Payton (surname)

Payton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andy Payton (born 1967), English former professional footballer
• Asie Payton (1937–1997), American blues musician
• Barbara Payton (1927–1967), American film actress
• Brian Payton (born 1966), American writer
• Carolyn R. Payton (1925–2001), American psychologist, Director of the United States Peace Corps
• Catherine Payton, later known as Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker minister
• Charles Payton (born 1960), American former professional basketball player
• Charles Alfred Payton (1843–1926), British adventurer, fisherman, diplomat and writer
• Christian Payton (born 1965), American actor and singer
• Claude Payton (1882–1955), American actor
• Clement W. Payton (1897–1918), English World War I flying ace
• David Payton (born 1952), New Zealand diplomat
• Denis Payton (1943–2006), English saxophonist
• Dion Payton (born 1950), American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
• Eddie Payton (born 1951) former American football player
• Elfrid Payton (born 1967), Canadian football player
• Elfrid Payton, Jr. (born 1994), American basketball player
• Estella Payton (1904–1999), American television cook
• Gary Payton (born 1968), American basketball player
• Gary Payton II (born 1992), American basketball player and son of the above
• Gary E. Payton (born 1948), American astronaut
• James Payton, American history professor
• Jarrett Payton (born 1980), professional American and Canadian football player; son of football player Walter Payton
• Jay Payton (born 1972), American former baseball player
• Jo Marie Payton (born 1950), American television actress
• John Payton (1946–2012), African-American civil rights attorney
• Jordan Payton (born 1993), American football player
• Khary Payton (born 1972), American actor
• Lawrence Payton (1938–1997), American singer, songwriter and record producer
• Lucy Payton (1877–1969), American silent film actress
• Mark Payton, baseball player
• Mel Payton (1926–2001), American professional basketball player
• Michael Payton (born 1970), former American football quarterback
• Muirceartach Ua Peatáin (died 1178), Irish chieftain
• Nicholas Payton (born 1973), American jazz trumpeter and keyboard player
• Philip Payton (born 1953), British historian
• Philip A. Payton, Jr. (1876–1917), African American real estate entrepreneur
• Ross Payton, American writer, podcaster, layout artist, and movie director
• Sean Payton (born 1963), American football coach, currently head coach of the New Orleans Saints
• Stephen Payton, British Paralympian athlete
• Sue C. Payton, American technologist, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
• Tony Payton (born 1981), American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Walter Payton (1954–1999), American football player
• Walter Payton (musician) (1942–2010), American jazz bassist and sousaphonist
• Wilfred Payton (1882–1943), English cricketer
• Wilfred Payton (priest) (1913–1989), English clergyman and cricketer