Creighton (name)

For other uses, see Creighton (disambiguation).

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)
  • Abraham Creighton (died 1706), MP for County Fermanagh and Enniskillen
  • Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne (1703–1772)
  • Abraham Creighton (died 1809), MP for Lifford
  • Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne (1765–1842)
• 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)
  • Charles Creighton (physician) (1847–1927), British physician, opponent of vaccination
  • Charles Creighton (referee) (1876–1949), Irish-American soccer referee
  • Charles F. Creighton (1863–1907), Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii
  • Charles W. Creighton (1885–1947), American politician and lawyer
• 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)
  • James Creighton (ice hockey) (1850–1930), Canadian ice hockey pioneer
  • James Edwin Creighton (1861–1924), American philosopher
  • James Forbes Creighton (1879–1944), Canadian physician and politician
  • James George Aylwin Creighton or J.G.A. Creighton, father of organized ice hockey
  • James M. Creighton (1856–1946), American architect
  • Jamie Creighton (1983), Scottish International Athlete
  • Jim Creighton (1841–1862), American baseball player
  • Jim Creighton (basketball) (born 1950), American basketball player
  • Jimmy Creighton (1905–1990), Canadian ice hockey player
• Joanne V. Creighton (born 1942), American academic and President of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
• John Creighton (disambiguation)
  • John Creighton (archaeologist), British archaeologist and academic
  • John Creighton (British Army officer) (1772–1833), MP for Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
• 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)
  • Michael Cyril Creighton, American actor and writer
  • Michael W. Creighton, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
• 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)
  • William Creighton Jr. (1778–1851), American attorney, banker and politician
  • William Black Creighton (1864–1946), Canadian social reformer
  • William Steel Creighton (1902–1973), American myrmecologist and taxonomist
  • William Creighton (bishop) (1909–1987), American Episcopal bishop

Given name

• Creighton Abrams (1914–1974), United States Army General
• Creighton Burns (1925–2008), Australian journalist and academic
• Creighton Carvello (1944–2008), British mnemonist
• Creighton Tull Chaney (1906–1973), American actor better known as Lon Chaney Jr.
• Creighton Gubanich (born 1972), American professional baseball player
• Creighton Hale (1882–1965), Irish-American actor born Patrick Fitzgerald
• Creighton Miller (1922–2002), American football player and attorney
• Creighton Redman (born 1933), British rower
• Creighton Leland Robertson (1944–2014), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota

Characters

• Creighton Bernette, a character from Treme season 1

See also

• Crighton, a surname