Hinton (name)

Hinton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Alan Hinton (born 1942), British soccer player, coach, and broadcaster
 * Algia Mae Hinton (1929–2018), American singer
 * Alistair Hinton (born 1950), Scottish composer
 * Amir Hinton (born 1997), American basketball player
 * Arthur Hinton, (1869-1941) English composer
 * Carma Hinton, Chinese documentary filmmaker, daughter of William Hinton
 * Charles Howard Hinton (1853–1907), British mathematician and science fiction author, coiner of the word "tesseract"
 * Christopher Hinton (disambiguation), several people
 * Craig Hinton (1964–2006), British writer who authored several Doctor Who novels
 * Dan Hinton (1953–1994), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Darby Hinton (born 1957), American actor
 * Deane R. Hinton (1923–2017), American diplomat
 * Denis Hinton (born 1939), Australian politician
 * Denise Hinton, United States deputy surgeon general
 * Ed Hinton (sportswriter) (born 1948), American motor racing sportswriter
 * Ed Hinton (actor) (1919–1958), American actor
 * Eddie Hinton (1944–1995), American songwriter and session musician
 * Eddie Hinton (American football) (born 1947), American football player
 * Geoffrey Hinton (born 1947), British-Canadian computer scientist
 * Howard Hinton (art patron) (1867–1948), Australian art patron and benefactor
 * Howard Hinton (1912–1977), British entomologist
 * Jack Hinton (1909–1997), New Zealand soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * James Hinton (disambiguation), several people
 * James Myles Hinton (1891–1970), African American businessperson, civil rights leader
 * Joan Hinton, American nuclear physicist who lived in China after 1949
 * Joe Hinton (1929–1968), American soul singer
 * John Hinton (disambiguation), several people
 * J. M. Hinton (philosopher) (1923–2000), also known as Michael Hinton, Oxford philosopher, first modern proponent of disjunctive view of perception
 * Joseph Hinton (composer) (1862 – after 1909), British composer and organist
 * Kendall Hinton (born 1997), American football player
 * Kyle Hinton (born 1998), American football player
 * Leanne Hinton, American linguist
 * Marcus Hinton (born 1971), American football player
 * Martin Hinton (1883–1961), English zoologist
 * Martin Hinton (judge), Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia
 * Mary Hinton (academic), American academic
 * Mary Hilliard Hinton (1869–1961), American anti-suffragist and historian
 * Milt Hinton (1910–2000), American jazz double bassist
 * Myles Hinton (born 2002), American football player
 * Nate Hinton (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Paula Hinton (1924–1996), English ballet dancer
 * Primrose Rupp Hinton (1889–1969), American journalist
 * Ronald Hinton (born 1972), American serial killer
 * S. E. Hinton (born 1948), American author of young adult novels
 * Tracey Hinton, Welsh athlete
 * William A. Hinton (politician), American politician
 * William Augustus Hinton, American bacteriologist, first African American professor at Harvard
 * William H. Hinton (1919–2004), American Marxist who chronicled the Chinese Revolution, most notably in his work Fanshen

Given name

 * Hinton Battle (1956–2024), American actor, dancer, and dance teacher
 * Hinton James, several people
 * Hinton Rowan Helper (1829–1909), American anti-slavery writer
 * Arthur Hinton Rosenfeld (1926-2017), American physicist