Creighton (name)
Creighton is a Scottish and Irish habitational name that comes from the barony of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is derived from Gaelic crìoch (border) and Middle English tune (settlement).[1][2][3] Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Abraham Creighton (disambiguation)
- Adam Creighton (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Adam Creighton (journalist), Australian economist and journalist
- Anthony Creighton (1922–2005), British playwright
- Billy Creighton (1892–1970), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brandon Creighton (born 1970), American politician
- Breen Creighton, Australian professor of law
- Charles Creighton (disambiguation)
- Chris Creighton (born 1969), American football coach
- D. F. Creighton (1858–1936), American architect, mechanical engineer, and construction manager
- Dave Creighton (1930–2017), Canadian ice hockey player
- David Creighton (1843–1917), Canadian businessman and politician
- Donald Creighton (1902–1979), Canadian historian
- Donna Creighton (born 1985), British bobsledder and skeleton racer
- Edward Creighton (1820–1874), American pioneer businessman
- Ernest Creighton (1859–1931), English first-class cricketer
- Eugene Creighton, First Nation Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta, Canada
- Frank W. Creighton (1879–1948), American Episcopal bishop
- Fred Creighton (1930–2011), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Guy Creighton (born 1949), Australian equestrian
- Harriet Creighton (1909–2004), American botanist, geneticist and educator
- Helen Creighton (1899–1989), Canadian folklorist
- James Creighton (disambiguation)
- Joanne V. Creighton (born 1942), American academic and President of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
- John Creighton (disambiguation)
- John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the Little Belt affair in 1811
- John Creighton (judge) (1721–1807), Canadian lawyer and judge
- John Creighton (Nova Scotia politician) (1794–1878), Canadian lawyer and politician
- John Creighton (priest) (fl. 1643–1670), Irish Chancellor of Christ Church Cathedral and Dean of Ferns
- John Creighton (rugby union) (1937–2022), New Zealand rugby union player
- John Creighton (surgeon) (1768–1827), Irish president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- John Creighton (warden) (1817–1885), Canadian merchant, politician and prison official
- John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (1731–1828), Irish peer
- John A. Creighton (1831–1907), American pioneer businessman
- John Oliver Creighton (born 1943), American astronaut
- John W. Creighton Jr. (1932–2020), American businessman
- John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the Little Belt affair in 1811
- Louise Creighton (1850–1936), British author
- Lucinda Creighton (born 1980), Irish Fine Gael politician
- Mandell Creighton (1843–1901), British historian and bishop
- Margaret Creighton, American historian, writer and professor emerita at Bates College, Maine
- Mark Creighton (born 1981), English professional footballer
- Mary Frances Creighton (1899–1936s–1936), convicted American murderer, executed in 1936
- Mary Lucretia Creighton (1834–1876), American philanthropist
- Michael Creighton (disambiguation)
- Milan Creighton (1908–1998), American football player and coach
- Neal Creighton (born 1965), American entrepreneur
- Richard D. Creighton (1924–1988), Korean War flying ace
- Shaun Creighton (born 1967), Australian long-distance runner
- Thomas Creighton (prospector) (20th Century), Canadian prospector
- Thomas C. Creighton (born 1945), American politician
- Thomas H. Creighton (1865–1942), American lawyer and politician
- William Creighton (disambiguation)
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