Dayton (name)

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

• 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

• Dayton Allen (1919–2004), comedian and voice actor
• Dayton Campbell, Jamaican politician
• Dayton Countryman (1918–2011), American politician
• Dayton Miller (1866–1941), American physicist and astronomer
• Dayton Moore (born 1967), American baseball executive
• Dayton Wade (born 2000), American football player
• Dayton Ward (born 1967), science fiction author

• All pages with titles beginning with Dayton
• All pages with titles containing Dayton
• Dayton (disambiguation)
• Danton (name)