Hawthorne (surname)

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 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Trials and Tribulations
 * 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