Middleton (name)
Middleton is a locational Anglo-Saxon surname originating from dozens of different settlements in England going by one of the pre-7th-century Old English variations of "middle" and "town". The earliest recorded examples of such hamlets date to 1086 and include Middeltone, Mideltuna, and Middeltune in such Derbyshire, Shropshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire. The surname "Mideltone" is recorded in Oxfordshire, "Midilton" is noted in Arbroath, Scotland and "Middelton" is found in Yorkshire.
Actors and entertainers surnamed Middleton
- Briana Middleton, American actress
- Clark Middleton, American actor
- Dan Middleton, British YouTube personality
- Edwin Middleton, American film director
- Lindsey Middleton, Canadian actress
- Margaret Yvonne Middleton, better known under her stage name Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian actress
- Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer and musician
- Ray Middleton, American singer and stage, TV and movie actor
- Tuppence Middleton, English actress
Athletes surnamed Middleton
- Archibald Middleton, Australian rules footballer
- Arelle Middleton, American Paralympic athlete
- Bay Middleton, British horseman
- Barry Middleton, field hockey player for England and Great Britain
- Bonnor Middleton, South African cricketer
- Cecil Middleton, cricketer
- Darryl Middleton, American-Spanish basketball player
- Derek Middleton, English professional footballer
- Eilidh Middleton, equestrian competitor from Scotland
- Frank Middleton (footballer), English footballer
- Garry Middleton, Australian motorcycle racer
- Glenn Middleton, Scottish footballer
- Graham Middleton, Australian Rules footballer
- Jacob Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player
- Keynan Middleton, American baseball player
- Khris Middleton, American basketball player
- Lloyd Middleton, former Australian Rules footballer
- Safia Middleton-Patel, Welsh footballer
- Sterling Middleton, Canadian curler
Musicians surnamed Middleton
- Darren Middleton, Australian lead guitarist for alternative rock band Powderfinger
- Hubert Stanley Middleton, cathedral organist
- Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician
- Max Middleton, English composer and keyboardist
- Scott Middleton, Canadian musician, former guitarist of the hardcore punk band Cancer Bats
- Tim Middleton, better known as DJ U-Neek, American hip-hop producer
- Tom Middleton, British recording artist, music producer, remixer and DJ
Politicians surnamed Middleton
- Andrew C. Middleton, American politician in the state of New York
- Clyde Middleton, American politician in the state of Kentucky
- Lisa Middleton, American politician
- Mark-Anthony Middleton, American politician
Writers surnamed Middleton
- Christopher Middleton (poet), British poet and translator
- Edgar Middleton, British playwright and author
- Erasmus Middleton, English clergyman, author and editor
- Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist
- O. E. Middleton, New Zealand short story writer
- Richard Barham Middleton, British author and poet
- Richard of Middleton, Scholastic philosopher
- Sheena Booth Middleton, better known as Sheena Blackhall, Scottish writer
- Stanley Middleton, British novelist
Disambiguation pages for persons surnamed Middleton
- Arthur Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- Charles Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- David Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- George Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- Henry Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- James Middleton (disambiguation), several people named James and Jim
- John Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- Karen Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- Peter Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- Thomas Middleton (disambiguation), several people
- William Middleton (disambiguation), several people
Other persons surnamed Middleton
- Ant Middleton, former British soldier, adventurer and television presenter
- Audrey Valentine Middleton, birth name of Lee Everett Alkin or "Lady Lee", British pop singer, psychic, spiritual healer
- Campbell Middleton, Engineer
- Carole Middleton, British businesswoman and mother of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- C. H. Middleton, gardener, writer and radio broadcaster
- Colin Middleton, Irish artist and surrealist
- Conyers Middleton, an English clergyman
- Edward Middleton, US Navy Rear Admiral
- Elizabeth Smith Middleton, British-born Canadian social reformer
- Eva Middleton, Belizean disability rights activist
- Faith Middleton, American radio journalist
- Frederick Dobson Middleton, Canadian militia leader
- Gerard V. Middleton, South African-born Canadian geologist and sedimentologist
- Humphrey Middleton, 16th-century English Protestant martyr
- Jenna Middleton, fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Joshua Middleton, comic book artist
- Kate Middleton, now Catherine, Princess of Wales, wife of William, Prince of Wales
- Mary Middleton, British political activist
- Michael Middleton, British businessman, father of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- Nick Middleton, English physical geographer
- Pippa Middleton, English columnist and socialite, sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales
- R. Hunter Middleton, American book designer, painter, and type designer
- Robbie Middleton, American boy who was raped and torched on his eighth birthday, dying of complications 13 years later
- Ron Middleton (VC), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
- Troy Houston Middleton, Lieutenant General during World War II