Morton (given name)

Morton is a masculine given name which may refer to:

Mort Cooper (1913-1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Morton DaCosta (1914–1989), American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor
Morton Downey (1901-1985), American singer
Morton Downey Jr. (1932-2001), American singer, songwriter and television talk show host, son of the above
Morton P. Fisher (1897–1965), United States Tax Court judge
Mort Garson (1924–2008), Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter and pioneer of electronic music
Morton Gould (1913–1996), American composer, conductor, arranger and pianist
Morton Ira Greenberg (1933–2021), United States Court of Appeals judge
Morton Horwitz (born 1938), American legal historian and Harvard law professor
Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), American Union Army brevet brigadier general and politician
Mort Kaer (1902-1992), American football player and pentathlete
Morton Marcus (1936–2009), American poet and author
Morton M. McCarver (1807–1875), American politician and pioneer in the West
Morton McMichael (1807-1879), American newspaper publisher and politician
Mort Meskin (1916-1995), American comic book artist
Morton Peck (1871-1959), American botanist
Mort Sahl (1927–2021), Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist
Morton O. Schapiro (born 1953), American economist and president of Northwestern University
Mort Schell (born 1943), Australian former politician
Morton Sobell (1917–2018), American engineer and spy for the Soviet Union
Morton Subotnick (born 1933), American composer of electronic music

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