# Horton (surname)

Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

## List of people with the surname Horton

* Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone
* Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer
* Ann Horton (1894–1965), British physicist
* Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Governor of Puerto Rico
* Bill Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager
* Carolyn Price Horton (1909-2001), American bookbinder and conservator
* Charles Horton, American football player
* Chris Horton (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Claire Horton (born 1962), British charity executive
* Claude Wendell Horton, Jr. (born 1942), American physicist
* Claude Wendell Horton, Sr. (1915–2001), American physicist
* Clinton T. Horton (1876–1953), New York politician and judge
* Christiana Horton (c. 1696 – c. 1756), English actress
* Corinne Stocker Horton (1871-1947), American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor
* David Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality
* Dodie Horton, American politician
* Duncan Horton (born 1967), English footballer
* Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player
* Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
* Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player
* Frank Horton (disambiguation), several people
* George Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina
* Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
* Herschella Horton (1938-2022), American politician
* Isaiah Horton, American football player
* Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
* Jack K. Horton (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive.
* James Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Jason Horton (born 1980), American football player
* Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician
* John Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer
* Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast
* Judith Ann Carter Horton (1866–1948), American educator and librarian
* Kenneth Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Larry Horton (born 1949), American football player
* Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer
* Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer
* Lesley Horton, British novelist
* Mack Horton OAM (born Mackenzie Horton; 1996), an Australian freestyle swimmer
* Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist
* Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player
* Martin Horton (1934–2011), former English cricketer
* Mary Ann Horton (born Mark R. Horton, 1955), American computer scientist
* Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British submarine commander during the First World War, and admiral during the Second
* Michael Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Mike Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic
* Myles Horton (1905–1990), American educator
* Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
* Nigel Horton (born 1948), English rugby union player
* Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor
* Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal
* Robert Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Robin W. G. Horton (1932–2019), English social anthropologist and philosopher
* S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
* Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer
* Scott Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician
* Stanley M. Horton, American theologian
* Steven Wayne Horton (1954-2006), American singer
* Stuart Horton (born 1963), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s
* Thomas Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder
* Tommy Horton (1941–2017), English professional golfer
* Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player
* Tony Horton (rugby union) (1938–2020), English rugby union player
* Tory Horton (born 2002), American football player
* Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player
* William Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Willie Horton (disambiguation), several people
* Zach Horton, American football player

## Fictional characters

* Alice Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
* David Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
* Hugo Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
* James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series
* Sarah Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
* Dr. Tom Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives