Hinton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Alan Hinton (born 1942), British Soccer player, coach, and broadcaster
Alistair Hinton (born 1950), Scottish composer
Berry Hinton (1910–2000), college baseball coach
Carma Hinton, Chinese documentary film-maker, daughter of William Hinton (see below)
Charles H. Hinton, son-in-law of George Boole, author of An Episode of Flatland, coined the word tesseract
Christopher Hinton (disambiguation), multiple people
Craig Hinton, a British writer, whose work includes several Doctor Who novels
Ed Hinton (sportswriter) (born 1948), a motor racing sportswriter
Ed Hinton (actor) (1919–1958), American actor
Eddie Hinton (1944–1995), a US songwriter and session musician
Geoffrey Hinton, a British computer scientist
Gerry E. Hinton (1930–2000), a Louisiana state senator and pioneer of the chiropractic profession
Howard Hinton (1912–1977), a British entomologist and Fellow of the Royal Society
James Hinton (1822–1875), an English surgeon and author
Joan Hinton, a US nuclear physicist who has lived in China for many years
Joe Hinton, soul singer
John Hinton (disambiguation), multiple people
J. M. Hinton, also known as "Michael Hinton", Oxford philosopher, first modern proponent of disjunctive view of perception
Joseph Hinton (died 1884), after whom the community of Hintonburg, Ontario, is named
Joseph Hinton (composer) (1862–after 1909), British composer and organist
Leanne Hinton, an American linguist
Marcus Hinton, American football player
Martin Hinton (1883–1961), English zoologist
Milt Hinton (1910–2000), jazz double bassist
S. E. Hinton (born 1948), an American author of young adult novels
Tracey Hinton, Welsh athlete
William A. Hinton (politician), an American politician
William H. Hinton (1919–2004), an American Marxist who chronicled the Chinese Revolution, most notably in his work Fanshen
Given name:
Hinton Battle, American actor, dancer, and dance teacher
Hinton James, one-term US congressman
Hinton Rowan Helper, US writer
