Merton (surname)
Merton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alice Merton (born 1993), Canadian-British-German-Irish singer-songwriter
- Don Merton (1939–2011), New Zealand conservationist
- Ernst Merton (1848-1920), American politician and lawyer
- Hugo Merton (1879–1940), German zoologist
- Paul Merton (born 1957), British actor and comedian
- Robert C. Merton (born 1944), American Nobel Prize–winning economist
- Robert K. Merton (1910–2003), American sociologist, father of Robert C. Merton
- Thomas Merton (1915–1968), American Cistercian monk, social activist and author
- Sir Thomas Ralph Merton KBE FRS (1888–1969), British physicist and art collector
- Walter de Merton (ca. 1205–1277), Bishop of Rochester, England and founder of Merton College
- William Merton (1917–2014), British scientist and banker
- William "Bill" Ralph Merton (1917–2004), British military scientist and merchant banker
- William Ralph Merton (1848–1916), German entrepreneur, founder of the University of Frankfurt and Metallgesellschaft AG
- Zachary Merton (1843–1915), Anglo-German industrialist and philanthropist
Fictional characters:
- Mrs Merton, character of comedian Caroline Aherne for The Mrs Merton Show
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