Newt (name)

Newt is a shortened form of the name Newton. People with the name include:

• Newton Newt Allen (1901–1988), American Negro league baseball player
• Newton Newt Gingrich (born 1943), American politician and former Speaker of the House
• Newt H. Hall (1873–1939), American Marine Corps officer who served during the Boxer Rebellion
• Newton Newt Heisley (1920–2009), American commercial artist who designed the POW/MIA flag
• William Newton Newt Hudson (1926-2014), American politician and educator
• Frederick Creighton Newt Hunter (1880–1963), American Major League Baseball player
• Walter Lee Newt Joseph (1896-1953), American Negro league baseball player and manager
• Newell Newt Kimball (1915-2001), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Newton Newt Loken (born 1919), American gymnast and coach
• Newt V. Mills (1899–1996), American politician
• Newton Newt Perry (1908-1987), American swimmer, coach and promoter of water theme parks
• Newton Newt Randall (1880–1955), American Major League Baseball player

In fiction

• Newt Dobbs, a character in the Western novel Lonesome Dove and miniseries adaptation, and the sequel miniseries, Return to Lonesome Dove
• Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, a character in Aliens, a 1986 science-fiction film
• Newt Livingston, a character on the Cory in the House television series and anime
• Barry "Newt" Newton, a character in British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Newt Scamander, the fictional author of J. K. Rowling's 2001 book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Newt, a character in the novel The Maze Runner, the two sequels and the film trilogy based on them.

See also

• Newt (disambiguation)