Newt is a shortened form of the given name Newton. It may refer to: People Newt Allen (1901–1988), American Negro league baseball player Newt Gingrich (born 1943), American politician and former Speaker of the House Newt H. Hall (1873–1939), American Marine Corps officer who served during the Boxer Rebellion Newt Heisley (1920–2009), American commercial artist who designed the POW/MIA flag Newt Hudson (1926-2014), American politician and educator Newt Hunter (1880–1963), American Major League Baseball player Newt Joseph (1896-1953), American Negro league baseball player and manager Newt Kimball (1915-2001), American Major League Baseball pitcher Newt Loken (1919-2011), American gymnast and coach Newt V. Mills (1899–1996), American politician Newt Perry (1908-1987), American swimmer, coach and promoter of water theme parks Newt Randall (1880–1955), American Major League Baseball player Fictional characters Newt Dobbs, in the Western novel Lonesome Dove, the miniseries adaptation, and the sequel miniseries, Return to Lonesome Dove Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, in the film Aliens Newt Livingston from Cory in the House Oswald "Uncle Newt" Nightingale, one of the central characters in the ninth series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme Newt Scamander, the fictional author of J. K. Rowling's 2001 book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Newt, a character in Hollyoaks Newt, in the novel The Maze Runner, the two sequels and the film trilogy based on them Newt, a character from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 See also Newt (disambiguation) English masculine given names Hypocorisms Lists of people by nickname