Thornton (given name)

Thornton is a masculine given name borne by:

  • Thornton Blackburn (c. 1812–1890), American escaped slave and entrepreneur in Canada
  • Thornton W. Burgess (1874–1965), American conservationist, author of children's stories and radio personality
  • Thornton Chandler (born 1963), American former National Football League player
  • Thornton Chase (1847–1912), Union officer commanding United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War and first western convert to the Baháʼí Faith
  • Thornton Leigh Hunt (1810–1873), English journalist, first editor of the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph
  • Thornton A. Jenkins (1811–1893), United States Navy rear admiral, chief of the Bureau of Navigation and president of the United States Naval Institute
  • Thornton Oakley (1881–1953), American artist and illustrator
  • Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), American playwright and novelist
  • Thornton Willis (1936–2025), American abstract painter
  • Thornton Wilson (1921–1999), American business executive, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Boeing
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