# Hinton (name)

Hinton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Alan Hinton (born 1942), British soccer player, coach, and broadcaster
* Algia Mae Hinton (1929–2018), American singer
* Alistair Hinton (born 1950), Scottish composer
* Amir Hinton (born 1997), American basketball player
* Arthur Hinton, (1869-1941) English composer
* Carma Hinton, Chinese documentary filmmaker, daughter of William Hinton
* Charles Howard Hinton (1853–1907), British mathematician and science fiction author, coiner of the word "tesseract"
* Christopher Hinton (disambiguation), several people
* Craig Hinton (1964–2006), British writer who authored several Doctor Who novels
* Dan Hinton (1953–1994), Canadian ice hockey player
* Darby Hinton (born 1957), American actor
* Deane R. Hinton (1923–2017), American diplomat
* Denis Hinton (born 1939), Australian politician
* Denise Hinton, United States deputy surgeon general
* Ed Hinton (sportswriter) (born 1948), American motor racing sportswriter
* Ed Hinton (actor) (1919–1958), American actor
* Eddie Hinton (1944–1995), American songwriter and session musician
* Eddie Hinton (American football) (born 1947), American football player
* Geoffrey Hinton (born 1947), British-Canadian computer scientist
* Howard Hinton (art patron) (1867–1948), Australian art patron and benefactor
* Howard Hinton (1912–1977), British entomologist
* Jack Hinton (1909–1997), New Zealand soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
* James Hinton (disambiguation), several people
** James Myles Hinton (1891–1970), African American businessperson, civil rights leader
* Joan Hinton, American nuclear physicist who lived in China after 1949
* Joe Hinton (1929–1968), American soul singer
* John Hinton (disambiguation), several people
* J. M. Hinton (philosopher) (1923–2000), also known as Michael Hinton, Oxford philosopher, first modern proponent of disjunctive view of perception
* Joseph Hinton (composer) (1862 – after 1909), British composer and organist
* Kendall Hinton (born 1997), American football player
* Kyle Hinton (born 1998), American football player
* Leanne Hinton, American linguist
* Marcus Hinton (born 1971), American football player
* Martin Hinton (1883–1961), English zoologist
* Martin Hinton (judge), Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia
* Mary Hinton (academic), American academic
* Mary Hilliard Hinton (1869–1961), American anti-suffragist and historian
* Milt Hinton (1910–2000), American jazz double bassist
* Myles Hinton (born 2002), American football player
* Nate Hinton (born 1999), American basketball player
* Paula Hinton (1924–1996), English ballet dancer
* Primrose Rupp Hinton (1889–1969), American journalist
* Ronald Hinton (born 1972), American serial killer
* S. E. Hinton (born 1948), American author of young adult novels
* Tracey Hinton, Welsh athlete
* William A. Hinton (politician), American politician
* William Augustus Hinton, American bacteriologist, first African American professor at Harvard
* William H. Hinton (1919–2004), American Marxist who chronicled the Chinese Revolution, most notably in his work Fanshen

## Given name

* Hinton Battle (1956–2024), American actor, dancer, and dance teacher
* Hinton James, several people
* Hinton Rowan Helper (1829–1909), American anti-slavery writer
* Arthur Hinton Rosenfeld (1926-2017), American physicist