Samuel Butler may refer to:
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Samuel Butler (poet)
Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was an English poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem titled '' Hudibras''.
Biography
Samuel Butler was born in Strensham, Worcestershire, a ...
(1613–1680), English poet and satirist
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Samuel Butler (schoolmaster)
Samuel Butler (30 January 1774 – 4 December 1839) was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster of Shrewsbury School, and Bishop of Lichfield. His biography was written by his grandson Samuel Butler, the author of the novels ''Erewhon'' ...
(1774–1839), English classical scholar
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Samuel Butler (politician)
Samuel Butler (February 2, 1825 – February 1, 1891) was an American politician who served as Pennsylvania State Treasurer from 1880 to 1882. A member of the Republican Party from Chester County, Butler previously served in the Pennsylvania H ...
(1825–1891), American politician
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Samuel Butler (novelist)
Samuel Butler (4 December 1835 – 18 June 1902) was an English novelist and critic, best known for the satirical utopian novel ''Erewhon'' (1872) and the semi-autobiographical novel '' The Way of All Flesh'' (published posthumously in 1903 with ...
(1835–1902), English author of ''Erewhon''
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Samuel Butler (cricketer)
Samuel Evan Butler (15 April 1850 – 30 April 1903) was an English cricketer who attended St Alban Hall and Brasenose College, Oxford. In the University Match of 1871 he took all ten Cambridge University wickets in their first innings, the only ...
(1850–1903), English cricketer
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Samuel Butler (lawyer)
Samuel Butler (March 10, 1930 – January 4, 2025) was an American lawyer. He was the managing partner at the New York law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (known as Cravath; ) is an American white-shoe law firm headquart ...
(1930–2025), American lawyer
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Sam Butler (footballer, born 1986)
Samuel Butler (born 14 January 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). A talented underage soccer player from Gawler, South Australia, who only to ...
, Australian rules footballer for West Coast
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Sam Butler (footballer, born 2003)
Sam Butler is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of player Dan Butler.
Early life and junior football
In 2017, Sam ...
, Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn
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Bo Weavil Jackson
Bo Weavil Jackson (dates and places of birth and death unknown) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He was one of the first country bluesmen to be recorded, in 1926, for Paramount Records and Vocalion Records. On the latter label he was ...
(fl. 1926), blues singer and guitarist also known as Sam Butler
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