Denton (surname)
# Denton (surname)

Denton is an English surname. It refers to someone from the location Denton, of which there are several, including in Yorkshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire.

## Notable persons with this surname

* Andrew Denton (born 1960), Australian media personality
* Daniel Denton (c. 1626 – 1703), early American colonist and writer
* Denice Denton (1959–2006), American academician
* George Chardin Denton (1851–1928), British colonial governor
* George H. Denton (born 1939), American geologist and glaciologist
* George K. Denton (1864–1926), American politician
* James Denton (actor) (born 1963), American film and television actor
* Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), American politician (former U.S. Senator, R-AL)
* Jim Denton, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
* John B. Denton (1806–1841), American preacher, lawyer, soldier
* John Bailey Denton (1814–1893), English surveyor, and civil engineer
* Kit Denton (1928–1997), Australian author
* Mary Florence Denton (1857–1947), American educator in Japan
* Michael Denton (born 1943), British-Australian biochemist
* Nancy Denton, American sociologist
* Nick Denton (born 1966), founder of Gawker Media
* Randy Denton (born 1949), American basketball player
* Richard Denton (1586–1662), Founded one of the first Presbyterian churches in America
* Sandra Denton (born 1964), American/Jamaican hip hop artist and part of Salt n Pepa
* Sherman Foote Denton (1854–1937), American naturalist and illustrator
* Trevor Denton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s
* Will Denton (born 1990), American actor
* William Denton (geologist) (1823-1883), occultist preacher and writer
* Winfield K. Denton (1896–1971), American politician

In fiction:

* JC Denton, the main character in the video game Deus Ex
