Clifton


Gender:
Origin: English
176 famous people named Clifton found on Wikipedia.
69573 male, 436 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1602-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 144-th in year 1915
Used in: English

Meanings

Clifton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846-1932), American politician
Clifton Chenier (1925–1987), American zydeco musician
Clifton Collins Jr. (born 1970), American actor
Cliffton Hall (born 1975), Hawaii-born Broadway actor
Clifton A. Hall (1826-1913), a Rhode Island architect
Clifton James (1921–2017), American actor
Clifton Leaf, American journalist, editor of Fortune magazine
Clifton Parker (1905–1989), English composer
Clifton Sprague (1896–1955), World War II–era officer in the U.S. Navy
Clifton Sunada (born 1971), American judoka
Clifton Webb (1889–1966), American actor
Clifton Williams (1932–1967), NASA astronaut and USMC Major

Means: slope settlement, settlement on a cliff. Transferred use of the surname originating from a place-name for various old English towns. Combine of clif (cliff, slope, bank of a river) and tun (town, settlement, village, enclosure).

Famous People: 176 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Clifton Wrottesley, 6th Baron Wrottesley 1968 Irish skeleton racer
2 Kevin Clifton 1982 British dancer
3 Clifton Collins 1970 American actor
4 Joanne Clifton 1983 British dancer
5 Clifton Powell 1956 American actor and comedian
6 Clifton Webb 1889 Actor, singer, dancer
7 Karen Hauer 1982 Venezuelan dancer
8 Tony Clifton A character created by comedian Andy Kaufman who also portrayed him in the late 1970s
9 Clifton Davis 1945 American actor, musician and minister
10 Scott Clifton 1984 American television actor, musician, internet personality.
11 Bernie Clifton 1936 British comedian
12 Clifton Truman Daniel 1957 American writer
13 Richard Clifton 1950 United States federal judge
14 Nathaniel Clifton 1922 American basketball player-coach
15 Lucille Clifton 1936 American poet
16 Chad Clifton 1976 American football player, offensive tackle
17 Clifton Chenier 1925 Accordion player and Zydeco musician from the United States
18 Clifton Young 1917 Actor
19 Clifton Fadiman 1904 American editor
20 Clifton Sprague 1896 United States U.S. Navy Vice admiral
21 Clifton Abraham 1971 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back
22 Clifton Bledsoe Cates 1893 United States Marine Corps
23 Clifton Jones 1942 British actor
24 Clifton McNeely 1919 American basketball player-coach
25 Clifton Geathers 1987 Player of American football
26 Donald O. Clifton 1924 Psychologist
27 Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton 1937 British diplomat
28 Clifton R. Breckinridge 1846 Confederate military officer and politician
29 Jim Clifton American businessman
30 Jane Clifton 1949 Australian actor and writer
31 Dan Clifton 1865 American outlaw
32 Clifton Pugh 1924 Australian artist
33 Clifton Maloney 1937 American businessman
34 Elmer Clifton 1890 Film director, screenwriter and actor
35 Clifton Williams 1923 American composer
36 Clifton DeBerry 1924 American politician
37 Clifton Hillegass 1918 American businessman
38 Phil Clifton 1986 British DJ
39 Clifton Taulbert 1945 American writer
40 Shaw Clifton 1945 General of The Salvation Army
41 Clifton Crosby 1974 American football player
42 Clifton Ko 1958 Hong Kong film director
43 Clifton McNeil 1940 American football player
44 Kyle Clifton 1962 Player of American football
45 Clifton C. Garvin 1921 American businessman
46 Clifton Dawson 1983 Player of American football
47 Clifton Brown 1976 Canadian kickboxer
48 Clifton Miheso 1993 Kenyan footballer
49 Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. 1926 United States Deputy Secretary of State
50 Mark Clifton 1906 American writer
51 Clifton "Jiggs" Chase 1949 American musician
52 Clifton Parker 1905 British composer
53 Clifton Hyde 1976 American musician
54 Rita Clifton 1958 British advertising professional
55 Clifton Cushman 1938 American hurdler
56 Clifton Ryan 1984 American football player
57 Trevor Arthur Smith, Baron Smith of Clifton 1937 British Baron
58 Robert D. Clifton 1968 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
59 Alice Clifton
60 Peter Clifton 1945 Australian film director and producer
61 Clifton Anderson 1957 Jazz musician
62 Clifton D. Bryant 1932
63 Chas S. Clifton 1951 American writer
64 Gervase Clifton English soldier
65 Pete Clifton British journalist
66 Flea Clifton 1908 Baseball player
67 Clifton C. Edom 1907 American photojournalist
68 Clifton Sandvliet 1977 Surinamese footballer
69 Clifton Robbins 1890
70 Steve Clifton 1987 Australian rules footballer
