Cameron (surname)
Cameron is a Scottish surname and thus somewhat common throughout the English-speaking world.
There are several possible origins. One is from a Gaelic-language nickname, derived from cam and sròn or abhainn. Another is from any of the various places called Cameron, especially such places located in Fife, Edinburgh or Lennox, Scotland. The English-language surname can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as: Camarran, Chamarran ; or as Camshron and Chamshron.
List of people with the surname
- Alan Cameron (disambiguation)
- Alexander Cameron (disambiguation)
- Alfred B. Cameron, American politician from Maryland
- Allan Cameron (disambiguation)
- Angus Cameron (disambiguation)
- Archie Cameron, Australian politician
- Arti Cameron, Guyanese model
- Bill Cameron (disambiguation)
- Cam Cameron, American football head coach
- Candace Cameron, American actress
- Chantelle Cameron, British boxer
- Caressa Cameron, American beauty
- Carl Cameron, American television journalist
- Charles Cameron (architect), Scottish architect
- Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994), Australian rules footballer
- Christina Cameron, Canadian writer and architectural historian
- Colin Cameron (disambiguation)
- Cordelia Cameron, Australian actor-manager
- Cornelia C. Cameron, American geologist
- Daniel Cameron (disambiguation)
- David Cameron (disambiguation)
- Daz Cameron, American baseball player
- Donald Cameron (disambiguation)
- Doug Cameron, Australian politician and trade unionist
- Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician
- Douglas Cameron, multiple people
- Dove Cameron, US actress
- Dugald D. Cameron, Wisconsin politician and physician
- Duncan Cameron (disambiguation)
- Earl Cameron, Bermudian actor
- Earl Cameron (broadcaster), Canadian broadcaster
- Elizabeth Cameron (editor), Canadian editor
- Elsie Cameron, British murder victim
- Elspeth Cameron, Canadian writer
- Eoin Cameron, Western Australian radio personality
- Ewan Cameron, Scottish physician
- Ewen Cameron (disambiguation)
- Flynn Cameron, New Zealand basketball player
- Geoff Cameron, American footballer
- Hector Charles Cameron, British paediatrician
- Hector Clare Cameron, Scottish surgeon
- Ian Cameron (disambiguation)
- Jake W. Cameron, American politician, former mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana
- James Cameron (disambiguation)
- Jeremy Cameron, Australian rules footballer
- Jeremy Cameron (author), British author
- Jock Cameron, South African cricketer
- John Cameron (disambiguation)
- John Allan Cameron, Canadian folksinger
- Julia Cameron, writer
- Julia Margaret Cameron, British photographer
- Kenneth D. Cameron, US astronaut
- Kenneth Neill Cameron, British-Canadian literary scholar
- Kirk Cameron, US actor
- Kyle Cameron, footballer
- Lisa Cameron (economist), Australian economist
- Loren Cameron, American photographer
- Malcolm Cameron (disambiguation)
- Margaret Cameron (disambiguation)
- Marjorie Cameron, American actress, artist and occultist
- Mark Cameron (disambiguation)
- Matt Cameron, US hard rock musician
- Matthew Crooks Cameron, Canadian politician
- Maximilian Cameron aka Maxym Kryvonis, one of the leaders of Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Mike Cameron, US Major League Baseball player
- Paul Cameron, US psychologist
- Pero Cameron, New Zealand professional basketball player
- Peter Cameron (disambiguation)
- Phil Cameron, British entrepreneur, owner of No.1 Traveller and former West End producer
- Rafael Cameron, Guyanese-American singer
- Ralph H. Cameron, American Senator from Arizona
- Reba Cameron, American nurse
- Richard Cameron (disambiguation)
- Robert Cameron (disambiguation)
- Rodney Francis Cameron, Australian serial killer
- Ron Cameron (disambiguation)
- Rondo Cameron, economic historian
- Roy Cameron, Australian public servant and diplomat
- Ross Cameron, Australian politician
- Samantha Cameron, British businesswoman, wife of politician David
- Scotty Cameron, American golf club maker primarily known for manufacturing putters
- Sean Cameron (disambiguation)
- Silver Donald Cameron, Canadian writer
- Simon Cameron, American politician
- Tassie Cameron, Canadian television writer
- Verney Lovett Cameron, English traveller
- Violet Cameron, English actress and singer
- W. Bruce Cameron, American humorous writer
- Winifred Cameron, American astronomer
Fictional characters
- Dr. Angus Cameron, in the BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Dr. Alexander Cameron, in the television series Doctor Finlay
- Dr. Allison Cameron, in the television series House
- Dr. David Cameron, in the television series Queer as Folk
- Davis Cameron, a Marvel Comics character
- Heather Cameron (character), a Marvel Comics character
- Kiera Cameron, in the television series Continuum
- Tracker Cameron, in Degrassi: The Next Generation