Hamilton may refer to: *

Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 dur ...

(1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (album), album based on the musical ** '' The Hamilton Mixtape'', album of music from the musical performed by various artists ** ''Hamilton'' (2020 film), a live film recording of the musical, featuring the original cast Hamilton may also refer to:

People

Hamilton (name) The name Hamilton probably originated in the village of Hamilton, Leicestershire, England, but bearers of that name became established in the 13th century in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire was named after the fami ...

, a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The

Duke of Hamilton Duke of Hamilton is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in April 1643. It is the senior dukedom in that peerage (except for the Duke of Rothesay, Dukedom of Rothesay held by the sovereign's eldest son), and as such its holder is the pr ...

, the premier peer of Scotland **

Lord Hamilton (disambiguation) The title Lord Hamilton may refer to one of the following: *The Scottish Lordship of Parliament, ''Lord Hamilton'', created for James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton *Duke of Hamilton, the title into which the Lordship of Parliament merged *Arthur Ham ...

, several Scottish, Irish and British peers, and some members of the judiciary, who may be referred to simply as ''Hamilton'' **

Clan Hamilton The Clan Hamilton, or House of Hamilton, is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council ...

, an ancient Scottish kindred * Hamílton (footballer, born 1980), Togolese footballer * Lewis Hamilton (race driver, born 1985), British Formula 1 driver

Places

Australia

Hamilton, New South Wales Hamilton is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's central business district. The main commercial centre is located around Beaumont Street and boasts a vibrant multicultural atmosphere providing an array ...

, suburb of Newcastle * Hamilton Hill, Western Australia, suburb of Perth *

Hamilton, South Australia Hamilton (postcode 5373) is a small township in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. It is about 120 km northeast of Adelaide, South Australia, about 23 km north of Kapunda, South Australia, Kapunda. Once a stop for the mining ca ...

* Hamilton, Tasmania *

Hamilton, Victoria Hamilton is a city in south-western Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia, at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway. The Hamilton Highway connects it to Geelong. Hamilton is in the Australian House of Representatives, ...

Queensland *

Hamilton, Queensland Hamilton is a riverside mixed-use suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb in the north-east of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Hamilton is located along the north bank of the Brisbane River. In the , Hamilton had a population of ...

, suburb of Brisbane **

Hamilton Reach Hamilton Reach is a reach (geography), reach of the Brisbane River in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Geography Hamilton Reach flows from west (upstream) to east (downstream). The suburb of Hamilton, Queensland, Hamilton is on its northern ban ...

, a reach of the Brisbane River ** Electoral district of Hamilton (Queensland) ** Town of Hamilton, a former local government area ** Hamilton Town Hall, Brisbane, a heritage-listed former town hall *

Hamilton Island (Queensland) Hamilton Island is an island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. It is approximately north of Brisbane and south of Cairns. It is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands and a popular year-round tourist destina ...

Canada

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...

Hamilton Harbour Hamilton Harbour (formerly known as Burlington Bay) lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City of Hamilton, and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington ...

, formerly known as Burlington Bay, a branch of Lake Ontario **

Hamilton (Province of Canada electoral district) Hamilton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, in Canada West, based on the town of Hamilton. It was created in 1841, upon the establishment of the Province of Canada by the unio ...

, a former electoral district before the establishment of Canada and the Province of Ontario **

Hamilton (provincial electoral district) Hamilton was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common actio ...

, a former electoral riding **

Hamilton (federal electoral district) Hamilton was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Loca ...

, a former federal electoral district *

Hamilton, Ontario (township) Hamilton Township is a rural township located in Northumberland County in central Ontario. It surrounds the Town of Cobourg. The township was named after Henry Hamilton, Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec from 1782 to 1785. Communities *Baltim ...

(unrelated township) *

Hamilton Island (Nunavut) The uninhabited Hamilton Island is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and northernmost Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territor ...

* Hamilton Island (Ontario)

New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton (, ) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato, Waikato region. With a territorial population of , it is the country's List of c ...

Hamilton (New Zealand electorate) Hamilton is a former New Zealand parliamentary electorate that existed from 1922 to 1969. The electorate covered the urban area of the city of Hamilton. In 1969, the city was part of two rural electorates, and . For the 1972 election, the natu ...

