Butler (surname)

Butler, is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:

an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller.[1] It eventually came to be used to describe a servant of high responsibility in a noble household, mostly leaving behind its association with the supply of wine.[1]
in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty[2]
a German surname, originating in Prussia before the 11th century, that gained notoriety in the High Middle Ages.
an Anglicisation of the French surname Boutilier, Bouthillier,[1][2] a cognate of the English name.

Notable people with the surname Butler

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

Andrew Butler (disambiguation), various people
Arthur Butler (disambiguation), various people
Benjamin Butler (disambiguation), various people
Bill Butler (disambiguation), various people
Brett Butler (disambiguation), various people
Charles Butler (disambiguation), various people
Chris Butler (disambiguation), various people
David Butler (disambiguation), various people
Daniel Butler (disambiguation), various people
Edward Butler (disambiguation), various people
Eleanor Butler (disambiguation), various people
Frank Butler (disambiguation), various people
George Butler (disambiguation), various people
Guy Butler (disambiguation), various people
Jack Butler (disambiguation), various people
James Butler (disambiguation), includes Jim Butler and Jimmy Butler
Jason Butler (disambiguation), various people
Jerry Butler (disambiguation), various people
John Butler (disambiguation), various people
Joseph Butler (disambiguation), various people
Kevin Butler (disambiguation), various people
Michael Butler (disambiguation), various people
Paul Butler (disambiguation), various people
Pierce Butler (disambiguation), various people
Richard Butler (disambiguation), various people
Robert Butler (disambiguation), various people
Samuel Butler (disambiguation), various people
Thomas Butler (disambiguation), various people
Tom Butler (disambiguation), various people
Tony Butler (disambiguation), various people
Walter Butler (disambiguation), various people
William Butler (disambiguation), various people

Arts and Letters

Amir Butler, British-Australian writer on Islam
Archie Butler (actor), actor, crewman, and stuntman
Austin Butler, actor on "Zoey 101" and "iCarly"
Bernard Butler, English musician, of McAlmont and Butler
Bisa Butler, American quilt artist
Blair Butler, American comedy writer/comedian
Bryon Butler, English sports writer and broadcaster
Chad Butler, drummer
Cher Butler, American model and actor
Dan Butler, American actor
Daws Butler, American voice actor
Dean Butler (actor), Canadian/American actor
Dori Hillestad Butler, author of The Truth about Truman School and other children's books
Ellis Parker Butler, American writer
Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, English artist
Francis Butler, American writer and dog-trainer
Geezer Butler, English musician, bass guitar player in Black Sabbath
Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
Grace Butler, New Zealand artist
Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013), English writer
Henry Butler, American jazz pianist
Hubert Butler, Irish essayist
Hugo Butler, Canadian screenwriter
Jonathan Butler, South African singer-songwriter
Judith Butler, American feminist philosopher and queer theorist
Larry Butler (producer), American country music producer
Marcus Butler, British vlogger
Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), Irish artist
Octavia E. Butler, American science fiction writer
Rachel Barton Butler (died 1920), American writer, lyricist and playwright
Ralph Butler, British lyricist
Reg Butler, English sculptor
Ross Butler (actor) (born 1990), American actor
Shay Butler, YouTube personality and vlogger
Terry Butler, American musician
Wanda Nero Butler (born 1958), American gospel musician
Win Butler, American musician
Yancy Butler, American actor

Politics, Law, Government

Christine Butler (1943–2017), British politician
David Butler (politician), first Governor of Nebraska
Dawn Butler, British politician
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, English judge
Homer M. Butler, American politician
Josephine Butler, English activist of the Victorian era
Louis B. Butler, American judge
Manley Caldwell Butler (1925–2014), U.S. Representative from Virginia
Marion Butler, American politician
Marty Butler, American politician
Sir Milo Butler, governor-general of the Bahamas
Petra Butler, New Zealand legal academic
Robin Butler, British civil servant
Tubal Uriah Butler, Grenadian labour leader in Trinidad and Tobago
Walker Butler, American jurist and politician

