Walton (surname)

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Region of origin Oxfordshire
Meaning habitational name for a place called Walton

Walton is a surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon habitational origins. It derives from a topographical site with the suffix "tun" (town, farm or hamlet) and the prefixes "wald" (a wood), "walesc" (foreigner) or "walh", a farm worker. First recorded in Oxfordshire in the person of Odo de Wolton on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. It may refer to:

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Adam Walton (b. 1971), British radio DJ

Alan Walton (1936–2015), British-born businessman

Alfred Walton (1816–1883), British radical politician

Alice Walton (b. 1949), American heiress, daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton

Amy Catherine Walton (1849–1939), British author

Amy and Emily Walton (b. 2000), twins appearing on the British soap Coronation Street

Ann Walton Kroenke, American Wal-Mart heiress, wife of Stan Kroenke

Anthony Walton (politician) (born 1962), former New Zealand political party president

Anthony Walton (poet) (born 1960), American poet and writer

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Bernard Walton (1917–1972), a British classical clarinetist

Bill Walton (b. 1952), American basketball player

Billy Walton (1871–1963), English footballer

Brian Walton (bishop) (1600–1661), English cleric and scholar

Brian Walton (cyclist) (b. 1965), Canadian track cyclist

Bruce Alan Walton (b. 1960), alias "Branton," American author

Bryce Walton (1918–1988), American pulp fiction writer

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Cedar Walton (1934–2013), American pianist

Chris Walton (1933–2006), English cricketer

Christy Walton, American Wal-Mart heiress

Clarence C. Walton, American academic administrator, The Catholic University of America

Craig Walton (b. 1975), Australian Olympic athlete

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Danny Walton (b. 1947), American baseball player

David Walton (disambiguation)

Dean Walton, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation

Dorothy Walton (1909–1981), Canadian badminton player

Douglas Neil Walton, Canadian academic and author

Dwight Walton (b. 1965), Canadian basketball player

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Elijah Walton (1832–1880), English artist

Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel Prize winner

Evangeline Walton (1907–1996), American author

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George Walton (Royal Navy), British admiral

George Walton (1749/50–1804), American politician

George Walton (Manitoba politician) (died 1925), Canadian politician

George Walton (footballer) (born 1911), English footballer

Gordon Walton (b. 1956), American computer game developer

Col. Granville Walton, The Scout Association Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1955

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Helen Walton (1919–2007), American heiress, widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton

Henry Walton (disambiguation)

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Izaak Walton (1593–1683), English writer

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James "Bud" Walton (1921–1995), American retailer, co-founder of Wal-Mart

Jerome Walton (b. 1965), American baseball player

Jess Walton (b. 1949), American actress

Jim Walton (b. 1948), American banker and Wal-Mart heir

Jim Walton (journalist) (b. 1958), American journalist, president of CNN Worldwide

Jo Walton (b. 1964), British-born fantasy and science fiction writer

Joe Walton (b. 1935), American football coach

Joseph Walton (footballer), English footballer

John Walton (disambiguation):

John Walton (1738-1783), American politician, Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress

John C. Walton (1881–1949), American politician, Governor of Oklahoma

John T. Walton (1946–2005), American businessman and Wal-Mart heir

John Walton (actor), Australian actor

John Ike Walton, American musician and member of 1960s rock group 13th Floor Elevators

Johnathan Walton (b. 1974), Jamaican-born television reporter

Joseph Walton (convict) (b. 1830), Canadian-born convict transported to Western Australia

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Kendall Walton, American philosopher and academic

Kent Walton (1917–2003), British television sports commentator

Kevin Walton (1918-2009), Antarctic Explorer

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Lee Walton American artist

Lisa Walton (b. 1975), New Zealand field hockey player

Luke Walton (b. 1980), American basketball player

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Mary Walton (1827–1894), American inventor

Mike Walton (b. 1945), Canadian hockey player

Marcus Walton (b. 1989), English Film Producer

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Nancy Walton Laurie, American Wal-Mart heiress

Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-2009), Australian aviator

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Mrs O. F. Walton (Amy Catherine Walton, 1849–1939), British author

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Percy Levar Walton, American convicted murderer

Peter Walton (rugby player), Scottish rugby player and coach

Peter Walton (referee), English football referee

Philip Walton (b. 1962), Irish golfer

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Rachel Mellon Walton (b. 1899), American philanthropist

Reggie Walton (b. 1949), American District Judge

Rhett Walton, Australian actor

Richard Walton, American politician and academic

Rob Walton (b. 1949), Canadian ice hockey player

S. Robson Walton (b. 1945), American lawyer and Wal-Mart heir

Roy Walton (b. 1932), British card magician

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Sam Walton (1918–1992), American retailer, founder of Wal-Mart

Sam Walton (American football) (1943-2002), American football player

Simon Walton (born 1987), English football player

Susana Walton (1926–2010), widow of William Walton

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Tasma Walton (b. 1974), Australian actress.

Thomas Otto Walton, president of Texas A&M University 1925-1943

Timothy Walton (disambiguation)

Tony Walton (b. 1934), English set and costume designer and director

Travis Walton (b. 1953), American alien abductee

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William Walton (1902–1983), British composer

William Walton (1909/1910-1994) American painter and former chairman, U.S. Commission on Fine Arts

Other

Walton family, connected to Wal-Mart

the Waltons, fictitious family, television series

The Walton sextuplets, the world's first all-female surviving sextuplets, born in 1983

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Walton (surname) Wikipedia

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