Horton (surname)

Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

List of people with the surname Horton

 * Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone
 * Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer
 * Ann Horton (1894–1965), British physicist
 * Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Governor of Puerto Rico
 * Bill Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager
 * Carolyn Price Horton (1909-2001), American bookbinder and conservator
 * Charles Horton, American football player
 * Chris Horton (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Claire Horton (born 1962), British charity executive
 * Claude Wendell Horton, Jr. (born 1942), American physicist
 * Claude Wendell Horton, Sr. (1915–2001), American physicist
 * Clinton T. Horton (1876–1953), New York politician and judge
 * Christiana Horton (c. 1696 – c. 1756), English actress
 * Corinne Stocker Horton (1871-1947), American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor
 * David Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality
 * Dodie Horton, American politician
 * Duncan Horton (born 1967), English footballer
 * Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player
 * Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
 * Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player
 * Frank Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * George Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina
 * Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
 * Herschella Horton (1938-2022), American politician
 * Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
 * Jack K. Horton (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive.
 * James Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Jason Horton (born 1980), American football player
 * Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician
 * John Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer
 * Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast
 * Judith Ann Carter Horton (1866–1948), American educator and librarian
 * Kenneth Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Larry Horton (born 1949), American football player
 * Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer
 * Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer
 * Lesley Horton, British novelist
 * Mack Horton OAM (born Mackenzie Horton; 1996), an Australian freestyle swimmer
 * Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist
 * Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player
 * Martin Horton (1934–2011), former English cricketer
 * Mary Ann Horton (born Mark R. Horton, 1955), American computer scientist
 * Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British submarine commander during the First World War, and admiral during the Second
 * Michael Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Mike Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic
 * Myles Horton (1905–1990), American educator
 * Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Nigel Horton (born 1948), English rugby union player
 * Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor
 * Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal
 * Robert Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Robin W. G. Horton (1932–2019), English social anthropologist and philosopher
 * S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
 * Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer
 * Scott Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician
 * Stanley M. Horton, American theologian
 * Steven Wayne Horton (1954-2006), American singer
 * Stuart Horton (born 1963), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s
 * Thomas Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder
 * Tommy Horton (1941–2017), English professional golfer
 * Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player
 * Tony Horton (rugby union) (1938–2020), English rugby union player
 * Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player
 * William Horton (disambiguation), several people
 * Willie Horton (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

 * Alice Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
 * David Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
 * Hugo Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
 * James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series
 * Sarah Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
 * Dr. Tom Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives