Eaton (surname)

Eaton is an English surname, and may refer to:

Academics and scientists

 * Alfred Edwin Eaton (1845–1929), English clergyman and entomologist
 * Amos Eaton (1776–1842), American scientist and educator, whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is Eaton
 * Daniel Cady Eaton (1834–1895), American botanist
 * Elon Howard Eaton (1866–1934), American ornithologist, scholar, and author
 * Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton (1809-1832), American botanist and educator
 * Jerry P. Eaton (1926–2004), American geologist
 * Nathaniel Eaton (1610–1674), first schoolmaster of Harvard College
 * Suzanne Eaton (1959–2019), American scientist and academic

Arts

 * Andrew Eaton (born 1960), British film producer
 * Brando Eaton (born 1986), American film and television actor
 * Charles Warren Eaton (1857–1937), American landscape artist
 * Chris Eaton (born 1971), Canadian musician
 * Cleveland Eaton (1939–2020), American jazz double bassist
 * David Eaton (composer) (born 1949), American composer and conductor
 * Edith Maude Eaton, American-Chinese author
 * Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), Canadian-American novelist and poet
 * Fanny Eaton (1835–1924), Jamaican-born artists model
 * Gerald Eaton, Canadian singer
 * Jay Eaton (1899–1970), American character actor
 * Jeff Eaton, American musician in the band Split Lip Rayfield
 * Jonathan Eaton, American economist
 * Mary Eaton (1901–1948), American actress
 * Mary Emily Eaton (1873–1961), English botanical artist
 * Meredith Eaton (born 1974), American actress
 * Pearl Eaton (1898–1958), American actress
 * Sally Eaton (born 1947), Wiccan High Priestess, liturgist, singer and actress
 * Shirley Eaton (born 1937), British actress
 * William J. Eaton (1930–2005), American journalist
 * William Eaton, guitarist and luthier
 * Winnifred Eaton (1875–1954), Canadian author
 * Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896), Canadian-American portrait painter

Business

 * Cyrus S. Eaton (1883–1979), Canadian-born American financier, industrialist and philanthropist
 * Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore (1816–1891), British businessman and Conservative politician
 * Hubert Eaton (1881–1966), American businessman
 * Joseph Oriel Eaton II (1873–1949), founder of the Eaton Corporation of the United States
 * Robert James Eaton (born 1940), Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
 * Roger Eaton, President and Chief Concept Officer of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
 * Timothy Eaton (1834–1907), founder of the Eaton's department store chain
 * Eaton family (Toronto), family and descendants of Timothy Eaton

Military

 * Brian Eaton (1916–1992), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
 * Charles Eaton (RAAF officer) (1895–1979), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
 * Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton (1869–1917), Canadian military officer
 * John Eaton (general) (1829–1906), Union American Civil War general
 * Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore (1848–1925), British Army officer, sportsman, and peer
 * Kenneth Eaton (1934–2022), Royal Navy admiral
 * Paul Eaton (born 1950), US general, best known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom
 * Pinketham Eaton (died 1781), officer in the North Carolina Continental Line, American Revolutionary War
 * William Eaton (soldier) (1764–1811), United States Army general who served as a soldier during the Barbary Wars

Public service

 * Amasa Eaton (1841-1914), American lawyer and politician
 * Barney Augustus Eaton (1853–1936), Wisconsin state legislator
 * Benjamin Harrison Eaton (1833–1904), American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist
 * C. N. Eaton (1887–1978), American politician
 * Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868–1953), Canadian-born American clergyman and politician
 * Chris Eaton (born 1952), Australian police officer best known as a sports betting investigator
 * Dorman Bridgman Eaton (1823–1899), a U.S. civil service reformer
 * Fred Eaton (1856–1934), mayor of Los Angeles
 * Fredrik Stefan Eaton (1938–2021), Canadian businessman and diplomat
 * Holly Eaton, American politician
 * Horace Eaton (1804–1855), American politician
 * James Youman Eaton (1863/1866-1928) American teacher, lawyer and politician
 * John Eaton (politician) (1790–1856), U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, 19th century
 * Nicole Eaton (born 1945), Canadian politician
 * Robert G. Eaton (1937–2009), politician and cabinet minister in Ontario
 * Rosanell Eaton (1921–2018), American activist
 * Theophilus Eaton (1590–1658), first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
 * William W. Eaton (1816–1898), American politician from Connecticut

Sports

 * Adam Eaton (pitcher) (born 1977), American baseball player
 * Adam Eaton (outfielder) (born 1988), American baseball player
 * Ashton Eaton (born 1988), American decathlete
 * Aileen Eaton (1909–1987), Canadian born American boxing promoter
 * Barry Eaton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s
 * Bobby Eaton (1958–2021), American professional wrestler
 * Chris Eaton (tennis) (born 1987), British tennis player
 * David Eaton (gymnast) (born 1980), Welsh gymnast
 * George Eaton (racing driver) (born 1945), Canadian race driver and president of Eaton's
 * Jason Eaton (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union footballer
 * Kaitlyn Eaton (born 1994), American wheelchair basketball player
 * Lloyd Eaton (1918–2007), American football player, coach, and executive
 * Mark Eaton (1957–2021), American basketball player
 * Mark Eaton (ice hockey) (born 1977), American ice hockey player
 * Nate Eaton (born 1996), American baseball player
 * Stephen Eaton (born 1975), Australian paralympic athlete
 * Steve Eaton, football (soccer) player (Tranmere Rovers)
 * Zeb Eaton (1920–1989), American baseball player

Other

 * Elizabeth Eaton (born 1955) presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
 * Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)
 * Gai Eaton (1921–2010), British diplomat, writer, historian, and Sufist Islamic scholar
 * Samuel Eaton (1596?–1665), English independent divine
 * Seymour Eaton (1859–1916), author, publisher and educator
 * Warren Samuel Eaton (1891–1966), American aviator