Pemberton (surname)

Pemberton

John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca Cola.
Origin
Word/name	Anglo-Saxon
Region of origin	Pemberton, old Lancashire, England
Other names
Related names	numerous

Pemberton is an English, Anglo Saxon surname first found in Pemberton, Greater Manchester, a residential area of Wigan, historically a part of Lancashire. It is common in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States and many places with an English diaspora.

Etymologically, it consists of the elements Pen, Celtic for hill or head, ber Anglo-Saxon for barley, and ton Anglo-Saxon for an enclosure or field; thus "Barley field on the hill".

Surname

• Amy Pemberton, British actress
• Brock Pemberton (1885–1950), American theatrical producer and director
• Caroline Pemberton (born 1986), Australian model
• Charley Pemberton (1854–1894), son of John Pemberton
• Hugh Pemberton (1890-1956), physician
• John Pemberton (1831–1888), inventor of Coca-Cola
• John Pemberton (footballer) (born 1964), Former English football (soccer) player
• John C. Pemberton (1814–1881), Confederate army general
• Joseph Despard Pemberton, Canadian surveyor-general
• Max Pemberton (1863–1950), British novelist
• Robin Leigh-Pemberton (born 1952), Governor of the Bank of England (1983–1993)
• Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959), Canadian painter
• Steve Pemberton (born 1967), British comedy writer and performer
• Steven Pemberton (born 1953), computer scientist
• Victor Pemberton, British script writer and novelist

Fictional characters

• Guy Pemberton, a character on the BBC R4 soap, The Archers
  • Simon Pemberton, son of the same
• Sylvester Pemberton The DC Comics superhero, Star-Spangled Kid
  • Albert Pemberton, nephew

See also

• Pemberton (disambiguation)