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 Dalton sept controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland. Notable people with the surname include:
Entertainment
- Abby Dalton (born 1935), American actress
- Audrey Dalton (born 1934), Irish actress
- Brett Dalton (born 1982), American actor
- Cal Dalton, American cartoon director
- Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), American actress
- Festus Dalton, ring name of Drew Hankinson (born 1983), American professional wrestler
- Irene Dalton (1901–1934), American actress
- Jesse Dalton, ring name of Ray Gordy (born 1979), American professional wrestler
- John Dalton (musician) (born 1943), British bass guitarist
- Karen Dalton (entertainer) (1938–1993), American musician
- 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
- Richard J. Dalton, American disk jockey
- Timothy Dalton (born 1946), British actor
Politics and government
- Henry Dalton (police officer) (1891–1966), British policeman
- Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887–1962), British politician
- John M. Dalton (1900–1972), American politician (Missouri)
- John N. Dalton (1931–1986), American politician (Virginia)
- Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (1901–1989) American lawyer, judge and politician
- Tristram Dalton (1738–1817), American politician
- Walter H. Dalton (born 1949), American politician
Science and technology
- Alan Dalton, Irish physicist and materials scientist
- Clifford Dalton, New Zealand nuclear scientist
- Henry Dalton (born 1847), American physician
- Howard Dalton, British microbiologist
- John Dalton (1766-1844), British physicist and chemist
- John Call Dalton (1825–1889), American physiologist
- Katharina Dalton (1916–2004), British physician
Sports
- Andy Dalton (born 1951), New Zealand rugby player
- Andy Dalton (born 1987), American football player
- Antico Dalton (born 1975), American player of American and Canadian football
- Barney Dalton, Australian rugby league player
- Brad Dalton, Australian basketball player
- Chuck Dalton (1927–2013), Canadian basketball player
- Eric Dalton (1906–1981), South African cricketer
- Harry Dalton (1928–2005), American baseball executive
- Jon Dalton (born 1974), U.S. wrestler ("Jonny Fairplay")
- Karen Dalton, (born 1961), Australian basketball player
- Lional Dalton (born 1975), American football player
- Mark Dalton, Australian basketball player
- Richard Dalton (disambiguation)
- Roque Dalton (1935-1975), Salvadoran poet and journalist
- Tim Dalton, Irish footballer
- Shane Dalton (born 1965), Dublin GAA Inter County Hurler and Footballer
Other
- Emmett Dalton (1861–1937), U.S. outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang
- J. Frank Dalton (1848–1951), American alleged outlaw
- James Dalton, various including:
- James Dalton (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
- John Howard Dalton (born 1941), American administrator and banker
- John Neale Dalton (1839–1931), British cleric
- Kerry Lyn Dalton (born 1960), American convicted criminal
- Lawrence Dalton (died 1561), English officer of arms
- Lucinda Lee Dalton (1847–1925), American Mormon feminist, poet and suffragist
- Stephen Dalton, British air marshal
- Mr. Dalton, an English and history teacher of the title character and his friends in A Living Nightmare, a story in The Saga of Darren Shan series
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