# Eaton (surname)

Eaton is an English surname, and may refer to:

## Academics and scientists

* Alfred Edwin Eaton (1844–1929), English clergyman and entomologist
* Amos Eaton (1776–1842), American scientist and educator, whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is Eaton
* Daniel Cady Eaton (1834–1895), American botanist
* Elon Howard Eaton (1866–1934), American ornithologist, scholar, and author
* Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton (1809–1832), American botanist and educator
* Jerry P. Eaton (1926–2004), American geologist
* Nathaniel Eaton (1610–1674), first schoolmaster of Harvard College
* Richard M. Eaton (born 1940), American historian
* Suzanne Eaton (1959–2019), American scientist and academic

## Arts

* Andrew Eaton (born 1960), British film producer
* Brando Eaton (born 1986), American film and television actor
* Charles Warren Eaton (1857–1937), American landscape artist
* Chris Eaton (born 1971), Canadian musician
* Cleveland Eaton (1939–2020), American jazz double bassist
* David Eaton (composer) (born 1949), American composer and conductor
* Edith Maude Eaton (1865–1914), American-Chinese author
* Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), Canadian-American novelist and poet
* Fanny Eaton (1835–1924), Jamaican-born artists model
* Gerald Eaton (born 1971), Canadian singer
* Jay Eaton (1899–1970), American character actor
* Jeff Eaton, American musician in the band Split Lip Rayfield
* Jonathan Eaton (1950–2024), American economist
* Mary Eaton (1901–1948), American actress
* Mary Emily Eaton (1873–1961), English botanical artist
* Meredith Eaton (born 1974), American actress
* Pearl Eaton (1898–1958), American actress
* Sally Eaton (born 1947), Wiccan High Priestess, liturgist, singer and actress
* Shirley Eaton (born 1937), British actress
* William J. Eaton (1930–2005), American journalist
* William Eaton, guitarist and luthier
* Winnifred Eaton (1875–1954), Canadian author
* Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896), Canadian-American portrait painter

## Business

* Cyrus S. Eaton (1883–1979), Canadian-born American financier, industrialist and philanthropist
* Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore (1816–1891), British businessman and Conservative politician
* Hubert Eaton (1881–1966), American businessman
* Joseph Oriel Eaton II (1873–1949), founder of the Eaton Corporation of the United States
* Robert James Eaton (born 1940), Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
* Roger Eaton, President and Chief Concept Officer of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
* Timothy Eaton (1834–1907), founder of the Eaton's department store chain
** Eaton family (Toronto), family and descendants of Timothy Eaton

## Military

* Brian Eaton (1916–1992), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
* Charles Eaton (RAAF officer) (1895–1979), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
* Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton (1869–1917), Canadian military officer
* John Eaton (general) (1829–1906), Union American Civil War general
* Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore (1848–1925), British Army officer, sportsman, and peer
* Kenneth Eaton (1934–2022), Royal Navy admiral
* Paul Eaton (born 1950), US general, best known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom
* Pinketham Eaton (died 1781), officer in the North Carolina Continental Line, American Revolutionary War
* William Eaton (soldier) (1764–1811), United States Army general who served as a soldier during the Barbary Wars

## Public service

* Amasa Eaton (1841–1914), American lawyer and politician
* Barney Augustus Eaton (1853–1936), Wisconsin state legislator
* Benjamin Harrison Eaton (1833–1904), American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist
* C. N. Eaton (1887–1978), American politician
* Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868–1953), Canadian-born American clergyman and politician
* Chris Eaton (born 1952), Australian police officer best known as a sports betting investigator
* Dorla Dean Eaton (born 1929), American civic leader and 37th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
* Dorman Bridgman Eaton (1823–1899), a U.S. civil service reformer
* Fred Eaton (1856–1934), mayor of Los Angeles
* Fredrik Stefan Eaton (1938–2021), Canadian businessman and diplomat
* Holly Eaton, American politician
* Horace Eaton (1804–1855), American politician
* James Youman Eaton (1863/1866-1928) American teacher, lawyer and politician
* John Eaton (politician) (1790–1856), U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, 19th century
* Nicole Eaton (born 1945), Canadian politician
* Robert G. Eaton (1937–2009), politician and cabinet minister in Ontario
* Rosanell Eaton (1921–2018), American activist
* Theophilus Eaton (1590–1658), first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
* William W. Eaton (1816–1898), American politician from Connecticut

## Sports

* Adam Eaton (pitcher) (born 1977), American baseball player
* Adam Eaton (outfielder) (born 1988), American baseball player
* Ashton Eaton (born 1988), American decathlete
* Aileen Eaton (1909–1987), Canadian born American boxing promoter
* Barry Eaton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s
* Bobby Eaton (1958–2021), American professional wrestler
* Chris Eaton (tennis) (born 1987), British tennis player
* David Eaton (gymnast) (born 1980), Welsh gymnast
* George Eaton (racing driver) (born 1945), Canadian race driver and president of Eaton's
* Jason Eaton (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Kaitlyn Eaton (born 1994), American wheelchair basketball player
* Lloyd Eaton (1918–2007), American football player, coach, and executive
* Mark Eaton (1957–2021), American basketball player
* Mark Eaton (ice hockey) (born 1977), American ice hockey player
* Nate Eaton (born 1996), American baseball player
* Stephen Eaton (born 1975), Australian paralympic athlete
* Steve Eaton, football (soccer) player (Tranmere Rovers)
* Zeb Eaton (1920–1989), American baseball player

## Other

* Elizabeth Eaton (born 1955) presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
* Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)
* Gai Eaton (1921–2010), British diplomat, writer, historian, and Sufist Islamic scholar
* Samuel Eaton (1596?–1665), English independent divine
* Seymour Eaton (1859–1916), author, publisher and educator
* Warren Samuel Eaton (1891–1966), American aviator