, a former parliamentary electorate

United Kingdom

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire Hamilton (; ) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It serves as the main administrative centre of the South Lanarkshire council area. It sits south-east of Glasgow, south-west of Edinburgh and north of Carlisle. It is situated on t ...

, Scotland (formerly Cadzow, renamed in 15th century) ** Hamilton Mausoleum, which holds the records for the world's longest echo, located in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ** Hamilton Palace, built 1695, demolished 1927, near Hamilton, South Lanarkshire **

Hamilton (Scottish district) Hamilton (Scottish Gaelic: ''Hamaltan'') was a local government (Scotland), local government Regions and districts (Scotland)#Districts, district in the Strathclyde Regions and districts (Scotland)#Regions, region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996 ...

, former local government district southeast of Glasgow ** Hamilton (UK Parliament constituency), a former burgh constituency * Hamilton, Leicestershire, England

United States

Hamilton, Alabama Hamilton is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1896 and since 1980 has been the county's largest city, surpassing Winfield, Alabama, Winfield. It was previously the largest town in 1910. At ...

* Hamilton, California, in Butte County * Hamilton City, California, in Glenn County * Hamilton, Colorado * Hamilton, Georgia *

Hamilton, Illinois Hamilton is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,753 at the 2020 census, a decline from 2,951 in 2010. The city is located directly across the Mississippi River from Keokuk, Iowa. Hami ...

* Hamilton, Indiana, in Steuben and DeKalb counties * Hamilton, Clinton County, Indiana * Hamilton, Madison County, Indiana * Hamilton, St. Joseph County, Indiana * Hamilton, Iowa * Hamilton, Kansas * Hamilton, Kentucky * Hamilton Hills, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood in Baltimore *

Hamilton, Massachusetts Hamilton is a town in the eastern central portion of Essex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,561. Notably, the town has no industrially-zoned land. Though Hamilton is a landlocked tow ...

* Hamilton, Michigan * Hamilton, Minnesota * Hamilton, Mississippi *

Hamilton, Missouri Hamilton is a city in northern Caldwell County, Missouri, Caldwell County, Missouri, and is within the United States. The population was 1,690 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is known as the hometown of James Cash Penney, wh ...

Hamilton, Montana Hamilton is a city that serves as the county seat of Ravalli County, Montana, United States. The population was 4,659 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Hamilton was founded by Copper Kings, copper king Marcus Daly in the la ...

* Hamilton, Nevada *

Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey Hamilton Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 27,484, an increase of 981 (+3.7%) from ...

Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey Hamilton Township is a Township (New Jersey), township and the most populous municipality in Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the largest suburb of Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, the state's capi ...

** Hamilton Square, New Jersey, a census-designated place within the township * Hamilton, Monmouth County, New Jersey * Hamilton (town), New York ** Hamilton (village), New York * Hamilton, North Carolina * Hamilton, North Dakota *

Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located north of Cincinnati along the Great Miami River, Hamilton is the second-most populous city in the Cincinnati metropolitan area and the List of municipaliti ...

* Hamilton, Pennsylvania * Hamilton Street, in Allentown, Pennsylvania *

Hamilton, Texas Hamilton is a city in and the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hung ...

* Hamilton, Virginia, in Loudoun County * Hamilton, Cumberland County, Virginia *

Hamilton, Washington Hamilton is a town in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 299 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Hamilton was first settled in 1877 by ...

Hamilton, West Virginia Hamilton is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.Th ...

* Hamilton, Wisconsin * Hamilton, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Hamilton, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community

Other places

Hamilton, Bermuda Hamilton is the capital city of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and the main settlement of Pembroke Parish. A port city, Hamilton is Bermuda's financial and commercial centre, and a popular tourist destination. Its population of ...

