Atherton (surname)

People with the surname

• Alfred Atherton, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
• Amber Atherton, a British entrepreneur and founder of Zyper.
• Andrew Atherton,, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dundee
• Bobby Atherton, Welsh footballer who died in the First World War.
• Brenda Atherton is a female former England international lawn and indoor bowler.
• Candy Atherton, was a British journalist and politician
• Cassandra Atherton, an Australian prose-poet, critic and scholar
• Charles G. Atherton, U.S. Representative and Senator from New Hampshire; son of Charles Humphrey Atherton
• Charles Humphrey Atherton, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire; father of Charles G. Atherton
• Charlie Atherton, American baseball player and son of George W. Atherton
• Claire Atherton, Franco-American film editor
• Cornelius Atherton, steelmaker
• Dan Atherton, British racing cyclist; brother of Gee Atherton and Rachel Atherton.
• David Atherton, English conductor and co-founder of the London Sinfonietta.
• David Atherton, English baker and health advisor. He won the tenth series of The Great British Bake Off in 2019.
• Donny Atherton, American BMX racer.
• Edwin Atherton, FBI agent and private investigator
• Eleanora Atherton, English philanthropist
• Ella Atherton, Scottish actress
• Ella Blaylock Atherton was a British-born American physician
• Lizzie Aiken née Atherton, US Civil War Nurse
• Elizabeth Atherton, a British lyric soprano
• Elizabeth Potts née Atherton; was the only woman ever to be legally executed in the U.S. state of Nevada.
• Ernest Atherton was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
• Faxon Atherton, American businessman and landowner; father-in-law to Gertrude Atherton.
• Frank Atherton, British physician and Chief Medical Officer for Wales
• G. F. A. Atherton, American politician.
• Gee Atherton, British racing cyclist; brother of Dan Atherton and Rachel Atherton.
• George W. Atherton, president of the Pennsylvania State University.
• Gertrude Atherton, a famous American writer
• Gibson Atherton, U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Gordon Atherton was an English footballer.
• Henry Atherton, barrister and father of Eleanora Atherton.
• Rev. Hope Atherton, a Harvard educated colonial clergyman of the 17th century. Minister of Hadley, Massachusetts.
• Howard Atherton, English cinematographer
• Major General Humphrey Atherton, an early settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who held the highest military rank in colonial New England.
• Jack Atherton, English footballer.
• James Atherton, English actor
• James Atherton , English footballer.
• Jason Atherton, English chef
• Jeptha Atherton was a North Carolina landowner, politician and American Revolutionary War soldier in Northampton County, North Carolina He served in the military throughout the American Revolutionary War.
• Jim Atherton, Welsh footballer.
• John Atherton , of Atherton Hall, Leigh, Lancashire, was an English politician.
• John Atherton, Anglican Bishop of Waterford and Lismore in the Church of Ireland. He was tried and executed in 1640.
• John Atherton, English politician
• John Atherton, of Atherton Tablelands fame
• John Carlton Atherton was an American artist born in Brainerd, Minnesota
• John McDougal Atherton, was an American businessman, distiller, property developer, investor and politician based in Louisville, Kentucky. Elected to one term as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1869 to 1871, and served as a Democrat.
• John W. Atherton, founding president of Pitzer College 1963-1970
• Joseph Ballard Atherton, an American Businessman and philanthropist and resident of Hawaii in the 19th century
• Joshua Atherton was an early anti-slavery campaigner in Massachusetts
• Julie Atherton, a British actress
• Keith Atherton, an American baseball player
• Kevin Atherton, a Manx artist with an international practice who since 1999 has been based in Ireland
• Lewis Eldon Atherton, an American academic and author
• Margaret Atherton, an American philosopher and feminist historian
• Mike Atherton OBE, a former player and captain of the English cricket team
• Minna Atherton, an Australian competitive swimmer who won the gold medals in the 100 & 200-metre backstroke events at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.
• Nancy Atherton, an American writer
• Nicholas Atherton of Atherton was an English politician who was MP for Lancashire in 1401.
• Nigel Atherton is the Editor of Amateur Photographer magazine, the world's oldest weekly consumer photography magazine, published in the UK since October 1884
• Noel Atherton, a British Cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office. He was the Chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951-62
• Paul Atherton, British television producer
• Paula Atherton, an American Saxophonist
• Peter Atherton
• Phil Atherton, English curler
• Rachel Atherton, British racing cyclist; sister of Dan Atherton and Gee Atherton.
• Ray Atherton, a U.S. Diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador to Canada.
• Richard Atherton, Member of Parliament for Liverpool
• Ro Atherton, Royal Air Force officer
• Robert Atherton, an English poet from Lancashire.
• Robert Vernon Atherton was a British country landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
• Robert Atherton Edwin,, a noted meteorologist and weather forecaster who was instrumental in the establishment of the New Zealand Meteorological Office
• Samuel Atherton a U.S. Politician from Massachusetts
• Sarah Atherton, a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Wrexham since the 2019 general election
• Sonia Wieder-Atherton, a Franco-American classical cellist
• Steve Atherton is a former South African rugby union player
• Tammy Ealom, née Tamaira Jane Atherton, is the guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter for the indie rock band Dressy Bessy
• Ted Atherton, a Canadian actor
• Terence Atherton, a former British intelligence officer of Irish descent who died in World War 2
• Thomas H. Atherton, an American architect who worked in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania from 1915 to 1950
• Thomas Powys, 3rd Baron Lilford, was a British peer and Whig politician and son of Henrietta Maria Atherton of Atherton Hall.
• Tim Atherton, an Australian baseball player
• Tommy Atherton, an English footballer
• Walter Atherton, an architect from Massachusetts, United States.
• Walter Atherton, an English footballer
• Warren Atherton, father of the G.I. Bill.
• William Atherton, a Wesleyan minister
• Sir Sir William Atherton Queen’s Counsel , a Scottish barrister and Liberal Party politician
• William Atherton, an American actor

  Notable persons with “Atherton“ as a first name

• Atherton, Curtis was a US art collector who lived in France
• Atherton Martin is a Dominican agronomist and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1998, for his efforts on protecting tropical forests.
• US Admiral Atherton Macondray
• Atherton Rawstorne was the Bishop of Whalley from 1909 to 1936; and Archdeacon of Blackburn from 1922 to 1936.
• Atherton Seidell, a founder of the American Documentation Institute.
• Atherton Thayer, Sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1794 to 1798.

  Fictional Characters

• Dr James Atherton in Arachnophobia
• Bill Atherton in
• Geoffrey Atherton in Mad Men, Season 4. Episode 12 “Blowing Smoke”