Nobility

Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran (died 1758)
Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret (died 1602)
Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret (1595–1679)
Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret (died 1779)
Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret (1745–1793)
Edmund Butler, 15th Viscount Mountgarret (1875–1918)
Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny (1771–1846)
Henry Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret (1816–1900)
Henry Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret (1844–1912)
James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c. 1305 – 1337)
James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (died 1382)
James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde (died 1405)
James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde (died 1452)
James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde (1421–1462)
James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde (died 1546)
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde (1610–1688) created Duke in 1661
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665–1745)
James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde (1849–1943)
James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde (1893–1971)
James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde (1844–1919)
James George Anson Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde (1890–1949)
James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde (1899–1997)
James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1777–1838)
John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde (died 1478)
John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde (died 1766)
John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde (1740–1795)
John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde (1808–1854)
Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde (died 1539)(also 1st Earl of Ossory)
Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret (1903–1966)
Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret (born 1961)
Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret (1500–1571)
Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret (1578–1651)
Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret (1936–2004)
Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler, first Chief Butler of Ireland, father of Theobald le Botiller
Theobald Butler, 2nd Baron Butler, otherwise known as Theobald le Botiller
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormonde (died 1515)
Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde (died 1614)
Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde (died 1632)
Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde (1703–1783)
Walter Butler, Marquess of Ormonde (1770–1820) created Marquess of Ormonde (Ireland) in 1816

Sciences

Amos Butler (1860–1937), American naturalist
Anne Butler (engineer). Irish Engineer
Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925), English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist
Arthur Lennox Butler (1873–1939), British naturalist
Clifford Charles Butler, English physicist
Edward Albert Butler (1845-1925), English entomologist
Edward Arthur Butler (1843–1916), British ornithologist and army officer in India
Harry Butler, Australian naturalist
Hildred Mary Butler (1906–1975), Australian microbiologist
John Alfred Valentine Butler, English electrochemist
Laurie Butler (born 1955), American chemist, twin of Lynne
Lynne Butler (born 1955), American mathematician, twin of Laurie

Sports

Archie Butler, Australian rules footballer
Caron Butler, American basketball player
Charlie Butler-Henderson, British motor racing driver
Da'Sean Butler (born 1988), American basketball player
Deighton Butler (born 1974), West Indian cricketer
Darius Butler (born 1986), American football player
Dennis Butler, football manager
Duane Butler, American football player
Eddie Butler (baseball), American baseball player
Hakeem Butler (born 1996), American football player
Ian Butler (cricketer) (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer
Jimmy Butler, American basketball player
Larry Butler (darts player), American darts player
LeRoy Butler, American football player
Malcolm Butler (born 1990), American football player
Malcolm Butler (footballer) (1913–1987), Irish footballer
Mario Butler, Panamanian basketball player
Mitchell Butler (b. 1970), American sports agent and former basketball player
Phil Butler, rugby league footballer of the 1970s, and 1980s
Rasual Butler (1979-2018), American basketball player
Rich Butler, Canadian baseball player
Steve Butler, American racing driver
Todd Butler, American college baseball coach
Torrey Butler, American basketball player
Vicki Butler-Henderson, English racing driver
Wayde Butler, American football player

Other

Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and author
Christopher Butler, English Catholic bishop
Lady Eileen Gwladys Butler, later Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland
Elizabeth Beardsley Butler, American surveyor of social conditions
Henry Montagu Butler (1833–1918), English academic
Lee Pierce Butler, American academic and librarian
Matthew Butler, American Confederate general
Montagu C. Butler, Esperantist, for whom the Montagu Butler Library is named
Nicholas M. Butler, American academic administrator and politician
Norman 3X Butler, convicted for the killing of Malcolm X
Ovid Butler, American abolitionist for whom Butler University is named
Smedley Butler, major-general, son of Thomas S. Butler
Thaddeus J. Butler, American Catholic priest
W. E. Butler, British occultist

Fictional entities with the surname Butler

Faykan Butler, fictional character from the Dune universe
Rhett Butler, fictional character from Gone with the Wind
Serena Butler, fictional character from the Dune universe
Stan Butler, fictional character from On The Buses
Domovoi and Juliet Butler, fictional characters from the Artemis Fowl series

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References

"Butler Name Meaning and History", The Butler Surname, Ancestry.com, archived from the original on 12 June 2011, retrieved 31 August 2011, (origin of information) Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Kimberly Powell (ed.), "Butler surname origin", About.com: Genealogy, About.com, archived from the original on 24 July 2011, retrieved 31 August 2011