Horton (surname)

Horton

Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	English
Derivation	"horu" (dirt) + "tūn" (settlement, farm, estate)
Meaning	"farm on muddy soil"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Houghton Haughton Hoghton Hawton

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'.

List of people with the surname Horton

• Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone
• Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer
• Ann Horton (1894–1965), British physicist
• Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Governor of Puerto Rico
• Bill Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager
• Carolyn Price Horton (1909-2001), American bookbinder and conservator
• Charles Horton, American football player
• Chris Horton (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Claire Horton (born 1962), British charity executive
• 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
• Corinne Stocker Horton (1871-1947), American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor
• David Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality
• Dodie Horton, American politician
• Duncan Horton (born 1967), English footballer
• Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player
• Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
• Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player
• Frank Horton (disambiguation), several people
• George Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina
• Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
• Herschella Horton (1938-2022), American politician
• Isaiah Horton, American football player
• Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
• Jack K. Horton (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive.
• James Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Jason Horton (born 1980), American football player
• Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician
• John Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer
• Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast
• Judith Ann Carter Horton (1866–1948), American educator and librarian
• Kenneth Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Larry Horton (born 1949), American football player
• Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer
• Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer
• Lesley Horton, British novelist
• Mack Horton OAM (born Mackenzie Horton; 1996), an Australian freestyle swimmer
• Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist
• Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player
• Martin Horton (1934–2011), former English cricketer
• Mary Ann Horton (born Mark R. Horton, 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), several people
• Mike Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic
• Myles Horton (1905–1990), American educator
• Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• Nigel Horton (born 1948), English rugby union player
• Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor
• Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal
• Robert Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Robin W. G. Horton (1932–2019), English social anthropologist and philosopher
• S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
• Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer
• Scott Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician
• Stanley M. Horton, American theologian
• Steven Wayne Horton (1954-2006), American singer
• Stuart Horton (born 1963), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s
• Thomas Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder
• Tommy Horton (1941–2017), English professional golfer
• Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player
• Tony Horton (rugby union) (1938–2020), English rugby union player
• Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player
• William Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Willie Horton (disambiguation), several people
• Zach Horton, American football player

Fictional characters

• Alice Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
• David Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
• Hugo Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
• James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series
• Sarah Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Dr. Tom Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives

See also

• Talen Horton-Tucker (born 2000), American basketball player
• Horton (disambiguation)
• Horton (given name)
• Hawton
• Houghton (surname)
• Houghton (disambiguation)
• Hoghton (disambiguation)