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*[[Henry Hollis Horton]] (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
*[[Henry Hollis Horton]] (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
*[[Herschella Horton]] (1938-2022), American politician
*[[Herschella Horton]] (1938-2022), American politician
*[[Isaiah Horton]], American football player
*[[Jacob Horton]] (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
*[[Jacob Horton]] (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
*[[Jack K. Horton]] (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive.
*[[Jack K. Horton]] (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive.

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Horton
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)English
Derivation"horu" (dirt) + "tūn" (settlement, farm, estate)
Meaning"farm on muddy soil"
Other names
Variant form(s)
  • Houghton
  • Haughton
  • Hoghton
  • Hawton

Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.[1]

List of people with the surname Horton

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. ^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). "HORTON". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.