Bolton (surname)

Bolton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Academics

 * Andrew Bolton (curator) (born 1966), British museum curator
 * Geoffrey Bolton (1931–2015), Australian academic historian
 * Herbert Eugene Bolton (1870–1953), American historian and professor
 * Jim Bolton (historian), English medieval economic historian
 * Patrick Bolton (born 1957), American economist and professor
 * Robert Bolton (1572–1631), English clergyman and academic
 * Samuel Bolton (1606–1654), English clergyman and scholar

Art

 * Clarence Bolton (1893–1962), American painter and lithographer
 * Constance Bolton (née Beard, 1884–1949), New Zealand painter
 * Nancy Bolton (1913 – 2008), Australian artist and teacher
 * William Jay Bolton (1816–1884), English-American designer and manufacturer of stained glass windows

Banking and finance

 * Anthony Bolton (born 1950), British investment fund manager and investor
 * Frederic Bolton (1851–1920), English shipowner and underwriter
 * James C. Bolton (1899–1974), American banker in Louisiana; son of James W. Bolton
 * James W. Bolton (1869–1936), American banker in Louisiana; son of George Washington Bolton, father of James C. Bolton

Entertainment

 * Betty Bolton (1906–2005), British actress
 * Emily Bolton (born 1951), Dutch actress
 * Joe Bolton (television personality) (1910–1986), American radio and television personality
 * John Bolton (actor) (born 1965), American actor
 * Marc Bolton (born 1968), English actor
 * Mary Catherine Bolton (1790/91–1830), English actress, later known as Lady Thurlow
 * Michael Bolton (born 1953), American singer
 * Roger Bolton (producer) (born 1945), British television producer and radio presenter
 * Zach Bolton (born 1981), American director, producer, and voice actor

Military

 * Cecil H. Bolton (1908–1965), United States Army colonel and Medal of Honor recipient
 * Claude M. Bolton Jr. (1945–2015), American Air Force Major General
 * Daniel Bolton (1793–1860), English military engineer
 * Edward L. Bolton, United States Air Force major general
 * Francis Bolton (1831–1887), British Army officer and engineer
 * William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1817), captain in the Royal Navy
 * William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1830) (1777–1830), post-captain in the Royal Navy
 * William Compton Bolton (died 1849), English-born officer in the United States Navy
 * William Kinsey Bolton (1861–1941), Australian soldier and politician

Music

 * Dupree Bolton (1929–1993), American jazz trumpeter
 * Ivor Bolton (born 1958), English conductor and harpsichordist
 * Steve Bolton (born 1949), English rock musician, also known as Boltz
 * Tangelene Bolton (born 1991), American composer and music producer

Australia

 * Alexander Bolton (1847–1918), Australian politician
 * Elizabeth Bolton (born 1950), Australian lawyer, judge and magistrate
 * Harry Bolton (1870–1956), Australian politician in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
 * Henry Bolton (Australian politician) (1842–1900), Australian politician and brewer
 * Sandy Bolton (born 1964), Australian politician

United Kingdom

 * Edward Bolton (1592–1659), English-born judge in Ireland
 * Henry Bolton (British politician) (born 1963), former leader of the UK Independence Party
 * Hugh Bolton (trade unionist) (died 1947), British trade union official
 * John Bolton (Haverfordwest MP) (fl. 1555), English politician
 * John Bolton (Manx politician) (died 1980), Manx politician and accountant
 * Joseph Cheney Bolton (1819–1901), Scottish politician and merchant
 * Molly Bolton (1897–1991), British politician
 * Norman Bolton (1875–1965), British civil servant in British India
 * Robert Bolton (politician) (fl. 1990s), Northern Ireland politician
 * Roger Bolton (1947–2006), British trade unionist
 * Thomas Bolton (politician) (1841–1906), British politician
 * Thomas Henry Bolton (1841–1916), English solicitor and politician
 * William Bolton (Lord Mayor), English merchant and Lord Mayor of London in 1866

United States

 * Chester C. Bolton (1882–1939), American politician in Ohio; father of Oliver P. Bolton
 * Frances P. Bolton (1885–1977), American politician in Ohio; mother of Oliver P. Bolton
 * George Washington Bolton (1841–1931), American politician in Louisiana; father of James W. Bolton
 * John Bolton (born 1948), 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 27th United States National Security Advisor
 * John M. Bolton (1901–1936), American businessman and politician in Illinois
 * Oliver P. Bolton (1917–1972), American politician in Ohio; son of Frances P. Bolton and Chester C. Bolton
 * Richard J. Bolton (1875–1954), American politician in New York and hotel owner
 * Ron Bolton (politician) (fl. 2022, American politician
 * Susan R. Bolton (born 1951), American judge in Arizona
 * William P. Bolton (1885–1964), American politician in Maryland

