# Peyton (name)

Peyton is an English surname and a unisex given name. In Ireland it is known to have been among the anglicized forms of Ó Peatáin.

## 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 (1951–2021), American singer and songwriter
* Claudia Jessie Peyton (born 1989), English actress
* 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
* Ephraim G. Peyton (1802–after 1876), justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
* Gerry Peyton (born 1956), English football player
* Sir Henry 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)
* Joseph Hopkins Peyton (1808–1845), American politician
* K. M. Peyton (1929–2023), 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 (1932–2025), American composer, concert director, conductor, and teacher
* Mike Peyton (1921–2017), British cartoonist
* Noel Peyton (1935–2023), Irish 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
* Samuel Peyton (1804–1870), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
* Shelly Peyton, American chemist
* 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

## Given name

* Peyton (musician), singer-songwriter Peyton Nicole Booker
* Peyton Bowen (born 2004), American football player
* Peyton H. Colquitt (1831–1863), Confederate Officer
* 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 R. Helm, eleventh president of Muhlenberg College
* Peyton Hemp (born 2003), American ice hockey player
* Peyton Hendershot (born 1999), American football player
* Peyton Hillis (born 1986), American football player
* Peyton Kennedy (born 2004), American actress
* Peyton Elizabeth Lee (born 2004), American actress
* Peyton List (born 1986), American actress
* Peyton List (born 1998), American actress
* Peyton M. Magruder (1911–1982), aircraft designer
* Peyton Manning (born 1976), American football player
* Peyton C. March (1864–1955), American soldier and Army Chief of Staff
* Peyton Meyer (born 1998), American actor
* Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), American politician
* Peyton Randolph (governor) (1779–1828), 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 Stearns (born 2001), American tennis player
* Peyton Thompson (born 1990), American football player
* Peyton Watson (born 2002), American basketball player
* Peyton Young (born 1945), American game theorist

## Fictional characters

* Kelly Peyton, character in the television series Alias
* Peyton (Chaotic) in Chaotic (TV series)
* Peyton Bragg, character in the 1959 novel Alas, Babylon
* Peyton Charles, in iZombie (TV series)
* 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 2007's The Game Plan (film)
* Peyton Leverett, in the 2011 film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
* Peyton Loftis, in the 1951's Lie Down in Darkness (novel) by William Styron
* Peyton Mott, in 1992's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (film)
* Peyton Sawyer, character in the television series One Tree Hill
* Peyton Westlake, in the 1990 film Darkman