Upton (name)
Upton is a surname of English origin and a rarely used given name. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname Upton was highest in Sussex, followed by Oxfordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Kent, Bedfordshire and Derbyshire.
The name Upton is a variation of Upperton and is derived from the Old English for Upper Ton, Upper Enclosure or Upper Field.
Given name
- Upton Bell, American sports executive, sports commentator, and talk show host
- Upton Buhrman, American politician from Maryland
- Upton Sheredine, Maryland jurist
- Upton Sinclair, American author
- Upton Stout, American football player
Surname
- Anne Upton, American composer and radio writer
- Arthur Upton (disambiguation), several people of this name
- Anthony F. Upton, British historian
- B. J. Upton, American baseball player; older brother of Justin Upton
- Barry Upton, British hit songwriter, arranger, musician and producer of pop music
- Caitlin Upton, an American fashion model and beauty queen from South Carolina
- Charles Upton (poet),, American poet, Sufi and metaphysician
- Charles H. Upton, nineteenth century Congressman from Virginia
- Charles W. Upton, economist
- Clive Upton, consultant, Oxford Dictionary
- Eben Upton, British computer engineer, inventor of Raspberry Pi
- Emory Upton, US army general
- Frances Upton, American Broadway theatre actress and comedian
- Frank Upton, English former professional footballer and football club manager
- Fred Upton, American politician
- Louis Upton, American business magnate, founders of Whirlpool Corporation
- George Upton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gordon Upton, Australian diplomat
- Graham Upton, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University
- Hamilton Upton, Canadian flying ace
- Harriet Taylor Upton, American suffragette and author
- James Upton British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
- Jason Upton, independent Christian worship leader
- John Upton (disambiguation), multiple people
- Justin Upton, American baseball player
- Kate Upton, American swimsuit model
- Lawrence Upton, poet and artist
- Lee Upton, American poet
- Mary Upton, Irish politician
- Molly Upton, American painter, sculptor, and quilter
- Pat Upton (politician), Irish veterinarian and senior Labour Party politician
- Paul Upton, professional boxer
- Richard Upton, Australian swimmer
- Robert W. Upton, American Congressman
- Róisín Upton, Ireland field hockey
- Simon Upton, New Zealand politician
- Solomon Upton, English footballer
- Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash drummer
- Sue Upton, British comic actress and dancer
- Warren Upton, American World War II veteran
- William Upton (cricketer), English cricketer
- William W. Upton, Oregon judge and U.S. Treasury comptroller
- Winslow Upton, American astronomer
Fictional characters
- Dean Upton, from the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''