Brinton may refer to:

Places Brinton (crater), on Pluto Brinton, Michigan, United States Brinton, Norfolk, England

People Anna Cox Brinton (1887–1969), American classics scholar, Quaker worker Crane Brinton, American historian of France and the history of ideas Daniel Garrison Brinton, American archaeologist and ethnologist Donna M. Brinton, American linguist Edward Brinton (1924–2010), oceanographer and biologist Ellen Starr Brinton (1886–1954), pacifist, speaker and archivist Emma Southwick Brinton (1834–1922), American Civil War nurse, traveller, correspondent Henry G. Brinton, American minister and author Howard Brinton (1884–1973), Quaker activist John Brinton, British Liberal politician Laurel J. Brinton, Canadian-American linguist Maurice Brinton, writer for libertarian socialist group Solidarity Sal Brinton, British Liberal Democrat politician Sam Brinton, American nuclear engineer and LGBTQ activist Willard C. Brinton (1880–1957), American engineer, and information visualisation pioneer