Peyton (name)

Peyton is an English surname and a unisex given name. In Ireland it is known to have been among the anglicized forms of Ó Peatáin.

Surname

 * Balie Peyton (1803–1878), American lawyer and politician
 * Ben Peyton (born 1977), British actor
 * Benny Peyton (c. 1890 – 1965), American jazz drummer
 * Bob Peyton (born 1954), English former footballer
 * Brad Peyton (born 1980), Canadian-born film director
 * Caroline Peyton (1951–2021), American singer and songwriter
 * Claudia Jessie Peyton (born 1989), English actress
 * Craig Peyton (born 1953), American producer
 * Dave Peyton (c. 1885 – 1955), American songwriter, pianist, and arranger
 * Edward Peyton (died 1749), officer of the Royal Navy
 * Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), American painter
 * Ephraim G. Peyton (1802–after 1876), justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
 * Gerry Peyton (born 1956), English football player
 * Sir Henry Peyton, 1st Baronet (1736–1789), MP for Cambridgeshire 1782–89
 * Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet (1779–1854), MP for Cambridgeshire in 1802
 * Sir Henry Peyton, 3rd Baronet (1804–1866), MP for Woodstock 1837–38
 * Herb Peyton (born 1932), American entrepreneur and founder of Gate Petroleum in Jacksonville, Florida
 * Jane Peyton (1870–1946), American actress
 * John Peyton (disambiguation), the name of several people
 * Joseph Hopkins Peyton (1808–1845), American politician
 * K. M. Peyton (1929–2023), British author
 * Kate Peyton (1965–2005), Senior Producer for the BBC Johannesburg Bureau 2002–05
 * Kim Peyton (1957–1986), competitive freestyle swimmer, Gold medalist for the United States at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics
 * Malcolm Peyton (born 1932), American composer, concert director, conductor, and teacher
 * Mike Peyton (1921–2017), British cartoonist
 * Noel Peyton (born 1935), Irish former professional footballer
 * Oliver Peyton (born 1963), Irish restaurateur and judge on the BBC television series Great British Menu
 * Patrick Peyton (1909–1992), Irish-born American priest
 * Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton (1822–1863), American politician and soldier
 * Rog Peyton (born 1942), science fiction bookseller and editor
 * Samuel Peyton (1804–1870), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
 * Shelly Peyton, American chemist
 * Tony Peyton (1922–2007), member of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team
 * Warren Peyton (born 1979), English footballer
 * Whitney Peyton, American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * William Peyton (1866–1931), British general

Given name

 * Peyton C. March (1864–1955), American soldier and Army Chief of Staff
 * Peyton Evans (1892–1972), former head coach of the University of Virginia college football program from 1916 to 1916
 * Peyton Gordon (1870–1946), United States federal judge
 * Peyton H. Colquitt (1831–1863), Confederate Officer
 * Peyton Hendershot (born 1999), American football player
 * Peyton Hillis (born 1986), American football player
 * Peyton Elizabeth Lee (born 2004), American actress
 * Peyton Kennedy (born 2004), American actress
 * Peyton List (born 1986), American actress
 * Peyton List (born 1998), American actress
 * Peyton M. Magruder (1911–1982), aircraft designer
 * Peyton Manning (born 1976), American football player
 * Peyton Meyer (born 1998), American actor
 * Peyton R. Helm, eleventh president of Muhlenberg College
 * Peyton Randolph (governor) (1779–1828), American politician
 * Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), American politician
 * Peyton Reed (born 1964), American director
 * Peyton Sellers (born 1983), American race car driver, competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series
 * Peyton Short (1761–1825), land speculator and politician in Kentucky
 * Peyton Siva (born 1990), American basketball player
 * Peyton Stearns (born 2001), American tennis player
 * Peyton Thompson (born 1990), American football player
 * Peyton Watson (born 2002), American basketball player
 * Peyton Young (born 1945), American game theorist

Fictional characters

 * Peyton (Chaotic), in the television series Chaotic
 * Peyton Charles, in the television series iZombie
 * Peyton Driscoll, in the television series CSI: NY
 * Peyton Farquhar, character in the short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
 * Peyton Kelly, in the 2007 film The Game Plan
 * Peyton Leverett, in the 2011 film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
 * Peyton Loftis, in the 1951 novel Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
 * Peyton Mott, in the 1992 film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
 * Peyton Sawyer, character in the television series One Tree Hill
 * Peyton Westlake, in the 1990 film Darkman
 * Kelly Peyton, character in the television series Alias
 * Peyton Bragg, character in the 1959 novel Alas, Babylon