Dayton (name)
# Dayton (name)

Dayton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## Surname

* Alan Dayton, Acting Mayor of Salt Lake County
* Alston G. Dayton (1857–1920), West Virginia congressman
* Danny Dayton (1923–1999), American actor
* Douglas Dayton (1924–2013), American businessman and philanthropist
* Elias Dayton (1737–1807), Colonel and father of Jonathan and builder of Fort Dayton
* George Dayton (1857–1938), American entrepreneur and founder of Dayton's department store
* Howard Dayton (born 1943), American chief executives
* James Dayton (born 1988), English footballer
* Jesse Dayton, American musician
* Jesse C. Dayton (1825–1903), New York politician
* John C. Dayton (1837–1899), Mayor of Flint, Michigan
* Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), son of Elias, signer of the United States Constitution, and Speaker of the House
* Keith Dayton (born 1949), US Army Lieutenant General
* Margaret Dayton (born 1949), American politician
* Mark Dayton (born 1947), former Governor of Minnesota and former US Senator
* Matt Dayton (born 1977), American Nordic combined skier
* Sky Dayton (born 1971), American entrepreneur
* Warren Dayton (born 1940), American illustrator
* William L. Dayton (1807–1864), American politician

## Given name

* Dayton Allen (1919–2004), comedian and voice actor
* Dayton Countryman (1918-2011), American politician
* Dayton Miller (1866–1941), American physicist and astronomer
* Dayton Ward (born 1967), science fiction author
