Waddington (surname)

Waddington (surname)

Waddington is a surname, and may refer to

• Abe Waddington (1893–1959), English cricketer
• Alfred Waddington (1801–72), colonial entrepreneur in British Columbia, Canada
• Bill Waddington (1916–2000), British actor
• Charles Waddington (disambiguation), various people of this name:
  • Charles Waddington (East India Company officer) (1796–1858), major-general Bombay engineers
  • Charles Waddington (philosopher) (1819–1914), French philosopher and writer
• Conrad Hal Waddington (1905–75), British biologist who developed the theory of epigenesis
• Charlotte Mary Waddington (1907–2002), British journalist wrote as Mary Stott
• David Waddington (disambiguation), various people of this name:
  • David Waddington (Essex) (1840s–1850sfl. 1840s–1850s), Member of Parliament (MP) for Maldon 1847–52 and for Harwich 1852–56
  • David Waddington, Baron Waddington (born 1929), English Conservative Party politician, Home Secretary 1989–90
• Edward Waddington (1670 or 1671 – 1731), bishop of Chichester, England
• George Waddington (1793–1869), English traveller and church historian
• John Waddington (disambiguation), various people of this name:
  • John Waddington (cleric) (1810–80), English congregational cleric
  • John Waddington (cricketer) (1918–85), South African cricketer
  • John Waddington (footballer) (born 1938), Australian rules footballer
  • John Waddington Limited, card and board game company named for one of its founders
• Mary Alsop King Waddington (1833–1923), American author
• Michael Waddington (born 1974), American military criminal defense attorney
• Miriam Waddington (1917–2004), Canadian poet
• Patrick Waddington (1903–87), British actor
• Sheila Waddington (née Sheila Willcox; b. 1937), the first woman equestrian in the UK to achieve international success
• William Henry Waddington (1826–94), Prime Minister of France