Newton
Newton may refer to many things:
Physics
- Newton (unit), the SI unit of force (named in honour of Isaac Newton)
- Newton scale, a temperature scale devised by Isaac Newton
- Newtonian mechanics
People
Newton was the name of some famous people:
- Bert Newton, Australian television personality
- Bridgett Newton, actress, Play by Play, Bones, Silicon Valley, House
- Cam Newton, an American football player
- Chris Newton, youth golfer, skier, and philosopher
- Frances Newton, American convicted murderer from Texas
- Helmut Newton, a German photographer
- Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party
- Sir Isaac Newton, a famous English physicist
- John Newton, British slave trader-turned-hymn writer and anti-slavery campaigner
- John Newton (ACW), American Civil War general and Chief Engineer of the US Army
- Juice Newton, American singer
- Keith Newton, English footballer
- Lauren Newton, Bert Newton's daughter
- Matthew Newton, Bert Newton's son
- Nate Newton, former NFL offensive lineman
- Newton, Australian pop artist musician, famous for his song, Streamline
- Newton (Billy Myers), a singer from the UK best known for the hit "Sky high"
- Olivia Newton-John, pop-icon and singer-actress of the 70s and 80s
- Patti Newton, Bert Newton's wife
- Syvelle Newton, a college football player
- Thandie Newton, British actress
- Wayne Newton, American singer and entertainer
- Scott Newton, English entrepreneur and pro Cannabis advocate
Objects
- Fig Newton, a soft cookie with a center of fig fruit. It usually includes fig seeds, providing a crunchy mouth feel.
- Newton OS, operating systems made by Apple, for their MessagePad personal digital assistants (PDAs).
- XMM-Newton, an orbiting X-ray observatory (named in honor of Sir Isaac Newton).
Places
Newton is also the name of several places:
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
United Kingdom
- The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
- Newton, Bridgend county borough, Wales
- Newton, Cambridgeshire, England
- Newton, Cheshire, England
- Newton, Herefordshire, England
- Newton, Lancashire, England
- Newton, Suffolk, England
- Newton, Swansea, Wales
- Newton, near Rugby, Warwickshire
- Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside known as Newton to locals
- Newton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire, England
- Newton under Roseberry, North Yorkshire
United States
- Newton (wine estate), a wine estate in California
- Newton, Alabama
- Newton, Georgia
- Newton, Illinois
- Newton, Iowa
- Newton, Kansas
- Newton, Massachusetts
- Newton, Mississippi
- Newton, New Hampshire
- Newton, New Jersey
- Newton, North Carolina
- Newton, Texas
- Newton, Utah
- Newton, Wisconsin
- Newton Township, Michigan
- Newton County, Georgia
Other uses
- Newton (the centaur in The Mighty Hercules cartoon)
- Newton Abbot, Devon, England
- Newton Game Dynamics
- Newton Mearns, Scotland