List of Famous people with last name Hampton

Fredrick Allen Hampton was an American activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in Chicago as chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and deputy chairman of the national BPP. In this capacity, he founded the Rainbow Coalition, a prominent multicultural political organization that initially included the Black Panthers, Young Patriots, and the Young Lords, and an alliance among major Chicago street gangs to help them end infighting and work for social change.

Roderick "R. J." Hampton Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had last played for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He was a five-star recruit at Little Elm High School in Little Elm, Texas. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as the 24th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.

James Wade Hampton is an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his Tv roles such as Private Hannibal Shirley Dobbs on F Troop (1965-1967), and Leroy B. Simpson on The Doris Day Show (1968-1969. and his movie roles such as Caretaker in The Longest Yard, Howard Clemmons in Hawmps!, Harold Howard in Teen Wolf, and Jerry Woolridge in Sling Blade.

Jenean Michelle Hampton served as the 57th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019. Hampton was the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Matt Bevin in the 2015 election. A Republican, Hampton was the first African-American to hold statewide office in Kentucky history and the third African-American woman to have served as lieutenant governor of a U.S. state.

Shanola Hampton is an American actress best known for her role as Veronica Fisher on Showtime dramedy Shameless.

Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film version Dangerous Liaisons (1988), which received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated in the same category for his 2007 film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement.

Paul Hampton is an American actor, singer, lyricist and writer. He is listed as one of one hundred major architects of American rock and roll in the British rock journal "Footsoldiers and Kings." While he was a sophomore at Dartmouth College, he was signed to Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures at the same time to write music with Hal David and Burt Bacharach. In 1960, with Bacharach he co-composed and performed the strange death disc "Two Hour Honeymoon". After this initial outing he co-wrote hits for Don Gibson, Gene Pitney, Johnny Tillotson and hits for overseas artists Also he wrote the theme for "My Mother the Car" and sang it under the group name Albuquerque. He made two albums, "Beautiful Beginnings" and "Rest Home For Children."

Brenda Hampton is an American television show creator, writer and producer. She created, wrote and produced the TV shows 7th Heaven, Fat Actress, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Roderick "R. J." Hampton Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He had last played for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL). He was a five-star recruit at Little Elm High School in Little Elm, Texas. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks as the 24th pick in the 2020 NBA Draft.