Fenton (name)

Fenton is both a surname and a male given-name, literally-meaning "fen/marsh town", originating as the name of several English places, popular in the United States and New Zealand. It is also a name of Irish-Gaelic origin; Ó Fionnachta (see Finnerty) or Ó Fiachna 'descendant of Fiachna', an old personal name Anglicized as Feighney and sometimes mistranslated as 'Hunt' (see Fee). Notable people with the name include:

People with the surname

Actors and actresses

• Lavinia Fenton (1708-1760)
• Leonard Fenton (1926-2022)
• Simon Fenton

Journalists

• Anthony Fenton
• Tom Fenton

Musicians

• Carl Fenton
• George Fenton
• Julian Fenton
• Paul Fenton
• Shane Fenton, singer aka Alvin Stardust

Politicians

• Bob Fenton (1923–2013), New Zealand politician
• Darien Fenton (born 1954), New Zealand politician
• Donovan Fenton, American politician from New Hampshire
• Ivor D. Fenton (1889–1986), American politician from Pennsylvania
• James Fenton (1864–1950), Australian politician
• Joseph S. Fenton (1781–1851), American politician from Michigan
• Kelly Fenton (born 1966), American politician from Minnesota
• Reuben Fenton (1819–1885), American politician from New York
• William M. Fenton (1808–1871), American politician from Michigan

Sportspersons

• Billy Fenton
• Darin Fenton, Canadian curler
• Ewan Fenton, Scottish footballer
• Georgia-Mae Fenton (born 2000), British artistic gymnast
• Geraldine Fenton
• Isaac Fenton (1910–1997), English footballer
• John Fenton (hurler)
• Lorraine Fenton
• Nick Fenton
• Paul Fenton (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
• Peggy Fenton (1927–2013), American baseball player
• Rashad Fenton (born 1997), American football player
• Ron Fenton (1940–2013), English footballer and manager
• Ted Fenton

Writers

• Elijah Fenton (1683–1730), an English poet, biographer and translator.
• Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539 – 1608), an English writer
• James Fenton (born 1949), an English poet, journalist and literary critic. He is a former Oxford Professor of Poetry
• James Fenton (1931–2021), Ulster Scots writer and poet.

Other

• Carroll Lane Fenton, American geologist, paleontologist, author
• Clyde Fenton, flying doctor
• David Fenton, founder of Fenton Communications
• Edward Fenton (died 1603), navigator
• Frank Fenton (disambiguation)
• Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608), English writer, Privy Councillor, and Principal Secretary of State in Ireland
• Gwen Fenton, Australian Antarctic scientist
• H. J. H. Fenton, chemical engineer
• John Charles Fenton, lawyer
• Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Joseph Clifford Fenton, editor of American Ecclesiastical Review (1944–66)
• Mildred Adams Fenton, American geologist, palaeontologist, author
• Myles Fenton (1830–1918), British manager of railway companies
• Prudence Fenton, producer
• Richard Fenton, Welsh topographer, poet and writer
• Roger Fenton, photographer
• Steve Fenton, footballer
• Steve Fenton, rugby league player
• Suzanne Fenton, American biologist
• Ted Fenton, manager of West Ham United
• Wayne S Fenton, psychiatrist, researcher with National Institute of Mental Health
• William N. Fenton, historian

People with the given name

• Fenton Johnson (poet) (1888–1958), American poet, essayist, author of short stories, editor and educator
• Fenton Keogh, celebrity chef
• Fenton Robinson, blues musician
• Fenton Williams, lighting designer, founder of Filament Productions
• Fenton Bailey, filmmaker and television producer

Fictional characters

• Fenton, a 'young gentleman' in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
• Harry Fenton, in the television series Peaky Blinders
• Lord Fenton, in the novel Scarlett
• Fenton Crackshell, aka GizmoDuck from DuckTales
• Fenton, the Death Sheep from Hell, the subject of the song "Sheep Marketing Ploy" by Tom Smith
• Fenton Mewley, from the animated television series Home Movies
• Fenton Hardy from the Hardy Boys books
• Fenton O'Connell, an alias of Kevin Ryan in the television series Castle
• Fenton Meiks, in the film Frailty
• Fenton, a minor character who has a feud with Fez in the television series That '70s Show
• Daniel Fenton, a main character of the animiated television series Danny Phantom

See also

• Fenton (disambiguation)