Morton (given name) explained

Morton is a masculine given name which may refer to:

• Mort Cooper (1913-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Morton DaCosta (1914–1989), American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor
• Morton Downey (1901-1985), American singer
• Morton Downey Jr. (1932-2001), American singer, songwriter and television talk show host, son of the above
• Morton P. Fisher (1897–1965), United States Tax Court judge
• Mort Garson (1924–2008), Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter and pioneer of electronic music
• Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor, arranger and pianist
• Morton Ira Greenberg (1933–2021), United States Court of Appeals judge
• Morton Horwitz (born 1938), American legal historian and Harvard law professor
• Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), American Union Army brevet brigadier general and politician
• Mort Kaer (1902-1992), American football player and pentathlete
• Morton Marcus (1936–2009), American poet and author
• Morton M. McCarver (1807–1875), American politician and pioneer in the West
• Morton McMichael (1807-1879), American newspaper publisher and politician
• Mort Meskin (1916-1995), American comic book artist
• Morton Peck (1871-1959), American botanist
• Mort Sahl (1927–2021), Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist
• Morton O. Schapiro (born 1953), American economist and president of Northwestern University
• Mort Schell (born 1943), Australian former politician
• Morton Sobell (1917–2018), American engineer and spy for the Soviet Union
• Morton Subotnick (born 1933), American composer of electronic music

See also

• Morten, a common given name in Denmark and Norway