Merton (surname)
Merton is a surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alice Merton, Canadian-British-German-Irish singer-songwriter
- Don Merton, New Zealand conservationist
- Ernst Merton, American politician and lawyer
- Hugo Merton, German zoologist
- Paul Merton, British actor and comedian
- Robert C. Merton, American Nobel Prize–winning economist
- Robert K. Merton, American sociologist, father of Robert C. Merton
- Thomas Merton, American Cistercian monk, social activist and author
- Sir Thomas Ralph Merton KBE FRS, British physicist and art collector
- Walter de Merton, Bishop of Rochester, England and founder of Merton College
- William Merton, British scientist and banker
- William "Bill" Ralph Merton, British military scientist and merchant banker
- William Ralph Merton, German entrepreneur, founder of the University of Frankfurt and Metallgesellschaft AG
- Zachary Merton, Anglo-German industrialist and philanthropist
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