Bolton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Al Bolton (1924-2014), American television and radio meteorologist
Andy Bolton, English powerlifter and strongman
Barry Bolton, English myrmecologist
Clint Bolton, Australian goalkeeper
Cecil Bolton (1904–1993), American baseball player
Charles Thomas Bolton (born 1943), American astronomer
Dave Bolton, British rugby league footballer
Elmer Keiser Bolton (1886–1968), chemist and research director at DuPont
Emily Bolton, actress
Geoffrey Bolton, Western Australian academic historian
George Washington Bolton (1841-1931), American politician and banker
Herbert Eugene Bolton, historian and professor
James Bolton (1735–1799), English naturalist, mycologist, and illustrator
James W. Bolton (1869-1936), American banker and politician
Jenny Bolton, ice hockey player
John Bolton (disambiguation) (multiple)
Kerry Bolton, occultist and far-right activist
Michael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin), singer
Peggy Bolton (1917-1987), American civic and community leader
Robert Bolton, English clergyman and academic
Robert H. Bolton (1908-2003), American banker
Roger Bolton (1947–2006), British trade unionist
Roger Bolton (producer) (born 1945), British television producer and radio presenter
Walter James Bolton, last person executed in New Zealand before the abolition of capital punishment
