Dalton is a surname of Norman origin found in Ireland and Britain and places where people from those backgrounds emigrated to. The Hiberno-Norman Dalton sept controlled an area of the Irish midlands following the Norman invasion and assimilation into Ireland. Notable people with the surname include:
Abby Dalton (born 1935), American actress
Audrey Dalton (born 1934), Irish actress
Brett Dalton (born 1982), American actor
Cal Dalton, American cartoon director
Dorothy Dalton (1893–1972), American actress
Festus Dalton, ring name of Drew Hankinson (born 1983), American professional wrestler
Irene Dalton (1901–1934), American actress
Jesse Dalton, ring name of Ray Gordy (born 1979), American professional wrestler
John Dalton (musician) (born 1943), British bass guitarist
Karen Dalton (entertainer) (1938–1993), American musician
Kristen Dalton (actress) (born 1966), American actress
Kristen Dalton (Miss USA) (born 1986), Miss USA 2009
Lacy J. Dalton (born 1948), American singer and songwriter
Richard J. Dalton, American disk jockey
Timothy Dalton (born 1946), British actor
Politics and government
Henry Dalton (police officer) (1891–1966), British policeman
Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887–1962), British politician
John M. Dalton (1900–1972), American politician (Missouri)
John N. Dalton (1931–1986), American politician (Virginia)
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton (1901–1989) American lawyer, judge and politician
Tristram Dalton (1738–1817), American politician
Walter H. Dalton (born 1949), American politician
Science and technology
Alan Dalton, Irish physicist and materials scientist
Clifford Dalton, New Zealand nuclear scientist
Henry Dalton (born 1847), American physician
Howard Dalton, British microbiologist
John Dalton (1766-1844), British physicist and chemist
John Call Dalton (1825–1889), American physiologist
Katharina Dalton (1916–2004), British physician
Andy Dalton (born 1951), New Zealand rugby player
Andy Dalton (born 1987), American football player
Antico Dalton (born 1975), American player of American and Canadian football
Barney Dalton, Australian rugby league player
Brad Dalton, Australian basketball player
Chuck Dalton (1927–2013), Canadian basketball player
Eric Dalton (1906–1981), South African cricketer
Harry Dalton (1928–2005), American baseball executive
Jon Dalton (born 1974), U.S. wrestler ("Jonny Fairplay")
Karen Dalton, (born 1961), Australian basketball player
Lional Dalton (born 1975), American football player
Mark Dalton, Australian basketball player
Richard Dalton (disambiguation)
Roque Dalton (1935-1975), Salvadoran poet and journalist
Tim Dalton, Irish footballer
Shane Dalton (born 1965), Dublin GAA Inter County Hurler and Footballer
Emmett Dalton (1861–1937), U.S. outlaw, member of the Dalton Gang
J. Frank Dalton (1848–1951), American alleged outlaw
James Dalton, various including:
James Dalton (died 1730), British street robber
James Dalton II, a United States Army general killed in the Philippines during World War II
James Langley Dalton (1833–1887), English soldier
John Howard Dalton (born 1941), American administrator and banker
John Neale Dalton (1839–1931), British cleric
Kerry Lyn Dalton (born 1960), American convicted criminal
Lawrence Dalton (died 1561), English officer of arms
Lucinda Lee Dalton (1847–1925), American Mormon feminist, poet and suffragist
Stephen Dalton, British air marshal
Mr. Dalton, an English and history teacher of the title character and his friends in A Living Nightmare, a story in The Saga of Darren Shan series
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