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Abraham Thornton •
Al Thornton (born 1983), American basketball player •
Alfred Thornton (1853–1906), English footballer from the 1870s •
Alice Thornton (1626–1707), British autobiographer •
Andre Thornton (born 1949), American baseball player •
Andrew Thornton (born 1972), British jockey •
Andrew C. Thornton II (1944–1985), American narcotics officer, lawyer, and drug smuggler •
Anne Jane Thornton (1817–1877), cabin boy and ship's cook •
Anne Thornton (born 1981), American pastry chef •
Ant Thornton, American politician •
Archibald Thornton (1921–2004), Scottish academic and historian •
A. G. Thornton (1886–1969), British novelist and journalist •
Sadik Hakim (born Argonne Thornton, 1919–1983) American jazz pianist and composer •
Barry Thornton, RAF officer •
Barry Thornton (cricketer) (born 1941), Australian cricketer •
Big Mama Thornton (1926–1984), American singer and songwriter •
Billy Bob Thornton (born 1955), American actor •
Bonnell Thornton (1725 – 1768), English poet, essayist, and critic •
Bret Thornton (born 1983), Australian rules footballer •
Bruce Thornton (born 1953), American classicist •
Bruce Thornton (cornerback) •
Charley Thornton (1936–2004), American college athletics administrator •
Corey Thornton (born 2001), American football player •
David Thornton (musician) (born 1978), British euphonium player •
David Thornton (actor) (born 1953), American actor and husband to
Cyndi Lauper •
David Thornton (American football) (born 1978), linebacker for the
Tennessee Titans • De'mario Monte Thornton, real name of
Raz-B, member of boy band
B2K •
Dont'e Thornton (born 2002), American football player •
Duncan Thornton (born 1962), Canadian author, speaker, and futurist •
Edward Thornton (disambiguation) •
Eleanor Velasco Thornton (1880–1915), British actress and model •
Elizabeth Thornton (1940 – 12 July 2010), British-Canadian writer •
Ella May Thornton (1885–1971), American librarian •
Flora L. Thornton (1913–2010), American actress and philanthropist •
Frank Thornton (1921–2013), English actor •
George Thornton (disambiguation) •
Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton •
Grant Thornton •
Henry Thornton (disambiguation) •
Henry Thornton (abolitionist) (1760–1815), campaigner against the slave trade •
Henry Thornton (railroader) (1871–1933), president of
Canadian National Railway •
Henry Thornton (cricketer) (born 1996), Australian cricketer •
Hugh Thornton (American football) (born 1991), American football player •
James Thornton (disambiguation) •
James Thornton (naval officer) (1826–1875) •
James Worth Thornton (1906–1983), businessman and son of Sir
Henry Worth Thornton •
Jim Thornton (born 1965), American announcer, news anchor, and voice actor •
Jarvis Thornton (born 2006), English footballer •
Joe Thornton (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player •
John K. Thornton (born 1949), American historian of Africa •
John L. Thornton (born 1954), American businessman •
John R. Thornton (1846–1917), American politician •
John Wingate Thornton (1818–1878), American lawyer, historian, author •
John Thornton (1720–1790), British merchant and Christian philanthropist •
Kalen Thornton (born 1982), American football player •
Kate Thornton (born 1973), English television presenter •
Kathryn Thornton (born 1952), American scientist and astronaut •
Keith Thornton (born 1963), American hip hop artist
Kool Keith •
Kelly Thornton (born 1997), Irish actress •
Kelly Thornton (born 1965), Canadian theatre director and dramaturge •
Kevin Thornton (chef), Irish Michelin starred chef •
Kevin Thornton (footballer) (born 1986), Irish footballer •
Khyri Thornton (born 1989), American football player •
Kirk Thornton, American voice actor, director and script writer •
Kristin Thornton (born 1988), Australian rules footballer •
Lawrence Thornton (born 1937), American novelist and critic •
Leslie Thornton (born 1951), American filmmaker and artist •
Leslie Thornton (sculptor) (1925–2016), English sculptor •
Lou Thornton (born 1963), former major league baseball player •
Malcolm Thornton (born 1939), British politician •
Marcia Thornton Jones (born 1958), American children's author •
Marcus Thornton (disambiguation) •
Mark Thornton (born 1960), American economist •
Matt Thornton (disambiguation) •
Matthew Thornton (1714–1803), first president of New Hampshire House of Representatives •
Melanie Thornton (1967–2001), American musician •
Melody Thornton (born 1984), American singer and television personality •
Merle Thornton (1930–2024), Australian feminist activist •
Michael Thornton (disambiguation) •
Michael B. Thornton (born 1954), American judge •
Omar Thornton, murderer of 8 and suicide, see
Hartford Distributors shooting •
Patricia H. Thornton (born 1960s), American organizational theorist •
Paul Thornton, Live Events Producer •
Randy Thornton (born 1964), •
Richard Thornton (1776–1865), English millionaire •
Robert Thornton (disambiguation) •
Roger Thornton (died 1430), British politician •
Samantha Thornton (born 1966), Australian basketball player •
Samuel Thornton (disambiguation) •
Sara Thornton (disambiguation) •
Sarah L. Thornton (born 1965), cultural sociologist •
Scott Thornton (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player •
Sean Thornton (born 1983), Irish professional footballer •
Shawn Thornton (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player •
Sigrid Thornton (born 1959), Australian actress •
Simon Thornton (born 1977), Irish professional golfer •
Sidney Thornton (1954–2023), American football player • Terrence Thornton (born 1977), birth name of American rapper and record executive
Pusha T •
Tiffany Thornton (born 1986), American actress •
Tim Thornton (bishop) (born 1957), Bishop of Truro, and of Sherborne •
Tim Thornton (double bassist) (born 1988), British jazz double bassist •
Tim Thornton (musician, born 1973), English drummer, guitarist and novelist •
Tim Thornton (philosopher) (born 1966), British philosopher •
Trent Thornton (born 1993), American baseball player •
Tyquan Thornton (born 2000), American football player •
Virgil Thornton Sr., American politician •
Walter Thornton (1875–1960), American baseball player •
Walter Thornton (cricketer) (1858–1915), English cricketer •
Warwick Thornton, Australian cinematographer and director •
William Thornton (disambiguation) •
Zach Thornton (born 1973), American soccer player •
Zack Thornton (born 1988), American baseball player
Fictional characters • Sean Thornton, a character portrayed by
John Wayne in
The Quiet Man First name •
Thornton Wilder, American playwright