Gorton (surname)

Gorton (surname)

Gorton is a surname, and may refer to:

* John Gorton, Australian Prime Minister
* Mark Gorton, American CEO
* Samuel Gorton was a religious leader of colonial New England
* Slade Gorton (born 1832) co-founded Gorton's of Gloucester
* Brothers, and descendants of Slade Gorton (born 1832):
** Thomas Slade Gorton III (a.k.a. Slade Gorton), United States Senator from Washington, member of the 9/11 commission.
** Nathaniel M. Gorton, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

ee also

* Gorton

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