title: Trevithick
text: # Trevithick
  
  Trevithick (/trəˈvɪθɪk/ trə-VITH-ik) is a Cornish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Francis Trevithick (1812–1877), one of the first locomotive engineers of the London and North Western Railway
  * Jonathan Trevethick (1864–1939), New Zealand politician
  * Paul Trevithick (born 1959), American inventor, engineer and entrepreneur
  * Richard Trevithick (1771–1833), British inventor, mining engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive
  * William Edward Trevithick (1899–1958), Irish botanical illustrator
  