Payton (surname)

Payton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Albert Payton (1898–1967), English cricketer
 * Andy Payton (born 1967), English former professional footballer
 * Asie Payton (1937–1997), American blues musician
 * Barbara Payton (1927–1967), American film actress
 * Benjamin F. Payton (1932–2016), African-American university president
 * Bob Payton (1944–1994), American marketing man, restaurateur and hotelier
 * Boyd E. Payton, (1908–1984), labor organizer born in Bobbin, West Virginia
 * Bre Payton (1992–2018), American conservative writer
 * Brian Payton (born 1966), American writer
 * Bryan Payton (born 1986), professional Canadian football linebacker
 * Carolyn R. Payton (1925–2001), American psychologist, Director of the United States Peace Corps
 * Catherine Payton, later known as Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker minister
 * Charles Payton (born 1960), American former professional basketball player
 * Charles Alfred Payton (1843–1926), British adventurer, fisherman, diplomat and writer
 * Claude Payton (1882–1955), American actor
 * Clement W. Payton (1897–1918), English World War I flying ace
 * David Payton (born 1952), New Zealand diplomat
 * Denis Payton (1943–2006), English saxophonist
 * Dermot Payton (born 1945), New Zealand cricketer
 * Dion Payton (1950–2021), American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
 * Eddie Payton (born 1951) former American football player
 * Edward William Payton (1859–1944), photographer and painter in New Zealand
 * Elfrid Payton (born 1967), Canadian football player
 * Elfrid Payton, Jr. (born 1994), American basketball player
 * Estella Payton (1904–1999), American television cook
 * Gary Payton (born 1968), American basketball player
 * Gary Payton II (born 1992), American basketball player and son of the above
 * Gary E. Payton (born 1948), American astronaut
 * Hannah Payton (born 1994), British professional racing cyclist
 * James Payton, American history professor
 * Jarrett Payton (born 1980), professional American and Canadian football player; son of football player Walter Payton
 * Jay Payton (born 1972), American former baseball player
 * Jo Marie Payton (born 1950), American television actress
 * John Payton (1946–2012), African-American civil rights attorney
 * John Payton (politician) (born 1967), automobile dealer, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * John Payton Snr, founding president of the Australian Music Association
 * Jordan Payton (born 1993), American football player
 * Khary Payton (born 1972), American actor
 * Lawrence Payton (1938–1997), American singer, songwriter and record producer
 * Lucy Payton (1877–1969), American silent film actress
 * Mark Payton (born 1991), American professional baseball player
 * Mel Payton (1926–2001), American professional basketball player
 * Michael Payton (1970–2018), American football quarterback
 * Muirceartach Ua Peatáin (died 1178), Irish chieftain
 * Nicholas Payton (born 1973), American jazz trumpeter and keyboard player
 * Philip Payton (born 1953), British historian
 * Philip A. Payton, Jr. (1876–1917), African American real estate entrepreneur
 * Sean Payton (born 1963), head coach of the NFL's Denver Broncos since 2023
 * Stephen Payton, British Paralympian athlete
 * Sue C. Payton, American technologist, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
 * Tony Payton (born 1981), American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
 * Walter Payton (1954–1999), American football player
 * Walter Payton (musician) (1942–2010), American jazz bassist and sousaphonist
 * Wilfred Payton (1882–1943), English cricketer
 * Wilfred Payton (priest) (1913–1989), English clergyman and cricketer