Clifton (surname)

Clifton is a surname.

• Clifton (1817 cricketer), English cricketer
• Allie Clifton (born 1988), American journalist
• Arthur Clifton (1771–1869), British soldier
• Bernie Clifton (born 1936), British comedian
• Bill Clifton (born 1931), American musician
• Brian Clifton (footballer) (1934–2020), English footballer who played for Southampton and Grimsby Town
• Chad Clifton (born 1976), offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers football team
• Chas S. Clifton (born 1951), American academic
• Chester Victor Clifton Jr. (1913–1991), Major General in the United States Army
• Clifford Clifton (1626–1670), English landowner and politician
• Connor Clifton (born 1995), American ice hockey player
• Dan Clifton (1865–1896?), American Old West outlaw
• Donald O. Clifton (1924–2003), American psychologist
• Elmer Clifton (1890–1949), American writer and actor
• Flea Clifton (1909–1997), American baseball player
• Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton (1579–1618), of Barrington Court, Somerset
• Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, (1587–1666), of Nottinghamshire
• Sir Gervase Clifton, 2nd Baronet, (1612–1675), of Nottinghamshire
• Harry Clifton (disambiguation)
• Helen Clifton (1948–2011), wife of the 18th General of the Salvation Army
• Herbert Clifton (1885–1947), British-born female impersonator and actor
• Jane Clifton (born 1949), Australian actor
• Jessie Clifton (1876–1959), Australian nurse
• Jim Clifton, American businessman
• Joanne Clifton (born 1983), English dancer
• John Clifton (disambiguation)
• John Talbot Clifton (1868–1928), English traveller and landowner
• Joseph C. Clifton (1905–1967), American naval officer
• Kevin Clifton (born 1982), English dancer
• Kyle Clifton (born 1962), American footballer
• Maddie Clifton (1990–1998), American murder victim
• Mark Clifton (1906–1963), American author and businessman
• Nathaniel Clifton (1922–1990), American athlete
• Pete Clifton (born 1962), head of BBC News Interactive
• Peter Clifton (1941–2018), Australian director and producer
• Phil Clifton (born 1988), British television and radio presenter
• Richard Clifton (born 1950), American judge
• Rob Clifton, American politician
• Sir Robert Clifton, 5th Baronet (1690–1762), MP for East Retford
• Sir Robert Clifton, 7th Baronet (1767–1837), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1820
• Robert Cox Clifton (1810–1861), British clergyman and canon of Manchester Cathedral
• Robert Bellamy Clifton (1836–1921), British physicist
• Robert Juckes Clifton (1826–1869), English Liberal Party politician
• Robert D. Clifton (born 1968), American politician
• Romola Clifton (born 1935), Australian painter
• Scott Clifton (born 1987), American musician and actor
• Shaw Clifton (1945–2023), 18th General of the Salvation Army
• Steve Clifton (born 1987), Australian rules football player
• Tuva'a Clifton (born 1997), Samoan canoeist
• Violet Clifton (1883–1961), English traveller
• Sir William Clifton, 3rd Baronet, (1663–1686), of Nottinghamshire

• Tony Clifton, fictional character created by Andy Kaufman
• Pat Clifton, protagonist of Postman Pat
• Leon Clifton, a fictional American detective from Czech pulp fiction

• Geoffrey Benedict Clifton-Brown (1899–1983), British Conservative Party politician
• Sir Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (born 1953), British politician and farmer
• Richard Clifton-Dey (1930–1997), British illustrator