title: Cawthorne (surname)
text: # Cawthorne (surname)
  
  Cawthorne or Cawthorn is a toponymic surname related to the village of Cawthorne in South Yorkshire, England, or alternatively the village of Cawthorn in North Yorkshire, England. It also means a region of Yorkshire where there are many thorned plants and the climate is cold. The linguistic origin of the surname is the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) cald-thorne meaning "cold (or exposed) thorn-tree".
  
  Other documented variants of this surname include Cawthon, Corthorn and Cawthron.
  
  People named Cawthorne or Cawthorn include:
  
  * Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925), music promoter, a founder of Cawthorne and Co.
  * Harry Cawthorne (born 1900), English footballer
  * James Cawthorn (1719–1761), minor English poet and school master
  * Joe T. Cawthorn (1911–1987), American politician
  * Joseph Cawthorn (1867–1949), American stage and film actor
  * Madison Cawthorn (born 1995), American politician
  * Minnie Elizabeth Cawthorn (1898–1966), Australian headmistress and aviatrix
  * Rachel Cawthorn (born 1988), British sprint canoer
  * Rupert Cawthorne, early 20th-century English footballer
  * Sam Cawthorn (born 1979), Australian author and entrepreneur
  * W. A. Cawthorne (1825–1897), schoolmaster in South Australia, father of Charles
  * Walter Cawthorn (1896–1970), Australian major general and diplomat
  