Staunton (surname)
Staunton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- George Leonard Staunton, English botanist
- Sir George Thomas Staunton, English traveller and orientalist
- Henry Staunton, British businessman
- Henry de Staunton, English medieval professor of canon law and university chancellor
- Howard Staunton, English chess master who lends his name to a style of chess pieces
- Imelda Staunton, British actress
- Irene Staunton, Zimbabwean publisher and editor
- Madonna Staunton Australian artist and poet
- Steve Staunton, former Irish footballer and former manager of Ireland national team
- Thomas Staunton, MP for Nottinghamshire 1411
- Thomas Staunton, MP for Ipswich 1757–84
