Galton (name)

Galton is a surname and occasionally a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Dorothy Galton (1901–1992), British university administrator
 * Sir Douglas Strutt Galton (1822–1899), British engineer
 * Emma Sophia Galton (1811–1904), English author
 * Francis Galton (1822–1911), English Victorian polymath
 * Frank Wallace Galton (1867–1952), English political writer and journalist
 * Jim Galton (1945–2017), American business executive
 * Leah Galton (born 1994), English footballer
 * Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (née Galton, 1778–1856), British writer in the anti-slavery movement
 * Peter Galton (born 1942), British vertebrate paleontologist
 * Ray Galton (1930–2018), British scriptwriter
 * Samuel Galton (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
 * Samuel Galton, Jr. (1753–1832), British arms manufacturer
 * Samuel Tertius Galton (1783–1844), British businessman and scientist

Given name

 * Galton Blackiston (born 1962), English chef