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The word Hilton or Hylton can be a place name or personal name. Use as a surname derives from the English place name meaning 'from the hill farm' . Sometimes found as a given name.

Hilton Hotel dynasty

The most famous use of "Hilton" is the Hilton Hotel chain founded by Conrad Hilton in the United States. Family members with wikipedia articles are:

Hilton family

• Conrad Hilton

• Conrad Nicholson "Nicky" Hilton, Jr.
• Constance Francesca Hilton
• William Barron Hilton

• Richard Howard Hilton, married to Kathy Hilton

• Paris Whitney Hilton
• Nicholai Olivia Hilton

Other people

Other people named Hilton or Hylton:

• Adrian Hilton - theologian, author. Holder of the Guinness World Record for a non-stop recital of the Complete Works of Shakespeare.
• Daisy and Violet Hilton - conjoined twins
• Dave Hilton, Sr. and Dave Hilton, Jr. - boxing champions
• James Hilton - English novelist
• Perez Hilton - American celebrity gossip columnist/blogger
• Tyler Hilton - American singer-songwriter and actor

• Baron Hylton, a British peerage
• Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler
• Jack Hylton, British bandleader and impresario
• James Hylton, NASCAR racer
• Javine Hylton, British singer also known as simply Javine
• Leslie Hylton, West Indian cricketer

• Hilton Armstrong, NBA Basketball Player

Schools

• Hilton College in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
• Hilton Central High School in Hilton, New York.

Places

Places in the United Kingdom named Hilton or Hylton:

• Hilton, Aberdeen (Scotland)
• Hilton, Berwickshire (Scotland)
• Hilton, Cambridgeshire (England)
• Hilton, Derbyshire (England)
• Hilton, Dorset (England)
• Hilton, County Durham (England)
• Hilton, Huntingdonshire (England)
• Hilton, Inverness-shire (Scotland)
• Hilton, Ross-shire (Scotland)
• Hilton, Shropshire (England)
• Hilton, Staffordshire (England)
• Hilton, Westmorland (England)
• Hilton, North Yorkshire (England)
• Hylton Castle in Hylton district of Sunderland (England), said to be haunted by the Cauld Lad of Hylton
• South Hylton in Sunderland (England), also name of a Tyne and Wear Metro station

Places in the United States named Hilton:

• Hilton, New York - a village near Rochester, New York
• Hilton Head, South Carolina - an island near the Atlantic Ocean coast

Places in Australia named Hilton:

• Hilton, South Australia - a suburb of Adelaide
• Hilton, Western Australia - a suburb of Perth.

Places in South Africa named Hilton:

• Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal - a town next to Pietermaritzburg.
• Hilton, Bloemfontein - a suburb of Bloemfontein.

Places in Canada named Hilton:

• Hilton Beach - a small town in Ontario.

Other

• Hilton's law, an observation on topological anatomy
• Hilton Cinema, located in the Hilton Plaza, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Run by the Chinachem Group.

See also

Alphabetical list of wikipedia articles beginning with:

• Hilton
• Hylton