Cawthorne or Cawthorn is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

Cawthorne Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an affluent commuter belt west of Barnsley. At ...

in South Yorkshire, England, or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England. It also means a region of Yorkshire where there are many thorned plants and the climate is cold. The linguistic origin of the surname is the

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

(Anglo-Saxon) ''cald-thorne'' meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree". Other documented variants of this surname include Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron. People named Cawthorne or Cawthorn include: * Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co. * Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer *

James Cawthorn James Cawthorn (sometimes spelt Cawthorne) was born in Sheffield on 4 November 1719 and died in Tonbridge on 15 April 1761. A school master in holy orders, he was a minor English poet and imitator of Alexander Pope. Life James Cawthorn was the ...

(1719–1761), minor English poet and schoolmaster *

(1929–2008), British writer, scenarist and illustrator *

Joe T. Cawthorn Joe T. Cawthorn (October 1, 1911 – November 11, 1967) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate. Cawthorn was born in Selma, Grant Parish, Louisiana. He graduated from Oak Grove High School, ...

(1911–1987), American politician *

Joseph Cawthorn Joseph Bridger Cawthorn (March 29, 1868 – January 21, 1949) was an American stage and film comic actor. Biography Born on March 29, 1868, in New York City to a minstrel-show family, Cawthorn started out in show business as a child, debu ...

(1867–1949), American stage and film actor *

Madison Cawthorn David Madison Cawthorn (born August 1, 1995) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Republican P ...

(born 1995), American politician *

Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn (23 August 1898 – 10 May 1966) was an Australian headmistress and aviator. She transformed what is now Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College from dilapidated to pristine. Life Cawthorn was born in Prahran in 1898. ...

(1898–1966), Australian headmistress and aviator *

Rachel Cawthorn Rachel Cawthorn (born 3 November 1988) is a British sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Cawthorn, representing Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, is a double Olympic finalist in the Women's K1 and K4 events. Life and c ...

(born 1988), British sprint canoer * Rupert Cawthorne, early 20th-century English footballer * Sam Cawthorn (born 1979), Australian author and entrepreneur * W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles *

Walter Cawthorn Sir#Australia, Sir Walter Joseph Cawthorn (11 June 1896 – 4 December 1970), better known as ''Bill Cawthorn'', also known as ''W. J. Cawthorn'' and ''Wally Cawthorn,'' was an Australian former two-star rank general who also served in the Brit ...

(1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat

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