornton
• Merle Thornton, Australian feminist activist
• Michael Thornton (disambiguation)
  • Michael B. Thornton
• Omar Thornton, murderer of 8 and suicide, see Hartford Distributors shooting
• Patricia H. Thornton (born 1960s), American organizational theorist
• Paul Thornton, Live Events Producer
• Randy Thornton
• Richard Thornton, millionaire 'Duke of Danzig'
• Robert Thornton (disambiguation)
  • Robert Thornton, jockey
  • Robert L. Thornton
  • Robert Lyster Thornton
  • Robert Stirton Thornton
• Roger Thornton
• Samantha Thornton (born 1966), Australian basketball player
• Samuel Thornton (disambiguation)
• Sara Thornton (disambiguation)
• Sarah L. Thornton (born 1965), cultural sociologist
• Scott Thornton, ice hockey player
• Sean Thornton
• Shawn Thornton, ice hockey player
• Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress
• Simon Thornton
• Sidney Thornton (1954-2023), American football player
• Terrence Thornton (born 1977), birth name of American rapper and record executive Pusha T
• Tex Thornton
• Tiffany Thornton, American actress
• Tim Thornton (bishop) (born 1957), Bishop of Truro, and of Sherborne
• Tim Thornton (double bassist) (born 1988), British jazz double bassist
• Tim Thornton (musician, born 1973), English drummer, guitarist and novelist
• Tim Thornton (philosopher) (born 1966), British philosopher
• Trent Thornton, American baseball player
• Tyquan Thornton
• Walter Thornton
• Walter Thornton (cricketer), English cricketer
• Warwick Thornton, Australian cinematographer and director
• William Thornton, architect
  • William E. Thornton, astronaut
  • William Patton Thornton, doctor
  • William Wheeler Thornton, Judge, Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, author, and State Supreme Court Librarian
• William Thomas Thornton, British economist, author, civil servant
  • Willie Thornton
• Zach Thornton
• Zack Thornton (born 1988), American baseball player

Fictional characters

• Sean Thornton, a character portrayed by John Wayne in The Quiet Man

First name

• Thornton Wilder, American playwright