Emerton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton (born 1935), British nurse and politician
Brett Emerton (born 1979), Australian footballer
Danny Emerton (born 1991), English footballer
Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935), American educator, author, translator, and historian
James Henry Emerton (1847–1931), American arachnologist and illustrator
John Emerton (1928–2015), British academic, Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University
Karin Emerton, Australian jurist
Roy Emerton (1893–1944), British film actor
Wendy Emerton, birth name of Wendy Richard (1943–2009), English actress
