Dalton (surname)
Dalton is a surname of
Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland. An unrelated, prominent Norman-Irish gentry[1] family of the toponymic surname de Antōn arose in Co. Kilkenny in the late thirteenth century;[2] their surname was later corrupted to Daton or Dalton.[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
A–H
- Abby Dalton (1935–2020), American actress
- Albert Clayton Dalton (1867–1957), United States military officer
- Andy Dalton (American football)(born 1987), American football player
- Andy Dalton (rugby union) (born 1951), New Zealand rugby player
- Annie Charlotte Dalton (1865–1938), Canadian poet
- Antico Dalton (born 1975), American player of American and Canadian football
- Ashley Dalton (elected 2023), British politician
- Audrey Dalton (born 1934), Irish actress
- Barney Dalton, Australian rugby league player
- Brad Dalton (born 1959), Australian basketball player, brother of Mark and Karen Dalton
- Brett Dalton (born 1982), American actor
- Cal Dalton (1908–1974), American cartoon director
- Chuck Dalton (1927–2013), Canadian basketball player
- Clifford Dalton, New Zealand nuclear scientist
- Conrad Dalton, fictional president of the United States in Madam Secretary
- Cornelius Neale Dalton (1842–1920), British civil servant and author
- Devyn Dalton, American actress and stuntwoman
- Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), American actress
- Edward Tuite Dalton (1815 - 1880) British soldier, anthropologist
- Emmett Dalton (1861–1937), U.S. outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang
- Eric Dalton (1906–1981), South African cricketer
- Festus Dalton, ring name of Drew Hankinson(born 1983), American professional wrestler
- Harry Dalton (1928–2005), American baseball executive
- Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Henry Dalton (1847–1911), American physician
- Henry Dalton (police officer) (1891–1966), British policeman
- Howard Dalton, British microbiologist
- Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton(1887–1962), British politician
I–L
- Irene Dalton (1901–1934), American actress
- J. Frank Dalton (1848–1951), American alleged outlaw
- Jalen Dalton (born 1997), American football player
- James Dalton (disambiguation), several people, including:
- James Dalton (criminal) (died 1730), British street robber
- James Dalton II, a United States Army general killed in the Philippines during World War II
- James Langley Dalton (1833–1887), English soldier
- Jesse Dalton, ring name of Ray Gordy (born 1979), American professional wrestler
- John Dalton (1766–1844), British physicist and chemist
- John Dalton (musician) (born 1943), British bass guitarist
- John Call Dalton (1825–1889), American physiologist
- John Howard Dalton (born 1941), American administrator and banker
- John M. Dalton (1900–1972), American politician (Missouri)
- John N. Dalton (1931–1986), American politician (Virginia)
- John Neale Dalton (1839–1931), British cleric
- Jon Dalton(born 1974), U.S. wrestler ("Jonny Fairplay")
- Karen Dalton (basketball), (born 1961), Australian basketball player, sister of Brad and Mark Dalton
- Karen Dalton (entertainer)(1938–1993), American musician
- Katharina Dalton (1916–2004), British physician
- Kerry Lyn Dalton (born 1960), American convicted criminal
- Kristen Dalton (actress) (born 1966), American actress
- Kristen Dalton (Miss USA) (born 1986), Miss USA 2009
- Lacy J. Dalton (born 1948), American singer and songwriter
- Lawrence Dalton (died 1561), English officer of arms
- Lional Dalton (born 1975), American football player
- Lucinda Lee Dalton (1847–1925), American Mormon feminist, poet and suffragist
M–Z
- Mark Dalton (basketball), Australian basketball player, brother of Brad and Karen Dalton
- Matt Jimmy Dalton(1963–2016, English rugby league footballer, Whitehaven R.L.F.C. immortal
- Reg Dalton (1896–1979), English footballer
- Richard Dalton (disambiguation), several people
- Rick Dalton, fictional actor played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Roque Dalton (1935–1975), Salvadoran poet and journalist
- Shane Dalton (born 1965), Dublin GAA Inter County hurler and footballer
- Stephen Dalton, British air marshal
- Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (1901–1989) American lawyer, judge and politician
- Tim Dalton, Irish footballer
- Timothy Dalton (born 1946), British actor
- Tony Dalton (born 1975), Mexican actor
- Trent Dalton, Australian journalist and author
- Tristram Dalton (1738–1817), American politician
- Walter H. Dalton (born 1949), American politician
- William Dalton (author) (1821-1875), British newspaper editor and author of adventure stories
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