Tilton (name)
# Tilton (name)

Tilton is a given name and a surname. It may refer to:

## Given name

* Ebenezer Tilton Moseley (1844–1898), Canadian lawyer and politician
* Edith Tilton Penrose (1914–1996), American-born British economist, author, and professor
* Henry Tilton Gorrell (1911–1958), American war correspondent
* John Tilton Hack (1913–1991), American geologist and geomorphologist
* Tilton E. Doolittle (1825–1896), American attorney and politician

## Surname

* Alfred Tilton (1897–1942), Latvian-born Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) chief, spy, and recruiter
* Alice Tilton (a.k.a. Phoebe Atwood Taylor; 1909–1976), American mystery author
* Cathy Tilton (born ?), American politician and real estate broker
* Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actor and singer
* Chris Tilton (born 1979), American soundtrack composer
* Daniel Tilton (1763–1830), American territorial judge
* Edward Lippincott Tilton (1861–1933), American architect
* Edwin B. Tilton (1859–1926), American silent movie-era actor
* Elizabeth Richards Tilton (1834–1897), American suffragist and newspaper poetry editor; wife of Theodore Tilton
* Frances Tilton Weaver (1904–2003), American attorney
* Franklin T. Tilton (born ?), American politician
* Frederic W. Tilton (1839–1913), American educator and administrator
* George Tilton (1923–2010), American geochemist
* George Fred Tilton (1861–1932), American master mariner, whaler, storyteller, and author
* Glenn Tilton (born 1948), American airline and oil executive
* Henry R. Tilton (1836–1906), American army surgeon and cavalry officer
* Hezekiah C. Tilton (1818–1879), American Methodist clergyman, army medic, and politician
* Jack Tilton (1951–2017), American art dealer
* James Tilton (1745–1822), American physician, soldier, and army surgeon general
* James Tilton (surveyor) (1819–1878), American soldier, politician; first Surveyor General of the Washington Territory
* John Rollin Tilton (1828–1888), American-born Italian painter
* Liz Tilton (1918–2003), American singer; sister of Martha Tilton
* Lois Tilton (born 1946), American novelist and short story writer
* Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915), American journalist and temperance activist
* Lynn Tilton (born 1959), American business executive, corporate raider, investment banker, and stock trader
* Mark Tilton (born 1962), British screenwriter, filmmaker, and musician
* Martha Tilton (1915–2006), American singer and actor; sister of Liz Tilton
* Nathaniel Tilton (born 1972), American blackjack player, author, and financial planner
* Robert Tilton (born 1946), American televangelist
* Roberta Elizabeth Odell Tilton (1837–1925), American-born Canadian social reformer and temperance activist
* Roger Tilton (1924–2011), American filmmaker and documentarian
* Ron Tilton (born 1963), American football player
* Shane Tilton (born ?), American journalism professor, writer, and media theorist
* Theodore Tilton (1835–1907), American newspaper editor, poet, and abolitionist; husband of Elizabeth Richards Tilton
* William Tilton (1834–1910), American Civil War soldier
* William S. Tilton (1828–1889), American businessman and soldier

## In fiction

* Maggie Tilton, character in two books in the Lonesome Dove series
* Press Tilton, character in The Pendragon Adventure book series
