# 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 D'Alton (later Dalton) family controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland. An unrelated, prominent Norman-Irish gentry family of the toponymic surname de Antōn arose in Co. Kilkenny in the late thirteenth century; their surname was later corrupted to Daton or Dalton.
Notable people with the surname include:

## A–H

* Abby Dalton (1935–2020), American actress
* Albert Clayton Dalton (1867–1957), United States military officer
* Andy Dalton (American football) (born 1987), American football player
* Andy Dalton (rugby union) (born 1951), New Zealand rugby player
* Annie Charlotte Dalton (1865–1938), Canadian poet
* Antico Dalton (born 1975), American player of American and Canadian football
* Ashley Dalton (elected 2023), British politician
* Audrey Dalton (born 1934), Irish actress
* Barney Dalton, Australian rugby league player
* Booker Dalton (1869–1948), American politician from Virginia
* Brad Dalton (born 1959), Australian basketball player, brother of Mark and Karen Dalton
* Brett Dalton (born 1982), American actor
* Cal Dalton (1908–1974), American cartoon director
* Chuck Dalton (1927–2013), Canadian basketball player
* Clifford Dalton, New Zealand nuclear scientist
* Conrad Dalton, fictional president of the United States in Madam Secretary
* Cornelius Neale Dalton (1842–1920), British civil servant and author
* Declan Dalton (born 1997), Irish hurler
* Devyn Dalton, American actress and stuntwoman
* Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), American actress
* Drew Dalton, American philosopher
* Edward Tuite Dalton (1815 - 1880) British soldier, anthropologist
* Emmett Dalton (1861–1937), U.S. outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang
* Emmet Dalton (1898-1978), Irish solder and film producer
* Eric Dalton (1906–1981), South African cricketer
* Festus Dalton, ring name of Drew Hankinson (born 1983), American professional wrestler
* Grady W. Dalton (died 1986), American politician from Virginia
* Harry Dalton (1928–2005), American baseball executive
* Hayden Dalton (born 1996), American basketball player for Hapoel Holon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Henry Dalton (1847–1911), American physician
* Henry Dalton (police officer) (1891–1966), British policeman
* Howard Dalton, British microbiologist
* Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887–1962), British politician

## I–L

* Irene Dalton (1901–1934), American actress
* J. Frank Dalton (1848–1951), American alleged outlaw
* Jalen Dalton (born 1997), American football player
* James Dalton (disambiguation), several people, including:
** James Dalton (criminal) (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
** James Dalton (footballer) (1864–?), Irish footballer
** James Dalton (pastoralist) (1834–1919), Irish born pastoralist in Australia
** J. J. Dalton (James Joseph Dalton, 1861–1924), Irish nationalist Member of Parliament
* Jesse Dalton, ring name of Ray Gordy (born 1979), American professional wrestler
* John Dalton (1766–1844), British physicist and chemist
* John Dalton (musician) (born 1943), British bass guitarist
* John Call Dalton (1825–1889), American physiologist
* John Howard Dalton (born 1941), American administrator and banker
* John M. Dalton (1900–1972), American politician (Missouri)
* John N. Dalton (1931–1986), American politician (Virginia)
* John Neale Dalton (1839–1931), British cleric
* Jon Dalton (born 1974), U.S. wrestler ("Jonny Fairplay")
* Joseph Dalton (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Joseph Dalton (footballer) (1915–?), English professional footballer
** Joseph Dalton (priest) (1817–1905), Irish Jesuit
* Karen Dalton (basketball), (born 1961), Australian basketball player, sister of Brad and Mark Dalton
* Karen Dalton (entertainer) (1938–1993), American musician
* Katharina Dalton (1916–2004), British physician
* Kerry Lyn Dalton (born 1960), American convicted criminal
* 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
* Lawrence Dalton (died 1561), English officer of arms
* Lional Dalton (born 1975), American football player
* Lucinda Lee Dalton (1847–1925), American Mormon feminist, poet and suffragist

## M–Z

* Mark Dalton (basketball), Australian basketball player, brother of Brad and Karen Dalton
* Matthew Dalton (born 1998), Irish rugby union player
* Matt Jimmy Dalton (1963–2016, English rugby league footballer, Whitehaven R.L.F.C. immortal
* Michael Dalton (disambiguation), several people, including:
** Michael Dalton (legal writer) (1564–1644), English barrister
** Michael Dalton (gambler) (born 1955), gambling author, publisher and blackjack player
** Michael Dalton (footballer) (1875–1933), Australian rules footballer
** Michael Dalton (priest) (1902–2009), Canadian Roman Catholic military chaplain in World War II
* Nigel Dalton, Australian politician
* Oakley Dalton (born 1952), American football player
* Phyllis Dalton (1925–2025), English costume designer
* Ray Dalton (born 1990), American singer, best known for his role on Can't Hold Us
* Reg Dalton (1896–1979), English footballer
* Richard Dalton (disambiguation), several people
* Rick Dalton, fictional actor played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
* Roque Dalton (1935–1975), Salvadoran poet and journalist
* Shane Dalton (born 1965), Irish Dublin GAA Inter County hurler and footballer
* Stephen Dalton, British air marshal
* Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (1901–1989) American lawyer, judge and politician
* Tim Dalton, Irish footballer
* Timothy Dalton (born 1946), British actor
* Tony Dalton (born 1975), Mexican actor
* Trent Dalton, Australian journalist and author
* Tristram Dalton (1738–1817), American politician
* Walter H. Dalton (born 1949), American politician
* William Dalton (author) (1821-1875), British newspaper editor and author of adventure stories