Butterworth

Butterworth is a surname, and may refer to:

• Bob Butterworth, former Florida attorney general
• Brad Butterworth (born 1959), yachtsman from New Zealand
• Brett Butterworth (born 1968 in Castlemaine, Victoria), Aviation security consultant, Geocacher.
• Charles Butterworth (actor) (1896 - 1946), film actor, comedian of the 1930s and 1940s
• Charles Butterworth, academic
• Dean Butterworth (born 1976), English professional drummer
• Donna Butterworth (born 1956), American child actress of the 1960s.
• George Butterworth, composer
• Ian Butterworth (born 1964), English professional footballer
• Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth
• Jez Butterworth (born 1969), playwright and screen writer
• Jim Butterworth, American technology entrepreneur and noted documentary filmmaker
• Jim Butterworth, Habersham County, Georgia Commission Chairman and newly elected State Senator
• Ken Butterworth, Canadian Forces Lieutenant Colonel, RCR.
• Mary Butterworth, Colonial American counterfeiter
• Nick Butterworth, British children's author and illustrator
• Oliver Butterworth (1915 – 1990), American children's author and educator
• Oliver Butterworth (violinist)
• Peter Butterworth (1919 - 1979), English comic actor
• Shane Butterworth (born 1969), American actor.
• Stephen Butterworth, the inventor of the Butterworth filter
• W. E. Butterworth, who writes as W. E. B. Griffin
• William Butterworth (businessman), an American businessman and early Deere & Company president
• William John Butterworth, an English general and Governor of the Straits Settlements
• W. Walton Butterworth, career diplomat and ambassador.

See also

• Butterworth, Penang, a town located in Province Wellesley, Penang, Malaysia
• Butterworth, Eastern Cape, now also known as Gcuwa, a town located in South Africa
• Butterworth filter, a fundamental electronic filter, eponym of Stephen Butterworth
• Aston Butterworth, a British automobile manufacturer
• Butterworth Air Base near Butterworth, Penang
• Mrs. Butterworth's, a brand of pre-packaged syrups and pancake mixes
• Butterworth (ancient township), a former township centred on Milnrow, in the then Parish of Rochdale, England