Aitken (surname)
The surname Aitken is derived from the Lowland Scots personal name Aitken, which is in turn a form of the name Adam. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Peeblesshire, followed by Linlithgowshire, Haddingtonshire, Stirlingshire, Fife, Dunbartonshire, Clackmannanshire, Shetland, Edinburghshire and Ayrshire.
The name Aitken may refer to:
- Abbi Aitken, Scottish cricketer
- A.J. Aitken, Scottish lexicographer
- Alexander Aitken, New Zealand mathematician
- Anne Hopkins Aitken, American Buddhist
- Bill Aitken, one of several people including
- * Bill Aitken, Scottish politician.
- * Bill Aitken, Scottish-born writer and traveller
- Brad Aitken, Canadian hockey player
- Brian Aitken, libertarian activist convicted on gun-related charges in New Jersey and subsequently granted clemency
- Charles Aitken, English art administrator
- Charlie Aitken, Scottish footballer
- Charlie Aitken, Scottish footballer
- David D. Aitken, American politician from Michigan
- Bruce Aitken, New Zealand Multi Awarding Winning Drummer
- Edward Hamilton Aitken, Scottish writer
- Ewan Aitken, Scottish politician and ordained minister
- Glenn Aitken, one of several people including:
- *Glenn Aitken, English football player
- *Glenn Aitken, London-based New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
- Hayley Aitken, Australian singer
- Ian Aitken, multiple people
- Jack Aitken, British-Korean racing driver
- Jacqueline Aitken, British children's writer Jacqueline Wilson
- James Macrae Aitken, Scottish chess player and World War II cryptographer
- Janet Macdonald Aitken, Scottish artist
- Jim Aitken, Scottish rugby player
- John Aitken, one of several people
- Johnathan Aitken, Canadian ice-hockey player
- Jonathan Aitken, British former Conservative minister
- Kate Aitken, Canadian broadcaster
- Kelley Aitken, Canadian writer
- Laurel Aitken, Jamaican ska musician
- Maria Aitken, British actress
- Matt Aitken of Stock Aitken Waterman, British record producer
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-British business tycoon and politician
- Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet, British press baron and politician
- Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, British politician
- Hon. Maxwell Francis Aitken
- Michael James Aitken, AM, Australian academic and entrepreneur
- Nicholas Aitken aka Wilbur Wilde, Australian saxophonist
- Pauline Aitken, British artist
- Lady Penelope Aitken, British socialite and daughter of the first Baron of Rugby
- Robert Aitken, one of several people including
- *Robert Aitken , American bible publisher
- * Robert Aitken , Canadian flutist and composer
- *Sir Robert Aitken University administrator in New Zealand and England
- *Robert Baker Aitken, American teacher of Zen Buddhism, grandson of Robert Grant Aitken
- *Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer
- *Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken, Scottish soldier
- *Robert Ingersoll Aitken, American sculptor
- *Robert P. Aitken Michigan Republican Congressman from 1865 to 1868
- Robin Aitken, British journalist
- Roy Aitken, Scottish football player and manager
- Russell Aitken, Australian rugby league player
- Sally Aitken, Canadian environmentalists
- Samuel Aitken, Scottish football player
- Suzy Aitken, New Zealand TV personality
- William McKay Aitken, Scottish-born writer and traveller, long a citizen and resident of India
- William Aitken , journalist and politician
- William Aitken , Scottish soccer player
- William Alexander Aitken, fur trader with the Ojibwe
- Aubrey Aitken, second Bishop of Lynn, 1972–1986
- William Aitken , Scottish pathologist
- William Traven Aitken, British politician, father of Jonathan Aitken
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- Michael Aitkens, British television writer
