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. 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.
- in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty
- 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, a cognate of the English name.
Notable people with the surname Butler
Disambiguation of common given names with this surname
- Andrew Butler, various people
- Arthur Butler, various people
- Benjamin Butler, various people
- Bill Butler, various people
- Brett Butler, various people
- Charles Butler, various people
- Chris Butler, various people
- David Butler, various people
- Daniel Butler, various people
- Edward Butler, various people
- Eleanor Butler, various people
- Frank Butler, various people
- George Butler, various people
- Guy Butler, various people
- Jack Butler, various people
- James Butler, includes Jim Butler and Jimmy Butler
- Jason Butler, various people
- Jerry Butler, various people
- John Butler, various people
- Joseph Butler, various people
- Kevin Butler, various people
- Michael Butler, various people
- Paul Butler, various people
- Pierce Butler, various people
- Richard Butler, various people
- Robert Butler, various people
- Samuel Butler, various people
- Thomas Butler, various people
- Tom Butler, various people
- Tony Butler, various people
- Walter Butler, various people
- William Butler, various people
Arts and Letters
- Amir Butler, British-Australian writer on Islam
- Archie Butler, 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, 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, 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, American country music producer
- Marcus Butler, British vlogger
- Mildred Anne Butler, Irish artist
- Octavia E. Butler, American science fiction writer
- Rachel Barton Butler, American writer, lyricist and playwright
- Ralph Butler, British lyricist
- Reg Butler, English sculptor
- Ross Butler , American actor
- Shay Butler, YouTube personality and vlogger
- Terry Butler, American musician
- Wanda Nero Butler, American gospel musician
- Win Butler, American musician
- Yancy Butler, American actor
Politics, Law, Government
- Christine Butler, British politician
- David Butler, 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, 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
- Edmund Butler, 2nd Viscount Mountgarret
- Edmund Butler, 4th Viscount Mountgarret
- Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret
- Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret
- Edmund Butler, 15th Viscount Mountgarret
- Edmund Butler, 1st Earl of Kilkenny
- Henry Butler, 13th Viscount Mountgarret
- Henry Butler, 14th Viscount Mountgarret
- James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde
- James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde
- James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormonde
- James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde
- James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormonde
- James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormonde
- James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde created Duke in 1661
- James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
- James Arthur Wellington Foley Butler, 4th Marquess of Ormonde
- James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde
- James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde
- James George Anson Butler, 5th Marquess of Ormonde
- James Hubert Theobald Charles Butler, 7th Marquess of Ormonde
- James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde
- John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormonde
- John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde
- John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde
- John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde
- Piers Butler, 8th Earl of Ormonde
- Piers Butler, 16th Viscount Mountgarret
- Piers Butler, 18th Viscount Mountgarret
- Richard Butler, 1st Viscount Mountgarret
- Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret
- Richard Butler, 17th Viscount Mountgarret
- 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
- Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde
- Walter Butler, 11th Earl of Ormonde
- Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde
- Walter Butler, Marquess of Ormonde created Marquess of Ormonde in 1816
Sciences
- Amos Butler, American naturalist
- Anne Butler. Irish Engineer
- Arthur Gardiner Butler, English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist
- Arthur Lennox Butler, British naturalist
- Clifford Charles Butler, English physicist
- Edward Albert Butler, English entomologist
- Edward Arthur Butler, British ornithologist and army officer in India
- Harry Butler, Australian naturalist
- Hildred Mary Butler, Australian microbiologist
- John Alfred Valentine Butler, English electrochemist
- Laurie Butler, American chemist, twin of Lynne
- Lynne Butler, 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, American basketball player
- Deighton Butler, West Indian cricketer
- Darius Butler, American football player
- Dennis Butler, football manager
- Duane Butler, American football player
- Eddie Butler, American baseball player
- Hakeem Butler, American football player
- Ian Butler , New Zealand cricketer
- Jimmy Butler, American basketball player
- Larry Butler, American darts player
- LeRoy Butler, American football player
- Malcolm Butler, American football player
- Malcolm Butler , Irish footballer
- Mario Butler, Panamanian basketball player
- Mitchell Butler, American sports agent and former basketball player
- Phil Butler, rugby league footballer of the 1970s, and 1980s
- Rasual Butler, 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, 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