Ballantyne is a surname of Scottish origins, with etymological roots meaning “a place of ancient pagan worship among the Celts”[1]
Ballantyne may refer to:
Places
People
- Anthony Ballantyne, British writer
- Charles Ballantyne, Canadian politician
- Elspeth Ballantyne, Australian actress
- Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- James Ballantyne, Scottish publisher
- James R. Ballantyne, grammarian of Hindi
- John Ballantyne or Bellenden, Scottish writer of the sixteenth century
- Joyce Ballantyne, American painter of pin-ups
- Linda Ballantyne, voice actress
- Martin Ballantyne, British Actor
- R. M. Ballantyne, Well-known 19th Century Scottish author
- Thomas Ballantyne, Canadian politician
- Tony Ballantyne, British writer
See also
References
- ^ "Ballantyne FYI", according to William Arthur’s An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names with an Essay on their Derivation and Import, published in 1857.
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