Billington is an English surname arising from several places in

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. Notable people with the surname include: * Adeline Billington (1826–1917), English actress and teacher * James Billington (1847 – 1901), English executioner * Thomas Billington (1872 – 1902), English executioner *

William Billington William Billington (1875 – 1952) was an English executioner. He was on the Home Office list from 1902 to 1905 and had participated in hangings from 1899. Career Billington, second son of executioner James Billington (executioner), James Billi ...

(1875 – 1952), English executioner * John Billington (1880 – 1905), English executioner *Tom Billington (1958–2018), English professional wrestler best known as

Dynamite Kid Thomas Wilton Billington (5 December 1958 – 5 December 2018), best known by the ring name the Dynamite Kid, was a British professional wrestler. Trained by former wrestler "Dr Death" Ted Betley, he competed in the World Wrestling Federatio ...

* Clyde Billington Jr. (1934-2018), American businessman, chemist, and politician *

Craig Billington Craig Richard Billington (born September 11, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played with several teams in a 15-year National Hockey League career, always known as "Biller," and serves as an assistant general mana ...

(born 1966), retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender *

Elizabeth Billington Elizabeth Billington (27 December 176525 August 1818) was a British opera singer. Life She was born on 27 December 1765 in Litchfield Street, Soho, London, the daughter of Carl Weichsel, a native of Freiberg, in Saxony, who was principal obois ...

(1765–1818), British opera singer *

Francelia Billington Francelia Billington (February 1, 1895 – November 24, 1934) was an early American silent-screen actress, and an accomplished camera operator. Early life On February 1, 1895, Billington was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of James Billingt ...

(1895–1934), American actress * Fred Billington (1862–1917), English singer and actor * Geoff Billington, British showjumper *

James H. Billington James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions. He served as the 13th Librarian ...

(1929-2018), United States Librarian of Congress * John Billington (1580s–1630), an immigrant on the ''Mayflower'' and first Englishman to be hanged in New England * John Billington (actor) (1830–1904), English actor * Joseph Billington, English footballer *

Kevin Billington Kevin Billington (12 June 1934 – 13 December 2021) was a British film director, who worked in the theatre, film and television from the 1960s. Biography The son of a factory worker,Fred Hauptfuhre''People'', 13:12, 24 March 1980 and educated ...

(1934-2021), British film director *

Michael Billington (actor) Michael Billington (24 December 1941 – 3 June 2005) was a British film and television actor. He was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Career In 1966 Billington appeared in ''Incident at Vichy'' at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Telev ...

(1941–2005), British film and television actor *

Michael Billington (critic) Michael Keith Billington (born 16 November 1939) is a British author and arts critic. He writes for ''The Guardian'', and was the paper's chief drama critic from 1971 to 2019. Billington is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic" and the auth ...

(born 1939), the drama critic of The Guardian * Michael Billington (activist), activist in the LaRouche movement, author of ''Reflections of an American Political Prisoner'' * Polly Billington, radio reporter * Rachel Billington (born 1942), British author *

Ray Allen Billington Ray Allen Billington (September 28, 1903 in Bay City, Michigan – March 7, 1981 in San Marino, California) was an American historian who researched the history of the American frontier and the American West, becoming one of the leading defenders ...

(1903–1981), American historian *

Teresa Billington-Greig Teresa Billington-Greig (15 October 1876 – 21 October 1964) was a British suffragette who was one of the founders of the Women's Freedom League in 1907. She had left the Women's Social and Political Union - also known as the WSPU – as she ...

(1877–1964), suffragette and one of 70 founders of the Women's Freedom League *

Teddy Billington Edwin Billington (July 14, 1882, Southampton – August 8, 1966, Pine Brook, New Jersey) was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. An all round cycling talent he competed in Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympi ...

(1882–1966), US Olympic cyclist * William Billington (poet) (1825–1884), English poet * Wilf Billington (1930–2023), British footballer who also played in Australia

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