Look up Compton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Compton may refer to: Compton (federal electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district...

Compton is a city located in the Gateway Cities region of southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles...

Compton scattering (or the Compton effect) is the quantum theory of high frequency photons scattering following an interaction with a charged particle...

William Earl Compton III (born September 19, 1989) is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL)...

Lynn Davis "Buck" Compton (December 31, 1921 – February 25, 2012) was an American jurist, law enforcement officer, and United States Army officer during...

Scout Taylor-Compton (born Desariee Starr Compton; February 21, 1989) is an American actress. She has frequently worked in the horror genre, most notably...

William Compton may refer to: William Compton (fl. 1416), MP for Nottinghamshire William Compton (courtier) (1482–1528), courtier to Henry VIII William...

Straight Outta Compton is a 2015 American epic biographical drama film that depicts the rise and fall of the hip hop group N.W.A under the management...

Nina Compton is a James Beard award winning Saint Lucian chef currently living in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nina graduated from the Culinary Institute of...

Outta Compton is the debut studio album by American gangsta rap group N.W.A, which, led by Eazy-E, formed in Los Angeles County's City of Compton in early...

Compton Down is an extent of high ground near Compton, West Sussex where there was an Admiralty semaphore station. The semaphore station was built at...

The Compton wavelength is a quantum mechanical property of a particle, defined as the wavelength of a photon whose energy is the same as the rest energy...

A Compton telescope (also known as Compton camera or Compton imager) is a gamma-ray detector which utilizes Compton scattering to determine the origin...

Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his...

Arthur Holly Compton (September 10, 1892 – March 15, 1962) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927 for his 1923 discovery...

Compton—Stanstead is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It was created...

Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall...

Richard Compton (March 2, 1938 – August 11, 2007) was an American actor, director and writer, primarily in television. Compton had small parts as an actor...

Compton is the third studio album by American rapper and producer Dr. Dre. It was released on August 7, 2015, on Apple Music and the iTunes Store, with...

Compton Castle in the parish of Marldon in Devon, is a fortified manor house in the village of Compton (formerly "Compton Pole"), about 5 miles (8 km)...

Compton is a village in Brooklyn Township, Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 303 at the 2010 census, down from 347 in 2000. A post...

Straight Outta Compton is the 1988 debut studio album by N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton may also refer to: "Straight Outta Compton" (song), the lead single...

Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 miles (5 kilometres) south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on...

Compton is a municipality in Coaticook Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Population trend: (+) adjusted figures due...

Spencer Compton may refer to: Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton (1601–1643), British politician Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673–1743)...

Compton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court Ann Compton...

Betty Compton (born Violet Halling Compton; May 13, 1906[citation needed] – July 12, 1944), was an English actress and singer, who married New York City...

Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as...

The South Side Compton Crips (also known as the South Side Crips) are a "set" of the Crips gang alliance, based in Compton, California. This gang is known...

Compton High School is a high school in Compton, California, United States, part of the Compton Unified School District. The school opened in 1896 as...