Dalton (surname)

Dalton is a surname of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman D'Alton (later Dalton) family controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland. An unrelated, prominent Norman-Irish gentry family of the toponymic surname de Antōn arose in Co. Kilkenny in the late thirteenth century; their surname was later corrupted to Daton or Dalton.

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
 * Hayden Dalton (born 1996), American basketball player for 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
 * Ray Dalton (born 1990), American singer, best known for his role on Can't Hold Us
 * 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