Charton is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anne Charton-Demeur (1824–1892), French opera singer Édouard Charton (1807–1890), French writer, lawyer and politician (1816–1877), French painter Jean Charton de Millou (1736–1792), French Jesuit Nancy Charton (1920–2015), the first female ordained priest in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa Pete Charton (born 1942), American baseball pitcher Pierre Charton (1904–1986), French cyclist