Dalton (surname)

Dalton is a surname of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman Dalton sept controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland. Notable people with the surname include:

Entertainment

• Abby Dalton (born 1935), American actress
• Audrey Dalton (born 1934), Irish actress
• Brett Dalton (born 1982), American actor
• Cal Dalton, American cartoon director
• Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), American actress
• Festus Dalton, ring name of Drew Hankinson (born 1983), American professional wrestler
• Irene Dalton (1901–1934), American actress
• Jesse Dalton, ring name of Ray Gordy (born 1979), American professional wrestler
• John Dalton (musician) (born 1943), British bass guitarist
• Karen Dalton (entertainer) (1938–1993), American musician
• Kristen Dalton (actress) (born 1966), American actress
• Kristen Dalton (Miss USA) (born 1986), Miss USA 2009
• Lacy J. Dalton (born 1948), American singer and songwriter
• Richard J. Dalton, American disk jockey
• Timothy Dalton (born 1946), British actor

Politics and government

• Henry Dalton (police officer) (1891–1966), British policeman
• Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887–1962), British politician
• John M. Dalton (1900–1972), American politician (Missouri)
• John N. Dalton (1931–1986), American politician (Virginia)
• Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (1901–1989) American lawyer, judge and politician
• Tristram Dalton (1738–1817), American politician
• Walter H. Dalton (born 1949), American politician

Science and technology

• Alan Dalton, Irish physicist and materials scientist
• Clifford Dalton, New Zealand nuclear scientist
• Henry Dalton (born 1847), American physician
• Howard Dalton, British microbiologist
• John Dalton (1766-1844), British physicist and chemist
• John Call Dalton (1825–1889), American physiologist
• Katharina Dalton (1916–2004), British physician

Sports

• Andy Dalton (born 1951), New Zealand rugby player
• Andy Dalton (born 1987), American football player
• Antico Dalton (born 1975), American player of American and Canadian football
• Barney Dalton, Australian rugby league player
• Brad Dalton, Australian basketball player
• Chuck Dalton (1927–2013), Canadian basketball player
• Eric Dalton (1906–1981), South African cricketer
• Harry Dalton (1928–2005), American baseball executive
• Jon Dalton (born 1974), U.S. wrestler ("Jonny Fairplay")
• Karen Dalton, (born 1961), Australian basketball player
• Lional Dalton (born 1975), American football player
• Mark Dalton, Australian basketball player
• Richard Dalton (disambiguation)
• Roque Dalton (1935-1975), Salvadoran poet and journalist
• Tim Dalton, Irish footballer

Other

• Emmett Dalton (1861–1937), U.S. outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang
• J. Frank Dalton (1848–1951), American alleged outlaw
• James Dalton, various including:
  • James Dalton (died 1730), British street robber
  • James Dalton II, a United States Army general killed in the Philippines during World War II
  • James Langley Dalton (1833–1887), English soldier
• John Howard Dalton (born 1941), American administrator and banker
• John Neale Dalton (1839–1931), British cleric
• Kerry Lyn Dalton (born 1960), American convicted criminal
• Lawrence Dalton (died 1561), English officer of arms
• Lucinda Lee Dalton (1847–1925), American Mormon feminist, poet and suffragist
• Stephen Dalton, British air marshal
  • Mr. Dalton, an English and history teacher of the title character and his friends in A Living Nightmare, a story in The Saga of Darren Shan series