Upton (people)

Upton is a surname, and a rarely used given name. It may refer to:

Given name

*Upton Sheredine, (1740–1800), Maryland jurist
*Upton Sinclair, (1878–1968), American author

urname

* Barry Upton, British hit songwriter, arranger, musician and producer of pop music
*B.J. Upton, (b. 1984), American baseball player
*Caitlin Upton, (b.1989), an American fashion model and beauty queen from South Carolina
*Charles Upton, (b. 1948), American poet, Sufi and metaphysician
*Charles W. Upton, economist
*Clive Upton, consultant, Oxford Dictionary
*Emory Upton, (1839–1881), US army general
* Frank Upton (born 1934), English former professional footballer and football club manager
*Fred Upton, (b. 1953), American politician
*Frederick and Louis Upton, American entrepreneurs, founders of the company that became Whirlpool Corporation
*Graham Upton, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University
* Harriet Taylor Upton, suffragette and author
*James Upton, (1888–1949) British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross
* Jason Upton (b. 1973), independent Christian worship leader
* Jimmy Upton (1949–2003), college and high school track star
* John Upton (Spenser editor) (1707-60) important early editor and critic of Edmund Spenser, who editied the 1758 edition of the Spenser's The Faerie Queene, (originally published 1590 and 1596).
* Justin Upton (b. 1987), American baseball player
*Lawrence Upton, (b. 1949), poet and artist
* Lee Upton, American poet
*Mary Upton, Irish politician
* Pat Upton (1944–1999), Irish veterinarian and senior Labour Party politician
*Simon Upton, (b. 1958), New Zealand politician
*Steve Upton, (b. 1946), Wishbone Ash drummer
* Sue Upton (b. 1954), British comic actress and dancer
*Robert Upton, (1884-1972), American Congressman
*William W. Upton, (1817-1896), Oregon judge and U.S. Treasury comptroller