, that territory's capital ** Hamilton Parish, Bermuda * Port Hamilton, a small group of islands in the Jeju Strait off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula

Arts and entertainment

* ''Hamilton'' (play), a 1917 play by Mary Hamlin * ''Hamilton'' (1998 film), a Swedish-produced film based on the character Carl Hamilton * ''Hamilton'' (2006 film), 2006 American film * '' Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation'', 2012 Swedish film * Hamilton Records, a record label * Hamilton (''Saturday Night Live'')

Businesses

Hamish Hamilton Limited Hamish Hamilton Limited is a Imprint (trade name), publishing imprint and originally a British Publishing, publishing house, founded in 1931 eponymously by the half-Scot half-United States, American Jamie Hamilton (publisher), Jamie Hamilton (' ...

, a British book-publishing house *

Hamilton Standard Hamilton Standard was an American aircraft propeller (aircraft), propeller parts supplier. It was formed in 1929 when United Aircraft and Transport Corporation consolidated Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller into the Hamilto ...

, a supply company for aircraft propeller parts *

Hamilton Watch Company The Hamilton Watch Company is a Switzerland, Swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in Biel/Bienne, Bienne, Switzerland. Founded in 1892 as an American firm, the Hamilton Watch Company ended American manufacture in 1969, shifting manufacturing ...

, a Swiss watchmaker belonging to the Swatch Group * Hamilton (automobile company), a short-lived automaker in Michigan in the 1910s * Hamilton's Ewell Vineyards, a South Australian winemaker * Hamilton Project, a think tank

Educational institutions

* Hamilton Academy, Scotland (defunct) * Hamilton and Alexandra College, Victoria, Australia *

Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Boys' High School (Māori language, Māori: ''Te Kura Tamatāne o Kirikiriroa'') is a boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand and is the largest secondary school in the Waikato region. The school was estab ...

, New Zealand * Hamilton College (disambiguation), multiple institutions *

Hamilton Grammar School Hamilton Grammar School is a secondary school serving Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its predecessors can trace their history back to 1452. With the introduction of comprehensive schools and the abolition of selective schools such as Ha ...

, Scotland * Hamilton University, a defunct unaccredited institution based in Evanston, Wyoming, USA

Mathematics and science

Hamiltonian mechanics In physics, Hamiltonian mechanics is a reformulation of Lagrangian mechanics that emerged in 1833. Introduced by Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Hamiltonian mechanics replaces (generalized) velocities \dot q^i used in Lagrangian mechanics with (gener ...

Hamilton–Jacobi equation In physics, the Hamilton–Jacobi equation, named after William Rowan Hamilton and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, is an alternative formulation of classical mechanics, equivalent to other formulations such as Newton's laws of motion, Lagrangian mecha ...

, a set of physical equations in Hamiltonian mechanics *

Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential energy. Its spectrum, the system's ''energy spectrum'' or its set of ''energy eigenvalu ...

Hamiltonian path In the mathematical field of graph theory, a Hamiltonian path (or traceable path) is a path in an undirected or directed graph that visits each vertex exactly once. A Hamiltonian cycle (or Hamiltonian circuit) is a cycle that visits each vert ...

, in mathematical graph theory, a path that visits each vertex in a graph exactly once *

Hamiltonian group In group theory, a Dedekind group is a group ''G'' such that every subgroup of ''G'' is normal. All abelian groups are Dedekind groups. A non-abelian Dedekind group is called a Hamiltonian group. The most familiar (and smallest) example of a Hami ...

, a non-abelian Dedekind group in algebra *

Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), also called the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), sometimes also abbreviated as HAM-D, is a multiple-item questionnaire used to provide an indication of Depression (mood), depression, and as ...

Other uses

* Hamilton Academical F.C., Scottish association football club which has youth departments and an affiliated women's team * Hamilton Field, a former United States Air Force base in California * Hamilton Rage, also known as ''K–W United FC'', Canadian soccer team (defunct) * , an American schooner class ship during the War of 1812 *

Hamilton railway station (disambiguation) Hamilton railway station or Hamilton station may refer to: In Australia: *Hamilton railway station, New South Wales in Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia *Hamilton railway station, Victoria in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia In Canada: *Hamilton G ...

, stations of the name * , a cargo ship with this name from 1947 to 1950 * Hamilton convention, or Cappelletti, a bidding convention in contract bridge * United States ten-dollar bill, a U.S. currency note, featuring a portrait of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton * Hamilton Group, a north-eastern US geological structure * Hamilton (crater), a lunar impact crater