Payton (surname)
Payton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Payton, English cricketer
- Andy Payton, English former professional footballer
- Asie Payton, American blues musician
- Barbara Payton, American film actress
- Benjamin F. Payton, African-American university president
- Bob Payton, American marketing man, restaurateur and hotelier
- Boyd E Payton,, labor organizer born in Bobbin, West Virginia
- Bre Payton, American conservative writer
- Brian Payton, American writer
- Bryan Payton, professional Canadian football linebacker
- Carolyn R. Payton, American psychologist, Director of the United States Peace Corps
- Catherine Payton, later known as Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker minister
- Charles Payton, American former professional basketball player
- Charles Alfred Payton, British adventurer, fisherman, diplomat and writer
- Christian Payton, American actor and singer
- Claude Payton, American actor
- Clement W. Payton, English World War I flying ace
- David Payton, New Zealand diplomat
- Denis Payton, English saxophonist
- Dermot Payton, New Zealand cricketer
- Dion Payton, American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
- Eddie Payton former American football player
- Edward William Payton, photographer and painter in New Zealand
- Elfrid Payton, Canadian football player
- Elfrid Payton, Jr., American basketball player
- Estella Payton, American television cook
- Gary Payton, American basketball player
- Gary Payton II, American basketball player and son of the above
- Gary E. Payton, American astronaut
- Hannah Payton, British professional racing cyclist
- Hunter Payton, Hispanic American actor
- James Payton, American history professor
- Jarrett Payton, professional American and Canadian football player; son of football player Walter Payton
- Jay Payton, American former baseball player
- Jo Marie Payton, American television actress
- John Payton, African-American civil rights attorney
- John Payton , automobile dealer, Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Jordan Payton, American football player
- Khary Payton, American actor
- Lawrence Payton, American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Lucy Payton, American silent film actress
- Mark Payton, American professional baseball player
- Mel Payton, American professional basketball player
- Michael Payton, former American football quarterback
- Muirceartach Ua Peatáin, Irish chieftain
- Nicholas Payton, American jazz trumpeter and keyboard player
- Philip Payton, British historian
- Philip A. Payton, Jr., African American real estate entrepreneur
- Sean Payton, 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, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Walter Payton, American football player
- Walter Payton , American jazz bassist and sousaphonist
- Wilfred Payton, English cricketer
- Wilfred Payton , English clergyman and cricketer
