Thornton may refer to:
People
- Thornton (surname), people with the surname Thornton
- Justice Thornton (disambiguation), judges named "Thornton"
- Thornton Wilder, American playwright
Places
Australia
- Thornton, New South Wales
- Thornton, Queensland, a locality in the Lockyer Valley Region
- Thornton, South Australia, a former town
- Thornton, Victoria
Canada
- Thornton, Ontario
New Zealand
- Thornton, Bay of Plenty, settlement in the Bay of Plenty
- Thornton, Waikato, suburb of Hamilton
- Thornton Bay, settlement on the Coromandel Peninsula
South Africa
- Thornton, Cape Town
United Kingdom
- Thornton, Angus, a location
- Thornton, Buckinghamshire
- Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Thornton, Fife
- Thornton, Lancashire
- Thornton, Leicestershire
- Thornton, Lincolnshire
- Thornton, Merseyside
- Thornton, Northumberland, a location
- Thornton, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
- Thornton, Pembrokeshire
- Thornton, West Yorkshire
- Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire
- Thornton Curtis, Lincolnshire
- Thornton Heath, London
- Thornton Hough, Merseyside
- Thornton in Craven, North Yorkshire
- Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire
- Thornton-le-Beans, North Yorkshire
- Thornton-le-Clay, North Yorkshire
- Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire (also simply Thornton Dale)
- Thornton le Moor, Lincolnshire
- Thornton-le-Moor, North Yorkshire
- Thornton-le-Moors, Cheshire
- Thornton-le-Street, North Yorkshire
- Thornton Rust, North Yorkshire
- Thornton Steward, North Yorkshire
- Thornton Watlass, North Yorkshire
- Thornton (ward), an electoral ward of the Lambeth London Borough Council
United States
- Thornton Creek, a stream in Seattle, Washington, USA
Communities
- Thornton, Arkansas
- Thornton, California
- Thornton, Colorado
- Thornton, Idaho
- Thornton, Illinois
- Thornton, Iowa
- Thornton, Kentucky
- Thornton, Mississippi
- Thornton, New Hampshire
- Thornton, Pennsylvania
- Thornton, Rhode Island
- Thornton, Texas
- Thornton Township, Cook County, Illinois
- Thornton Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Thornton, Wisconsin
Companies and organizations
- Thorntons LLC, a U.S. gasoline and convenience store chain
- Thorntons, a UK chocolate brand
- Thornton's Bookshop (aka Thornton's) a university bookshop in Oxford, England
- Thornton Academy, a private 6-12 school in Saco, Maine, USA
- USC Thornton School of Music, music school of the University of Southern California
Other uses
- USS Thornton, several United States Navy ships
See also
- Thornton Hibs F.C., a Scottish football club
- Thorton (disambiguation)
- Grant Thornton (disambiguation)