Overview
Nightingale is an English surname, originally a nickname for someone with a good voice. Notable people with this surname include the following:
The Nightingale Baronetcy, an aristocratic title in the Baronetage of England, created in 1628
Adam Nightingale (born 1979), American ice hockey coach
Albert Nightingale (1923–2006), English footballer
Andrea Nightingale (born 1959), American classical scholar
Annie Nightingale (born 1940), British radio broadcaster
Anthony Nightingale (born 1947), Hong Kong businessman
Benedict Nightingale (born 1939), British journalist
Danny Nightingale (born 1954),British modern pentathlete
Danny Nightingale (soldier) (born 1975), British soldier
David Nightingale, English footballer
Deborah Nightingale, American industrial engineer
Earl Nightingale (1921–1989), American motivational speaker
Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), British pioneer of modern nursing and statistician
Frances Parthenope Verney, nee Nightingale (1819–1890), British novelist, economist, social commentator, and journalist.
Gardner Nightingale (1920-2013), American soldier and business founder
James Nightingale (rugby league) (born 1986), Papua New Guinean rugby league player
James Nightingale (English footballer)
Jared Nightingale (born 1982), American ice hockey defenceman
Jason Nightingale (born 1986), New Zealand rugby player
John Nightingale (actor) (c.1943–1980), British actor
John Nightingale (figure skater) (born 1928), American figure skater
John Nightingale (MP) for Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
Joseph Nightingale (1775–1824), English writer and preacher
Luke Nightingale (born 1980), English footballer
Lynn Nightingale (born 1956), Canadian figure skater
Mark Nightingale (born 1967), British jazz trombonist
Mary Nightingale (born 1963), English newsreader and television presenter
Maxine Nightingale (born 1952), British soul music singer
Michael Nightingale (1922–1999), English actor
Neil Nightingale, British naturalist and television producer
Tunde Nightingale (Earnest Olatunde Thomas) (1922–1981), Nigerian singer and guitarist
Wally Nightingale (1956–1996), English guitarist of the Sex Pistols
Rabbi Tzvi Nightingale (born 1960) Canadian American Rabbi
Will Nightingale (born 1995), English footballer
William Nightingale (1794–1874), English Unitarian, the father of Florence Nightingale
References
English-language surnames
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