Hawthorne (surname) explained

Hawthorne is a toponymic surname of British and Irish origin, originally for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name.

Notable people

• Bert Hawthorne (1943–1972), New Zealand racing driver
• Charles Webster Hawthorne (1872–1930), American painter
• Denys Hawthorne (1932–2009), Northern Ireland actor
• Ed Hawthorne (born 1970), American football player
• Frank Hawthorne (born 1946), Canadian mineralogist and crystallographer
• M. Frederick Hawthorne (1928–2021), American chemist
• Greg Hawthorne (born 1956), American football player
• Dr. James C. Hawthorne (1819–1881), established and oversaw Portland, Oregon's Hospital for the Insane
• James Hawthorne (fl. 1951–2006), BBC controller in Northern Ireland
• Jim Hawthorne (disambiguation)
• John Hawthorne, philosopher, Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford University
• Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934), son of Nathaniel Hawthorne and an author
• Kim Hawthorne, American actress
• Koryn Hawthorne (born 1997), American musician and contestant from The Voice season 8
• Mayer Hawthorne (born 1979), American vocalist and musician
• Nate Hawthorne (1951–2005), American basketball player
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), novelist and short story writer, a key figure in American literature
• Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001), British actor
• Phil Hawthorne (1943–1994), Australian rugby footballer
• Rob Hawthorne, English football commentator
• Robert Hawthorne (1822–1879), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Sophia Hawthorne (1809–1871), American transcendentalist painter
• Susan Hawthorne (born 1951), Australian writer, poet, political commentator and publisher
• William Hawthorne (1913–2011), British professor of engineering

Fictional characters

• Angela Hawthorne, character in Coronation Street
• Christina Hawthorne, character in Hawthorne
• Sadie Hawthorne, title character from the Canadian television series Naturally, Sadie
• Dahlia and Iris Hawthorne, characters in the video game
• Daniel Hawthorne, character in the Hawthorne Investigates series of novels by Anthony Horowitz
• Gale Hawthorne, character in The Hunger Games
• Pierce Hawthorne, character in the television series Community
• Alisha and Izzy Hawthorne, characters in Lightyear
• Michonne Hawthorne, character in The Walking Dead
• Colonel Arnold Hawthorne, character in the motion picture The Prophecy
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, character in Bungo Stray Dogs
• Pauline Hawthorne, character in the television miniseries Little Fires Everywhere
• Jameson Winchester Hawthorne The Inheritance Games