Carleton (surname)

Carleton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alex Carleton (born 1968), American fashion and home-goods designer
 * Anita Carleton, American software engineer
 * Billie Carleton (1896–1918), British actress
 * Bridget Carleton (born 1997), Canadian basketball player
 * Charles A. Carleton (1836–1897), American Union Civil War era brevet brigadier general
 * Christopher Carleton (1749–1787), British Army officer
 * Claire Carleton (1913–1979), American actress
 * Dudley Carleton, Viscount Dorchester (1573–1632), English statesman and diplomat
 * Dudley Carleton (diplomat) (1599–1654), nephew of the above, diplomat and clerk of the Privy Council
 * Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), U.S. Representative from Michigan
 * George Carleton (1529–1590), prosecuted for involvement in the Marprelate controversy
 * George Carleton (bishop) (1559–1628), Bishop of Llandaff
 * George W. Carleton, publisher, New York, (1832–1901), published the books of Miriam Coles Harris.
 * George Carleton (1885–1950), American character actor
 * Guy Carleton (bishop) (1605–1685), Anglican clergyman
 * Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808), governor of Quebec and a general of British troops during the American War of Independence
 * Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton (1669–1725), English politician
 * Hugh Carleton (1810–1890), New Zealand politician
 * Isaac Newton Carleton (1832–1902), founder of Carleton School for Boys in Bradford, Massachusetts
 * James Henry Carleton (1814–1873), American major general
 * Jesse Carleton (1862–1921), American golfer
 * John Carleton (disambiguation)
 * Marie-Helene Carleton, American writer, photographer and filmmaker
 * Mark A. Carleton (1866–1925), American botanist and plant pathologist
 * Mark T. Carleton (1935–1995), Louisiana historian
 * Mary Carleton (1642–1673), Englishwoman who used false identities to marry and defraud a number of men
 * Nicholas Carleton (c1570–1630), English composer
 * Peter Carleton (1755–1828), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
 * Richard Carleton (1943–2006), Australian journalist
 * Robert Louis Carleton (1896–1956), American composer who wrote "Ja-Da!"
 * Thomas Carleton (c. 1735 – 1817), first lieutenant governor of New Brunswick
 * Walter Tenney Carleton (1867–1900), one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation
 * Wayne Carleton (born 1946), retired Canadian ice hockey player
 * William McKendree "Will" Carleton (1845–1912), American poet, who wrote mostly about rural life
 * William Carleton (1794–1869), Irish novelist
 * William Carleton (Massachusetts businessman) (1797–1876), American businessman
 * William P. Carleton (1872–1947), American actor