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Revision as of 07:47, 30 June 2017
Cotton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Athletes
- Amy Cotton (born 1980), Canadian judoka
- Craig Cotton (born 1947), American football player
- Dave Cotton, Jr., rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s. Son of Dave Cotton, and older brother of Fran Cotton
- Dave Cotton, rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, and 1940s. Father of Dave Cotton, Jr., and Fran Cotton
- Fran Cotton (born 1947), rugby union footballer who played in the 1970s, and 1980s. Son of Dave Cotton, and younger brother of Dave Cotton, Jr.
- Henry Cotton (golfer) (1907–1987), English golfer
- James Cotton (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
- James Cotton (gridiron football) (born 1978), American defensive end
- Keith Cotton (born 1942), rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s
- Paris Cotton (born 1989), American football player
- Schea Cotton (born 1978), American basketball player
Musicians
- Billy Cotton (1899–1969), British band leader
- Gene Cotton(born 1944), American pop and folk singer-songwriter
- James Cotton (1935–2017), American blues musician (harmonica)
- Jeff Cotton (born 1949), American rock guitarist
- Paul Cotton (musician) (born 1943), American guitar player
Politicians and nobility
- George W. Cotton (1821–1892), South Australian politician
- Norris Cotton (1900-1989), American politician
- Paul Cotton (diplomat) (born 1930), New Zealand diplomat
- The Cotton baronets
- Tom Cotton (born 1977), American politician
Science and engineering
- Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington (1571–1631), antiquarian and bibliophile, creator of the basis of the British Library
- Aimé Cotton (1869–1951), French scientist
- Cotton effect, named after him
- Sir Arthur Cotton (1803–1899), British general and engineer famous for his work in India
- Arthur Disbrowe Cotton (1879–1962), botanist, species author Cotton and a president of the British Mycological Society
- Bernard Charles Cotton (1905–1966), Australian malacologist
- Charles Cotton (geologist), New Zealand geologist
- Émile Cotton (1872–1950), French mathematician, discoverer of the Cotton tensor
- F. Albert Cotton (1930–2007), American inorganic chemist
Television
- Antony Cotton (born 1975), British actor, best known for his roles in Coronation Street and Queer as Folk (UK)
- Bill Cotton (1928–2008), British television executive
- Fearne Cotton (born 1981), English television presenter and radio 1 DJ
Other
- Charles Cotton (1630–1687), poet
- John Cotton (minister) (1585–1652), clergyman, grandfather of Cotton Mather
- Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873), British serial killer
- Richard Lynch Cotton (1794–1880), British vicar and university administrator
- Robert Cotton (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for various men with this name
- Sarah Cotton (1815–1878), British wife of the academic and medic Sir Henry Acland, inspiration for the Acland Hospital
- Sir Sydney Cotton (1792–1874), British Army officer.
- William Cotton (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for various men with this name