71 Katherine Clifton, 2nd Baroness Clifton Scottish noble
72 Clifton A. Woodrum 1887 American politician
73 Clifton Daniel 1947 Provisional Bishop of Pennsylvania; Bishop of East Carolina; American Episcopal (TEC) bishop
74 Joseph C. Clifton 1905 Rear Admiral, United States Navy
75 Clifton Hoeben 1947 Australian general and Supreme Court judge
76 Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton English politician and noble
77 Clifton Alapa 1954
78 Clifton Dias 1991 Footballer
79 Clifton Snider 1947 American writer
80 Clifton B. Beach 1845 American politician
81 Marshall Clifton 1787 Australian politician
82 Clifton Mathews 1880 United States federal judge
83 Clifton Clagett 1762 American politician
84 Clifton Nicholson 1944 American artist
85 Thomas Clifton Webb 1889 New Zealand politician
86 Brian Clifton 1934 English footballer
87 Clifton Fexmo 1940 Swedish writer
88 Arthur Clifton 1771
89 Violet Clifton 1883 English writer
90 Clifton Smith 1980 American football player
91 Clifton E. Marsh 1946 American historian
92 Clifton A. Hall 1826 American architect
93 Clifton Forbes 1946 Jamaican sprinter
94 Clifton Adams 1919
95 Bill Clifton 1916 Jazz pianist
96 Clifton Taylor 1963 American lighting designer
97 Josephine Clifton American actress
98 Clifton Daggett Gray 1874 American academic administrator
99 Clifton Bertrand 1936 Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
100 Carr Clifton 1957 American photographer
101 Helen Clifton 1948 British Salvation Army officer
102 Clifton Wheeler 1883
103 Clifton Brady 1894 American architect
104 Clifton T. Speicher 1931 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
105 Clifton Kirkpatrick 2000 American clergyman
106 Clifton Johnson 1941 American judge
107 Clifton N. McArthur 1879 American politician
108 Clifton Limburg 1970 Radio/Television presenter
109 Clifford Clifton 1626 English politician
110 Adrian Clifton 1989
111 Shane Clifton Australian theologian
112 John Talbot Clifton 1819 English landowner and MP
113 Sir Robert Clifton, 9th Baronet 1826 British politician
114 Clifton Robinson 1849 British businessman
115 Isabel Clifton
116 Robert Bellamy Clifton 1836 British scientist
117 Hugh Clifton British actor
118 Gregory Clifton 1968 American football player
119 Mark A. Clifton American businessman
120 Clifton Rhodes Bratcher 1917 United States federal judge
121 Gamaliel Clifton English priest
122 John C. Clifton 1781 Composer
123 Heber Clifton 1871 Chief of the Tsimshian nation
124 Clifton Gilliard American football player and coach
125 Henry Robert Clifton 1832 19th-century high sheriff of Nottinghamshire
126 Dennis Clifton 1953 American musician
127 George Clifton 1823 British botanical collector
128 Jeff Clifton 1949 Australian rules footballer
129 Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. 1899 American diplomat
130 Howard Clifton 1939 American bobsledder
131 Clifton Sunada 1971 American judoka
132 Clifton Firth 1904 New Zealand photographer
133 Benjamin Clifton 1774 Cricketer
134 Clifton F. Conrad American academic
135 Clifton Waugh 1972 Footballer
136 Francis Clifton English physician
137 Clifton James 1936 American musician
138 Clifton Bush 1970
139 Clifton Neita 1915 Jamaican journalist
140 Clifton White American football coach
141 Hayli Clifton British actress
142 Robert Cox Clifton 1810 19th-century English clergy
143 Clifton Wolters 1909 Dean of Newcastle
144 Clifton J. Joy 1922
145 Clifton A. Howes 1860 American philatelist
146 Chalmers Clifton 1889 American composer
147 Clifton Jeffery 1913
148 Clifton Skeen 1927 American politician
149 Clifton English cricketer
150 Clifton Tucker 1888 Australian rules footballer
151 Clifton Livingston English football manager
152 Clifton Karhu 1927 Finnish painter
153 Eric Clifton 1958 American ultramarathon runner
154 Charles Clifton 1846 English cricketer
155 Clifton H. Johnson
156 George Herbert Clifton 1898
157 Clifton Cappie Towle 1888 Australian Anthropologist
158 Mike Clifton 1970 American programmer
159 Clifton Leaf
160 Clifton Worsley 1873 Spanish composer (1873-1928)
161 Rodney J. Clifton 1937 American scientist in engineering of mechanics
162 Clifton Hurburgh 1917 Australian cricketer
163 Allie Clifton
164 Clifton G. Parker 1906 American politician
165 Clifton Hood 2000 Historian
166 Hans Clifton 1915
167 William de Clifton
168 August Bertrand Clifton 1881
169 Clifton Wintringham English medical practitioner
170 Harry Clifton
171 Clifton Mayne 1933 American tennis player
172 Emma Bell Clifton 1874 American actor (1874-1922)
173 Clifton Penn-Hughes 1905
174 John Clifton 1930 Medical physicist
175 Ernie Clifton
176 Cecil Clifton