Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.
Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone
Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer
Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Puerto Rican politician
Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager
Charles Horton, American football player
Claude Wendell Horton, Jr. (born 1942), American physicist
Claude Wendell Horton, Sr. (1915–2001), American physicist
Clinton T. Horton (1876–1953), New York politician and judge
Christiana Horton (c. 1696 – c. 1756), English actress
Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality
Dodie Horton, American politician
Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player
Frank Horton (disambiguation)
George Horton (disambiguation)
Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina
Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
Jack K. Horton (c. 1917-2000), American lawyer and business executive.
James Horton (disambiguation)
Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician
John Horton (disambiguation)
Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer
Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast
Kenneth Horton (disambiguation)
Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer
Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer
Lesley Horton, British novelist
Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist
Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player
Martin Horton (born 1934), former English cricketer
Mary Ann Horton (born 1955), American computer scientist
Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British submarine commander during the First World War, and admiral during the Second
Michael Horton (disambiguation)
Mike A. Horton (born 1973), American businessman
Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic
Myles Horton (1980–1990), American educator
Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor
Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal
Sir Robert Horton (businessman) (born 1939), British businessman
Robert E. Horton (1875–1945), American hydrologist
Robert Horton (actor) (1924–2016), American TV actor
Robert John Wilmot-Horton, 3rd Baronet (1784–1841), British politician
Robert Forman Horton (1835–1934), British Nonconformist scholar
S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer
Scott Horton (disambiguation)
Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician
Stanley M. Horton, American theologian
Stuart Horton (born 1963), rugby league footballer of the 1980s, and '90s, and coach of the 1990s
Thomas Horton (disambiguation)
Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder
Tommy Horton (born 1941), English professional golfer
Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player
Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player
William Horton (disambiguation)
Willie Horton (born 1951), convicted felon from South Carolina
Willie Horton (baseball player) (born 1942), American former Major League baseball player
James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series
Sarah Horton, character on the TV show Days of Our Lives
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