Lipton is a surname, and may refer to: Bruce Lipton (born 1944), American developmental biologist Carwood Lipton (1920–2001), US Army officer and World War II veteran portrayed in Band of Brothers (TV miniseries) Celia Lipton (1923–2011), British actress, singer and philanthropist Ellen Lipton (born 1967), American lawyer and politician Eric Lipton (contemporary), New York Times reporter James Lipton (1926–2020), American writer and poet John Lipton (born 1936), American politician Lawrence Lipton (1898–1975), American journalist, writer, and beat poet Lenny Lipton (born 1940), American author, filmmaker and stereoscopic vision system inventor Lew Lipton (1897–1961), American screenwriter Lynne Lipton (contemporary), American actress Marcus Lipton (1900–1978), British Labour Party politician Martha Lipton (1913–2006), American operatic mezzo-soprano Martin Lipton (born 1931), American lawyer Michael Lipton (born 1937), British economist Peggy Lipton (1946–2019), American actress, model, and socialite Peter Lipton (1954–2007), American philosopher of science and epistemologist Richard J. Lipton (born 1946), American computer scientist Seymour Lipton (1903–1986), American abstract expressionist sculptor Sydney Lipton (1905–1995), English bandleader Sir Thomas Lipton (1848–1931), British merchant and yachtsman; created the Lipton tea brand Zachary Lipton (born 1985), American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader See also Lipton, tea brand, and former British supermarket chain Lipton, Saskatchewan, village in Canada Lipson (disambiguation)