Chilton (surname)

For persons with the given name Chilton, see Chilton.

Chilton is an English surname. Notable persons with the surname Chilton include:

• Allenby Chilton (1918-1996), English football player
• Alex Chilton (b. 1950), American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer
• Barry Chilton, former leader of the British Columbia Conservative Party
• Charles Chilton (b. 1917), BBC radio presenter, a writer and a producer
• Charles Chilton (zoologist) (1860–1929), New Zealand
• Chris Chilton (b. 1943), British footballer
• David Chilton (1951–1997), pastor and Christian Reconstructionist
• David Barr Chilton, Canadian financial author
• Horace Chilton (1853-1932), printer, lawyer, and Democratic US Senator from Texas
• James Chilton, d. 1620 on the Mayflower
• John Chilton (b. 1932), British jazz trumpeter and writer
• Kevin Patrick "Chily" Chilton (b. 1954), 4-star General in the USAF and NASA astronaut
• Mark Chilton (b. 1976), British cricketer
• Mark H. Chilton (b. 1970), mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina
• Mary Chilton (b. 1607, d. 1676 x 1679), passenger on the Mayflower
• Robert H. Chilton (1815–1879), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; Chief of Staff for Robert E. Lee
• Selina Chilton (b.1981), English actress
• Thomas Chilton (1798-1854), U.S. Representative from Kentucky, Baptist clergyman, ghost writer of David Crockett's autobiography
• Tom Chilton (b. 1985), British auto racing driver
• Tom Chilton (game developer) for the World of Warcraft game
• William Chilton (evolutionist) (1815-1855) for the British printer, socialist, atheist, and evolutionist.
• William E. Chilton (1856–1939), United States Senator from West Virginia
• William Parish Chilton (1810–1871), lawyer, jurist, and politician serving Alabama and later the Confederate States of America.