Other

 * Cornelius Bolton (died 1829) (1751–1829), Irish landowner and politician
 * Ferris Bolton (1853–1937), Canadian politician and farmer in Manitoba
 * John Bolton (Canadian politician) (1824–1872), Canadian businessman and political figure in New Brunswick
 * Kenneth Bolton (1906–1996), Canadian politician in Ontario

Religion

 * Charles Anselm Bolton (c. 1905–c.1970), English priest and professor of history and languages
 * Frederick Bolton (1908–1987), Dean of Leighlin from 1963 to 1983
 * George Bolton (priest) (1905–1968), Dean of Elphin and Ardagh from 1963 to 1967
 * Hugh Bolton (priest) (died 1758), Dean of Waterford from 1723 until his death
 * John Bolton (priest) (1665–1724), Dean of Derry from 1700 until his death
 * William Bolton (priest), Dean of Ross, Ireland, from 1630 to 1637

Science

 * Barry Bolton, English myrmecologist
 * Charles Bolton (pathologist) (1870–1947), British physician and pathologist
 * Charles Francis Bolton (born 1932), Canadian professor of neurology
 * Elmer Keiser Bolton (1886–1968), American chemist
 * Henry Carrington Bolton (1843–1903), American chemist and bibliographer of science
 * Herbert Bolton (palaeontologist) (1863–1936), British palaeontologist
 * James Bolton (1735–1799), English naturalist, mycologist, and illustrator
 * John Gatenby Bolton (1922–1993), British-Australian astronomer
 * Joseph Shaw Bolton (1867–1946), British physician, pathologist, alienist, neurologist, and professor of medicine
 * Lissant Bolton (born 1954), Australian anthropologist
 * Malcolm Bolton (born 1946), British soil mechanics engineer and professor
 * Reginald Pelham Bolton (1856–1942), Anglo-American engineer, archaeologist and historian
 * Sarah Bolton (physicist), American physicist and university administrator
 * Scott J. Bolton, American theoretical and experimental space physicist
 * Thaddeus L. Bolton (1865–1948), American psychologist
 * Tom Bolton (astronomer) (1943–2021), American-Canadian astronomer
 * Werner von Bolton (1868–1912), German chemist and materials scientist

American football (gridiron)

 * Andy Bolton (American football) (born 1954), American gridiron football running back
 * Curtis Bolton (born 1995), American gridiron football linebacker
 * Harry Bolton (American football) (1919–1986), American gridiron football tackle
 * Nathaniel Bolton (born 1968), American gridiron football wide receiver and running back
 * Nick Bolton (born 2000), American gridiron football linebacker
 * Ron Bolton (born 1950), American gridiron football defensive back and coach
 * Scott Bolton (American football) (born 1965), American gridiron football wide receiver

Association football (soccer)

 * Arthur Bolton (1912–2001), English footballer
 * Clint Bolton (born 1975), Australian football goalkeeper
 * Hugh Bolton (footballer) (1879–unknown), Scottish footballer
 * Ian Bolton (born 1953), English footballer
 * Jack Bolton (1941–2021), Scottish footballer
 * James Bolton (footballer) (born 1994), English footballer
 * Joe Bolton (footballer) (born 1955), English footballer
 * Josh Bolton (born 1984), American soccer player
 * Laurie Bolton (1932–2018), English footballer
 * Leslie Bolton (1909–1986), Danish footballer
 * Luke Bolton (born 1999), English footballer
 * Nigel Bolton (born 1975), English footballer
 * William Bolton (footballer) (fl. 1915), English footballer

Australian rules football

 * Brendon Bolton (born 1979), Tasmanian coach of Australian rules football
 * Charles Bolton (footballer) (1876–1954), Australian rules footballer
 * Craig Bolton (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
 * Darren Bolton (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
 * David Bolton (Australian footballer) (born 1960), Australian rules footballer
 * Jude Bolton (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
 * Jye Bolton (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
 * Mark Bolton (born 1979), Australian rules footballer
 * Shai Bolton (born 1998), Australian rules footballer

Baseball

 * Cecil Bolton (1904–1993), American baseball first baseman
 * Cliff Bolton (1907–1979), American baseball catcher
 * Rodney Bolton (born 1968), American baseball pitcher
 * Tom Bolton (baseball) (born 1962), American baseball pitcher

