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Stapleton (surname)

Stapleton is an English surname dating back to the times of Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain.[1] It is a habitation name; examples of habitations are found in Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Somerset, and Yorkshire, and is from the Old English word stapol meaning post and ton meaning settlement.[2]

Notable people and characters with the surname include:

Arts & entertainment

  • Chris Stapleton (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
  • Cyril Stapleton (1914–1975), British violinist and band leader
  • Fergal Stapleton (born 1961), Irish artist
  • Jacinta Stapleton (born 1979), Australian actress
  • Jean Stapleton (1923–2013), American actress
  • Liam Stapleton, Australian radio presenter
  • Maureen Stapleton (1925–2006), American actress
  • Nicola Stapleton (born 1974), English actress
  • Oliver Stapleton (born 1948), English cinematographer
  • Peter Stapleton (born 1954), New Zealand musician
  • Rita Stapleton, a heroine on the CBS soap opera The Guiding Light during the 1970s and early '80s
  • Robyn Stapleton, Scottish singer
  • Steven Stapleton (born 1957), British musician
  • Sullivan Stapleton (born 1977), Australian actor

Business

  • Bob Stapleton (born 1958), American entrepreneur
  • Patrick J. Stapleton III (active from 1997), member of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, son of Patrick J. Stapleton, Jr.
  • Thomas Stapleton (antiquary) (1805–1849), English landowner
  • Walker Stapleton (born 1974), American businessman and state treasurer

Military

  • Deryck Stapleton (1918-2018), British bomber pilot and Air Vice Marshal
  • Gerald Stapleton (1920–2010), British fighter pilot
  • Miles Stapleton (1408–1466), English knight
  • Miles Stapleton of Bedale (1320?–1364), English knight

Politics & government

  • Benjamin F. Stapleton (1869–1950), American politician
  • Craig Roberts Stapleton (born 1945), U.S. ambassador
  • John Stapleton (MP) (1816–1891)
  • Patrick J. Stapleton Jr. (1924–2001), U.S. politician in Pennsylvania, father of Patrick J. Stapleton III
  • Philip Stapleton (1603–1647), English politician
  • Richard F. Stapleton (1831–?), American politician
  • Sheryl Williams Stapleton (born 1958), American politician
  • Thomas J. Stapleton (born 1947), Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • Walker Stapleton (born 1974), American politician
  • Walter King Stapleton (born 1934), American federal judge
  • William Stapleton (MP), MP for Carlisle
  • William Stapleton (governor), also see List of colonial governors of Nevis
  • Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet (c.1698–1740), English politician, son of the governor

Sports

Baseball

  • Dave Stapleton (infielder) (born 1954), baseball player who played with the Boston Red Sox 1980–86
  • Dave Stapleton (pitcher) (born 1961), baseball player who played with the Milwaukee Brewers 1987–88

Football (soccer)

Football (American)

Ice hockey

  • Mike Stapleton (born 1966), American ice hockey player
  • Pat Stapleton (ice hockey) (1940–2020), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Tim Stapleton (born 1982), American ice hockey player

Other sports

  • Brett Stapleton (born 1987), Australian rugby union player
  • Craig Stapleton (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Eddie Stapleton (1930–2005), Australian rugby union player
  • Harold Stapleton (1915–2015), Australian cricketer
  • Jim Stapleton (1863–1949), Irish hurler
  • Paddy Stapleton (born 1985), Irish hurler
  • Thomas Stapleton (hurler) (born 1988), Irish hurler
  • Tom Stapleton (footballer) (1907–1977), Australian rules footballer
  • Tom Stapleton (hurler), Irish athlete

Journalism

  • John Stapleton (born 1946), English journalist
  • John Stapleton (Australian journalist)
  • Sally Stapleton (born 1957), American photojournalist

Religion

  • Ruth Carter Stapleton (1929–1983), American Christian evangelist
  • Theobald Stapleton (1589–1647), Irish Roman Catholic priest
  • Thomas Stapleton (theologian) (1535–1598), English Catholic controversialist

Other fields

  • Augustus Stapleton (1800–1880), British biographer and political pamphleteer

Disambiguation pages

  • Craig Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
  • Dave Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
  • John Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
  • Patrick Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
  • Thomas Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons
  • William Stapleton (disambiguation), several persons

Fictional characters

  • Jack and Beryl Stapleton, characters from The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • The Stapleton family, the main characters in a series of historical novels by Thomas Fleming





Notes

  1. ^ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Stapleton
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Flavia Hodges; A. D. Mills; Adrian Room (14 Nov 2002). The Oxford Names Compantion. Oxford University Press. p. 587. ISBN 978-0198605614.
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