Bolton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Al Bolton (1924-2014), American television and radio meteorologistAndy Bolton, English powerlifter and strongmanBarry Bolton, English myrmecologistClint Bolton, Australian goalkeeperCecil Bolton (1904–1993), American baseball playerCharles Thomas Bolton (born 1943), American astronomerDave Bolton, British rugby league footballerElmer Keiser Bolton (1886–1968), chemist and research director at DuPontEmily Bolton, actressGeoffrey Bolton, Western Australian academic historianGeorge Washington Bolton (1841-1931), American politician and bankerHerbert Eugene Bolton, historian and professorJames Bolton (1735–1799), English naturalist, mycologist, and illustratorJames W. Bolton (1869-1936), American banker and politicianJenny Bolton, ice hockey playerJohn Bolton (disambiguation) (multiple)Kerry Bolton, occultist and far-right activistMichael Bolton (born Michael Bolotin), singerPeggy Bolton (1917-1987), American civic and community leaderRobert Bolton, English clergyman and academicRobert H. Bolton (1908-2003), American bankerRoger Bolton (1947–2006), British trade unionistRoger Bolton (producer) (born 1945), British television producer and radio presenterWalter James Bolton, last person executed in New Zealand before the abolition of capital punishment