Linton is a

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of English and Scottish origin. It is also used as a

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given name.

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* Linton (surname)

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Linton Lomas Barrett Linton Lomas Barrett, Ph.D. (1 September 1904 – 8 March 1972) was an influential educator, administrator, diplomat, editor, Hispanist and translator of Romance languages. Life Barrett was born in Lanett, Alabama, the son of Linton Steph ...

(1904–1972), educator and translator * Linton Besser, Australian journalist * Linton Garner (1915–2003), jazz pianist * Linton Johnson (born 1980), professional basketball player *

Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson Order of Distinction, OD (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poetry, dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in th ...

(born 1952),

British Jamaican British Jamaicans (or Jamaican British people) are British people who were born in Jamaica or who are of Jamaican descent. The community is well into its third generation and consists of around 300,000 individuals, the second-largest Jamaican ...

dub poet * Linton Park (artist) (1826–1906), American folk artist * Linton Sirait (born 1956), Indonesian District Court judge * Linton Stephens (1823–1872), associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia

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