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atherton

n. 1 A town in (toponym: Greater Manchester). 2 (surname A=An English habitational from=Old English dot=) derived from the placename.

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Atherton, CA -- U.S. town in California
Population (2000): 7194
Housing Units (2000): 2505
Land area (2000): 4.901912 sq. miles (12.695893 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028216 sq. miles (0.073080 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.930128 sq. miles (12.768973 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03092
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.458615 N, 122.200099 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 94027
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Atherton (surname)

Atherton is an Anglo-Saxon surname that is shared by several notable people, including:

  • Alfred Atherton (1921–2002), former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
  • Bobby Atherton (1876–1917), Welsh footballer
  • Candy Atherton (born 1955), British journalist and politician
  • Charles G. Atherton (1804–1853), U.S. Representative and Senator from New Hampshire; son of Charles H. Atherton
  • Charles Humphrey Atherton (1773–1853), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire; father of Charles G. Atherton
  • Charlie Atherton (1874–1934), American baseball player
  • Dan Atherton (born 1982), British racing cyclist; brother of Gee and Rachel Atherton
  • David Atherton (born 1944), English conductor
  • Donny Atherton (born 1964), American BMX racer
  • Edwin Atherton (1896–1944), FBI agent and private investigator
  • Faxon Atherton (1815–1877), American businessman and landowner; father-in-law to Gertrude
  • G. F. A. Atherton, American politician
  • Gee Atherton (born 1985), British racing cyclist; brother of Dan and Rachel Atherton
  • George W. Atherton (1837–1906), president of the Pennsylvania State University
  • Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948), American writer
  • Gibson Atherton (1831–1887), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Graeme Atherton, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Howard Atherton (born 1947), English cinematographer
  • Jack Atherton (born 1917), English footballer
  • James Atherton (born 1872), English footballer
  • Jason Atherton (born c. 1971), English chef
  • John Atherton (1598–1640), Anglican Bishop
  • Julie Atherton (born 1978), British actress
  • Keith Atherton (born 1959), American baseball player
  • Mike Atherton (born 1968), former player and captain of the English cricket team
  • Nancy Atherton, American writer
  • Paul Atherton (born 1968), British television producer
  • Rachel Atherton (born 1987), British racing cyclist; sister of Dan and Gee Atherton
  • Ro Atherton (born c. 1962), Royal Air Force officer
  • Robert Atherton (1861–1930), English poet
  • Tommy Atherton (1879–1955), English footballer
  • Walter Atherton, English footballer
  • Warren Atherton (1891–1976), father of the G.I. Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944)
  • William Atherton (born 1947), American actor

Category:Surnames of Anglo-Saxon origin

Usage examples of "atherton".

Gauging the proximity of schools in the area, I decided Mark probably attended Highland junior High and then Atherton or St.

Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters Contents: Armstrong, Hannah Arnett, Harold Atherton, Lucius Ballard, John Barker, Amanda Barrett, Pauline Bartlett, Ezra Bateson, Marie Beatty, Tom Beethoven, Isaiah Bennett, Hon.

Lucius Atherton WHEN my moustache curled, And my hair was black, And I wore tight trousers And a diamond stud, I was an excellent knave of hearts and took many a trick.

Tom, pack us a few of your Cuban sandwiches and a couple of beers, and dial up a thermos of Atherton Tablelands with cream and sugar.

He was one of those few men against whom I conceive an instinctive prejudice, and in this case I felt positive that, whatever faults the Atherton germ plasm might contain, he had combined others from the determiners of that of the other ancestors he boasted.

Atherton Gottschalk was scheduled to speak on the steps of the cathedi j for twenty minutes before entering the house of worship foi special memorial mass for the former Governor of the state.

Patchett and Dieterling were partners at the time of the Atherton killings, and you know I make Mertens for them.

Since I got this from Atherton, he didn't quite phrase it like that, just complained that this cop in Edgerton was a pain in the butt.

A man named Atherton Richards, a banker on the fringes of the Disriples, would pick up the gold at the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan, transport it by Brink's armored cars to the Navy base in Brooklyn, and load it on a U.