Upton (name)

Upton is a surname of English origin and a rarely used given name. At the time of the British Census of 1881 Upton Surname at Forebears, the frequency of the surname Upton was highest in Sussex (6.2 times the national average), 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 (born 1937), American sports executive, sports commentator, and talk show host
• Upton Sheredine (1740–1800), Maryland jurist
• Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), American author

Surname

• Arthur Upton (disambiguation), several people of this name
• Anthony F. Upton (born 1929), British historian
• Barry Upton (born 1954), British hit songwriter, arranger, musician and producer of pop music
• Caitlin Upton (born 1989), an American fashion model and beauty queen from South Carolina
• Charles Upton (poet), (born 1948), American poet, Sufi and metaphysician
• Charles H. Upton (1812–1877), nineteenth century Congressman from Virginia
• Charles W. Upton (born 1943), economist
• Clive Upton, consultant, Oxford Dictionary
• Eben Upton (born 1978), British computer engineer, inventor of Raspberry Pi
• Emory Upton (1839–1881), US army general
• Frank Upton (born 1934), English former professional footballer and football club manager
• Fred Upton (born 1953), American politician
• Louis Upton (born 1886), American business magnate, founders of Whirlpool Corporation
• George Upton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Gordon Upton (1920–2010), Australian diplomat
• Richard Upton (Born 1967), African Surveyor
• Graham Upton, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University
• Harriet Taylor Upton (1853–1945), American suffragette and author
• James Upton (1888–1949) British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
• Jason Upton (born 1973), independent Christian worship leader
• John Upton (disambiguation), multiple people
• Justin Upton (born 1987), American baseball player
• Kate Upton (born 1992), American swimsuit model
• Lawrence Upton (born 1949), poet and artist
• Lee Upton (born 1953), American poet
• Mary Upton (born 1946), Irish politician
• Melvin Upton Jr. (born 1984), American baseball player formerly known as B.J. Upton; older brother of Justin Upton
• Pat Upton (1944–1999), Irish veterinarian and senior Labour Party politician
• Simon Upton (born 1958), New Zealand politician
• Solomon Upton (1891–1972), English footballer
• Steve Upton (born 1946), Wishbone Ash drummer
• Sue Upton (born 1954), British comic actress and dancer
• Robert Upton (1884–1972), American Congressman
• William Upton (cricketer) (1804–1867), English cricketer
• William W. Upton (1817–1896), Oregon judge and U.S. Treasury comptroller
• Winslow Upton (1853–1914), American astronomer

Fictional characters

• Dean Upton, from the British soap opera Coronation Street