Stratton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Addams Stratton McAllister Addams Stratton McAllister (February 24, 1875 – November 26, 1946) was an American electrical engineer and editor. Career He was educated at Pennsylvania State College (B.S. 1898; E.E., 1900) and at Cornell University (M.M.E., 1901; Ph.D ...

(1875–1946), US electrical engineer and editor *

Allan Stratton Allan Stratton (born 1951) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. Life and career Stratton was born in Stratford, Ontario, and began his professional arts career while he was still in high school when James Reaney published his play ''The R ...

, Canadian author *

Allegra Stratton Allegra Elizabeth Jane Stratton (born 10 April 1980) is a British former political aide, journalist, and writer who served as Downing Street Press Secretary under Boris Johnson from November 2020 to April 2021. Stratton worked for ''The Guardi ...

(born 1980), British journalist and writer * Anne Stratton (1887–1977), American composer *

Arthur Stratton Arthur Mills Perce Stratton (1911 – 3 September 1975) was an American author and traveller. He was a playwright, a novelist, an OSS agent, a teacher in Turkey, and an assistant college professor in the US, before working for the CIA for about ...

(1911–1975), American author, traveller and OSS agent *

Ben Stratton Benjamin Stratton (born 1 March 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career Stratton was educated at Dunsborough Primary School and MacKillop C ...

, Australian rules footballer * Brian Stratton, Mayor of Schenectady, New York *

Casey Stratton Casey Stratton (born October 16, 1976) is a pop/rock singer, songwriter, and musician. Early life and education Casey Stratton was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1976. He has lived in Los Angeles, California, Chicago, Illinois and New York City. S ...

(born 1976), US musician * Charles C. Stratton (1796–1859), US politician *

Charles Sherwood Stratton Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. Childhood and early ...

(1838–1883), US circus performer under the stage name General Tom Thumb *

Chris Stratton Christopher Lee Stratton (born August 22, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. L ...

(born 1990), American baseball player *

David Stratton David James Stratton (born 1939) is an English-Australian film critic and historian. He has also worked as a journalist, interviewer, educator, television personality, and producer. His career as a film critic, writer, and educator in Austral ...

(born 1939), Australian film critic and television personality *

Dennis Stratton Dennis Stratton (born 9 October 1952) is an English guitarist best known as a member of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from December 1979 to October 1980. He was also the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of Praying Mantis from 1990 ...

(born 1954), British guitarist *

Dorothy C. Stratton Dorothy Constance Stratton (March 24, 1899 – September 17, 2006) is best known as the first director of the SPARS, the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve. In 1942, she became the first woman to be commissioned an officer in U.S. Coast Guard ...

(1899–2006), director of US Coast Guard women's reserve *

Ellen Stratton __NOTOC__ The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1959, the 5th anniversary year of the publication. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year. January Virginia Gordon (born October 28, 1936, in ...

(born 1939), US model * Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (born 1953), Supreme Court of Ohio Justice *

Felton Stratton Felton Stratton (November 3, 1895 – December 25, 1974) was an American baseball infielder in the Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used br ...

(1895–1974), American baseball player * F.J.M. Stratton (1881–1960), British astrophysicist * Fred Stratton (1913–2001), British physician and medical researcher * Gene Stratton Porter (1863–1924), US author, screenwriter and naturalist * George M. Stratton (1865–1957), US psychologist *

Gil Stratton Gil Stratton Jr. (June 2, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an actor and sportscaster who was born in Brooklyn, New York. He most recently resided in Toluca Lake, California, until his death from congestive heart failure. Early life Stratton wa ...

(1922–2008), US actor and sportscaster * Grace Stratton (born 1999), New Zealand blogger and fashion entrepreneur * Hal Stratton, chairman of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2002 * Harold M. Stratton, founder of Briggs & Stratton *

Helen Stratton Helen Isobel Mansfield Ramsey Stratton (5 April 1867 – 4 June 1961) was a British artist and book illustrator. Biography Stratton was born in Nowganj, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh, India on 5 April 1867, the daughter of a surgeon in the Ind ...

, (1867–1961), English artist and illustrator * James Robert Stratton, Irish-Canadian politician * John Stratton (disambiguation), multiple people *

Joseph Stratton Joseph H. Stratton (September 1854 – 1922) was elected mayor of Murray, Utah from 1904 to 1905. He was one of the first candidates for mayor of the new city, but was defeated by Chillion L. Miller. During Stratton’s administration the Pro ...

(1839–1917), English clergyman, humanitarian, writer, and activist *

Julius Adams Stratton Julius Adams Stratton (May 18, 1901 – June 22, 1994) was an American electrical engineer, physicist, and university administrator known for his contributions in applied electromagnetism. He attended the University of Washington for one year, wh ...

(1901–1994), US educator and President of MIT * Kim Stratton (born 1961), American gospel musician *

Lois Stratton Lois Jean Stratton (January 5, 1927 – September 11, 2020) was an American politician in the state of Washington. Stratton served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 3rd district from 1979 to 1985, succeeding Marga ...

(1927–2020), American politician * Margaret Stratton (born 1953), US photographer and video artist. *

Mary Chase Perry Stratton Mary Chase Perry Stratton (March 15, 1867 – April 15, 1961) was an American ceramic artist. She was a co-founder, along with Horace James Caulkins, of Pewabic Pottery, a form of ceramic art used to make architectural tiles. Biography Stra ...

(1867–1961), US ceramic artist *

Michael Stratton Sir Michael Rudolf Stratton (born 22 June 1957) is a British clinical scientist and the third director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. He currently heads the Cancer Genome Project and is a leader of the International Cancer Genome Con ...

, British clinical scientist * Mike Stratton (1941–2020), US football player *

Monty Stratton Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton (May 21, 1912 – September 29, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in Palacios, Texas (some sources state Wagner, Texas) and lived in Greenville, Texas, ...

(1912–1982), US baseball player * Richard Stratton (CCC), US educator * Richard A. Stratton (1931–2025), American Naval Aviator * Rick Stratton, Make-up artist * Samuel S. Stratton (1916–1990), US politician * Samuel Somerville Stratton *

Samuel Wesley Stratton Samuel Wesley Stratton (July 18, 1861 – October 18, 1931) was an administrator in the American government, physicist, and educator. A physicist by training, Stratton proposed the U.S. Bureau of Standards and was appointed its first director by ...

(1861–1931), US educator and President of MIT * Solomon Stratton (1785–1818), US explorer *

Terry Stratton Terrance Richard "Terry" Stratton (born March 16, 1938) is a former Conservative Canadian Senator who represented Manitoba in the Upper House. A businessman, teacher and consultant, Stratton was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Mi ...

(born 1938), Canadian politician *

William Stratton William Grant Stratton (February 26, 1914 – March 2, 2001) was an American politician who served as the 32nd governor of Illinois from 1953 to 1961. Early life and career Born February 26, 1914, in Ingleside, Lake County, Illinois, the s ...

(1914–2001), US politician * W. K. Stratton (writer), American writer *

W. K. Stratton (actor) Walter Kirk Stratton Jr. (born August 2, 1950) is an American film and television actor born in Front Royal, Virginia. He portrayed Lt. Lawrence Casey in the American television series ''Black Sheep Squadron''. Stratton also played the recurrin ...

(born 1950), American film and television actor * W. S. Stratton (1848–1902), US gold prospector and philanthropist *

John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton (1602 – 26 August 1678) of Berkeley House in Westminster and of Twickenham Park in Middlesex, was an English royalist soldier, politician and diplomat, of the Bruton branch of the Berkeley f ...

(1602–1678)

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