Paxton (name)
Paxton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Bill Paxton (born 1955), American actor
- Elisha F. Paxton (1828–1863), American Civil War general in the Confederate army
- Gary S. Paxton (born 1938), American musician, producer
- Geoffrey Paxton, Australian Anglican minister
- George Paxton, American 1930s and 1940s big band leader, composer, and arranger
- James Paxton (born 1994), American actor
- Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, American blues musician and singer
- John Paxton (1911–1985), American screenwriter
- James E. Paxton (born 1963), American politician
- John Paxton (footballer) (born 1890) English footballer
- John M. Paxton, Jr. (born 1951), United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General, Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff
- Sir Joseph Paxton (1803–1865), English architect and botanist, designed the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851
- Lonie Paxton (born 1978), American NFL pro football player
- Mike Paxton (born 1953), American MLB pro baseball player
- Richard Paxton (1956–2006), English architect
- Robert Paxton (born 1932), American historian
- Sara Paxton (born 1988), American actress, musician
- Steve Paxton (born 1939), American experimental dancer and choreographer
- Thomas Paxton (1820–1887), Ontario businessman and politician
- Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet, Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1920 to 1923
- Thomas Paxton (1754–1804), captain of HMS Speedy (1798), lost in Lake Ontario
- Tom Paxton (born 1937), American folk musician, singer-songwriter
- See Paxton's Tower for William Paxton, (1745-1824) London merchant and banker
- William Paxton (Australian businessman)(1818–1893) Englishman who made a fortune in South Australia
- William McGregor Paxton (1869–1941), American artist
Given name
- Paxton Whitehead, British actor
Fictional characters
- Paxton Fudge, a character in Supertwink
- Emma Paxton, main character in The Lying Game series by Sara Shepard
- John Frederick Paxton, fictional character in Star Trek leading Terra Prime
- Sonya Paxton, a fictional Executive ADA appearing in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Paxton Fettel, main antagonist of F.E.A.R..
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