Compton (surname)

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


 * Allen T. Compton (1938–2008), justice of the Alaska Supreme Court
 * Ann Compton (born 1947), American journalist
 * Arthur Compton (1892–1962), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, of the Compton effect
 * Barnes Compton (1830–1898), Maryland congressman and state officeholder
 * Billy Compton (1896–1976), English footballer
 * Carla Compton, Canadian politician
 * Charles H. Compton (1880–1966), American librarian and educator
 * Christian Compton (1929–2006), justice of the supreme court of Virginia
 * Cliff Compton (born 1979), American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Domino
 * David G. Compton (1930–2023), British science fiction author
 * Denis Compton (1918–1997), England cricketer and footballer
 * Edward Compton (actor) (1854–1918), English actor-manager
 * Edward Theodore Compton (1849–1921), English-born, German artist, illustrator, and mountain climber
 * Lady Emily Compton (born 1980), English fashion model, editor, and stylist
 * Erik Compton (born 1979), Norwegian-American professional golfer
 * F. E. Compton, publisher
 * Fay Compton (1894–1974), English actress
 * Francis Compton (Conservative politician) (1824–1915), English lawyer and Conservative MP
 * Sir Francis Compton (c. 1629–1716), English soldier and MP for Warwick
 * Frances Snow Compton, a pseudonym used by Henry Adams
 * Freeman W. Compton (1824–1893), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
 * Henry Compton, Bishop of London
 * Henry Compton (actor), English actor
 * Herbert Eastwick Compton (1856–1906), English writer
 * Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
 * John Compton, leader of Saint Lucia United Workers Party
 * John Compton, London pipe & electronic organ maker
 * Karl Taylor Compton (1887–1954), physicist, president of MIT
 * Katie Compton, American bicycle racer
 * Leslie Compton, English footballer and cricketer
 * Lynn Compton, lead prosecutor in the Sirhan Sirhan trial
 * Nick Compton (born 1983), English cricketer
 * O'Neal Compton (1951–2019), American film and television actor
 * Patrick Compton (born 1952), South African cricketer
 * Paul Compton (born 1961), English footballer and football manager
 * Richard Compton (1938–2007), American actor
 * Richard G. Compton (born 1955), chemist
 * Richard Compton (cricketer) (born 1956), South African cricketer
 * Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979), South African botanist
 * Sean Compton, American Broadcast executive
 * Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (c. 1674–1743), British statesman and prime minister
 * Virginia Frances Bateman or Bateman Compton (1853–1940), American-born British actor-manager
 * Walter Ames Compton (1911–1990), American Doctor and Japanese sword collector.
 * Wayde Compton (born 1972), Canadian writer
 * William Compton (courtier) (c. 1482–1528), lover of Henry VIII's mistress, Anne Stafford
 * Wilson Martindale Compton (1890–1967), fifth president of Washington State University