# 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
* Naomi Payton (born 2003), Japan voice actor, singer and idol
* 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
* Rico Payton (born 1999), American football player
* 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