Basketball

 * Rasir Bolton (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Ruthie Bolton (born 1967), American basketball player

Cricket

 * Alan Bolton (cricketer) (1939–2003), English cricketer
 * Benjamin Bolton (1862–1910), English cricketer
 * Bertie Bolton (1893–1964), British cricketer and army officer
 * Bruce Bolton (born 1935), New Zealand cricketer
 * John Bolton (cricketer) (1881–1935), Australian cricketer
 * Nicole Bolton (born 1989), Australian cricketer

Ice hockey

 * Hugh Bolton (ice hockey) (1929–1999), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Jenny Bolton (born 1992), English ice hockey player

Rugby

 * Dave Bolton (1937–2021), British rugby league footballer who also played in Australia
 * Phil Bolton (born 1983), American rugby union player
 * Reg Bolton (rugby union) (1909–2006), English rugby union player and physician
 * Richard Bolton (rugby league) (born 1943), New Zealand former rugby league footballer, manager, and coach
 * Scott Bolton (rugby league) (born 1987), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Shayne Bolton (born 2000), South African rugby union player
 * Wilfred Bolton (1862–1930), English rugby union player
 * William Bolton (rugby union) (1851–1896), Scottish rugby union player

Other

 * Alan Bolton (darts player), New Zealand darts player
 * Andrew Bolton (rower) (born 1980), American lightweight rower
 * Andy Bolton (born 1970), English powerlifter and strongman
 * Bay Bolton (1705–1736), British Thoroughbred racehorse, also known as Brown Lusty
 * Bonner Bolton (born 1987), American rodeo cowboy and fashion model
 * Cameron Bolton (born 1990), Australian snowboarder
 * Colleen Bolton (born 1957), Australian cross-country skier
 * Emmet Bolton (born 1985), Irish player of Gaelic football
 * John Bolton (weightlifter) (born 1945), New Zealand light-heavyweight weightlifter
 * Lyndon Bolton (1899–1995), British horseman
 * Matthew Bolton (born 1979), Australian billiards and snooker player
 * Nancye Wynne Bolton (1916–2001), Australian tennis player
 * Ryan Bolton (born 1973), American triathlete
 * Sam Bolton (born 2002), British ski jumper
 * Shae Bolton (born 1989), Australian netball player, later known as Shae Brown
 * Toy Bolton (1926–2001), American motorsports driver and team owner in NASCAR

Writing

 * Deric Bolton (1908–1993), Scottish poet and research chemist
 * Edmund Bolton (c.1575–c.1633), English historian and poet
 * Gambier Bolton (1854–1928), English author and photographer
 * Guy Bolton (1884–1979), Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical comedies
 * Isabel Bolton (born Mary Britton Miller; 1883–1975), American poet and novelist
 * Ivy May Bolton (1879–1961), English-American nun and writer
 * Joe Bolton (poet) (1961–1990), American poet
 * John Bolton (illustrator) (born 1951), British comic and graphic artist
 * Ken Bolton (born 1949), Australian poet
 * Muriel Roy Bolton (1908–1983), American film and television writer
 * Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841–1916), American writer
 * Sarah T. Bolton (1814–1893), American poet and women's rights activist
 * Sharon Bolton, British author of mystery fiction, published as S. J. Bolton

Other

 * Charles B. Bolton (1909–1976), American dentist
 * Deirdre Bolton, American journalist and news anchor
 * Kerry Bolton (born 1956), New Zealand occultist and far-right activist
 * Linda Burnes Bolton, American nurse and healthcare administrator
 * Mary Bolton (addiction counsellor) (1920–1996), Irish counsellor and (non-clinical) psychotherapist
 * Reg Bolton (clown) (1945–2006), English-born clown in the United Kingdom and Australia
 * Roxcy Bolton (1926–2017), American feminist and civil rights activist
 * Steve Bolton (entrepreneur) (born 1967), British entrepreneur
 * Walter James Bolton (1888–1957), New Zealand criminal
 * William Robert Fossey Bolton (1905–1973), Australian businessman and philanthropist

Fictional characters

 * Jack Bolton (High School Musical), a character in the 2006 American television film High School Musical
 * Jambo Bolton, a character in the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
 * Kevin Bolton, a character in British soap opera EastEnders
 * Michael Bolton, a character from the 1999 American film Office Space
 * Ramsay Bolton, a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels
 * Roose Bolton, a character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels
 * Troy Bolton, a character in the 2006 American television film High School Musical