Peyton
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Peyton is an English surname and both a masculine and female given name. The Gaelic variation in Ireland is Ó Peatáin.
People
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 (born 1951), American singer and songwriter
- 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
- Gerry Peyton (born 1956), English football player
- Sir Henry Dashwood 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 (born 1929), 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 (born 1921), 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
- Rupert Peyton (1899–1982), American politician
- Samuel Peyton (1804–1870), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- 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
- Walter Payton (1953–1999), American football player
- Gary Dwayne Payton (born 1968), former American basketball player
- Gary Eugene Payton (born 1948), former American astronaut
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 Hayslip (born 1966), American actress
- Peyton Hillis (born 1986), American football player
- Peyton List (actress, born 1986), American actress
- Peyton List (actress, born 1998), American actress
- Peyton M. Magruder (1911–1982), aircraft designer
- Peyton Manning (born 1976), American football player
- 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 Thompson (born 1990), American football player
- Peyton Young (born 1945), American game theorist
Fictional characters
- Peyton (Chaotic), in the television series Chaotic
- 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 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
Places
- Peyton, Colorado, a census-designated place in Colorado in the United States
- Peyton, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Wisconsin in the United States
Ships
- USS Peyton (PF-91), a United States Navy patrol frigate transferred to the United Kingdom while under construction which served in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Tortola (K595) from 1944 to 1945
See also
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