Clifton (given name)
Clifton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Clifton R. Breckinridge, American politician
- Clifton Chenier, American zydeco musician
- Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
- Clifton A. Hall, a Rhode Island architect
- Clifton James, American actor
- Clifton Leaf, American journalist, editor of Fortune magazine
- Clifton Parker, English composer
- Clifton Sprague, World War II–era officer in the U.S. Navy
- Clifton Sunada, American judoka
- Clifton Webb, American actor
- Clifton Williams, NASA astronaut and USMC Major
