Denton (surname)

Denton is an English surname. It refers to someone from the location Denton, of which there are several, including in Yorkshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire.

Notable persons with this surname

 * Andrew Denton (born 1960), Australian media personality
 * Daniel Denton (c. 1626 – 1703), early American colonist and writer
 * Denice Denton (1959–2006), American academician
 * George Chardin Denton (1851–1928), British colonial governor
 * George H. Denton (born 1939), American geologist and glaciologist
 * George K. Denton (1864–1926), American politician
 * James Denton (actor) (born 1963), American film and television actor
 * Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), American politician (former U.S. Senator, R-AL)
 * Jim Denton, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
 * John B. Denton (1806–1841), American preacher, lawyer, soldier
 * John Bailey Denton (1814–1893), English surveyor, and civil engineer
 * Kit Denton (1928–1997), Australian author
 * Mary Florence Denton (1857–1947), American educator in Japan
 * Michael Denton (born 1943), British-Australian biochemist
 * Nancy Denton, American sociologist
 * Nick Denton (born 1966), founder of Gawker Media
 * Randy Denton (born 1949), American basketball player
 * Richard Denton (1586–1662), Founded one of the first Presbyterian churches in America
 * Sandra Denton (born 1964), American/Jamaican hip hop artist and part of Salt n Pepa
 * Sherman Foote Denton (1854–1937), American naturalist and illustrator
 * Trevor Denton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s
 * Will Denton (born 1990), American actor
 * William Denton (geologist) (1823-1883), occultist preacher and writer
 * Winfield K. Denton (1896–1971), American politician

In fiction:
 * JC Denton, the main character in the video game Deus Ex