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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:

Contents

A

  • 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

    • B

  • 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

    • C

  • 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

    • D

  • 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

    • E

  • Elijah Walton (1832–1880), English artist
  • Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
  • Evangeline Walton (1907–1996), American author

    • G

  • 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

    • H

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

    • I

  • Izaak Walton (1593–1683), English writer

    • J

  • 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

    • K

  • Kendall Walton, American philosopher and academic
  • Kent Walton (1917–2003), British television sports commentator
  • Kevin Walton (1918-2009), Antarctic Explorer

    • L

  • Lee Walton American artist
  • Lisa Walton (b. 1975), New Zealand field hockey player
  • Luke Walton (b. 1980), American basketball player

    • M

  • Mary Walton (1827–1894), American inventor
  • Mike Walton (b. 1945), Canadian hockey player
  • Marcus Walton (b. 1989), English Film Producer

    • N

  • Nancy Walton Laurie, American Wal-Mart heiress
  • Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-2009), Australian aviator

    • O

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

    • P

  • 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

    • R

  • 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

    • S

  • 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

    • T

  • 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

    • W

  • 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

    • References

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