Milton is an English, masculine given name. It is transferred from the eponomous surname, itself a toponymic surname from one of the many places so called, a large number of which get their name from Old English ("mill") or ("middle") and ("settlement").
People For people commonly called Milt, see Milt (given name)
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Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
Milton Ager (1893–1979), American composer
Milton Avery (1885–1965), American modern painter
B Milton Babbitt (1916–2011), American composer Milton Bagby, American voice actor and author Milton Balkany (born 1946), American Orthodox rabbi and convicted extortionist Milton Barney (born 1963), American football player Mílton Barros (born 1984), Angolan basketball player Milton Bearden (born 1940), retired Central Intelligence Agency officer, author, and film consultant Milton Becerra (born 1951), Venezuelan artist Milton Earl Beebe (1840–1923), American architect Milton Bell (born 1970), American basketball player Milton Berle (1908–2002), American comedian Milton Blanco (born 1984), American soccer player Milton Bradley (1836–1911), American business magnate, game pioneer and publisher Milton Bradley (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player Milton Brown (1903–1936), American band leader and vocalist Milton Brown (politician) (1804–1883), American politician
C Milton Campbell (born 1976), American track and field athlete Milton A. Candler (1837–1909), American lawyer, Confederate officer, and politician Milton Caniff (1907–1988), American cartoonist Milton Caraglio (born 1988), Argentine footballer Milton Coleman (born 1946), American journalist Milton Crenchaw (1919–2015), American aviator Milton Cross (1897–1975), American radio announcer
D Milton Delugg (1918–2015), American jazz accordionist, bandleader and composer Milton Diamond (1934–2024), American sexologist Milton Dick (born 1972), Australian politician Milton Doyle (born 1993), American basketball player Milton Dube, Nauruan politician
E Milton Ellenby, American bridge player Milton H. Erickson (1901–1980), American psychiatrist Milton Esterow (1928–2025), American art journalist Milton Estes (1914–1963), American country singer-songwriter and musician Milton Ezrati, American economist
F Milton Fisher (1917–2001), American attorney and investment banker Milton Flores (1974–2003), Honduran footballer Milton Francisco (born 1963), Brazilian high jumper Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist Milton Frome (1909–1989), American actor
G Milton Galamison (1923–1988), American Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist Milton C. Garber (1867–1948), American politician Milton Gästrin (born 2007), Swedish ice hockey player Milton Glaser (1929–2020), American graphic designer Milton Glick (1937–2011), American educator Milton Goldstein (film executive) (1926–2015), American film executive Milton Goldstein (photographer) (1915–2000), American photographer Milton Goode (born 1960), American high jumper Milton Green, (1913–2005), American hurdler Milton Fowler Gregg (1892–1978), Canadian military officer
H Milton Hardaway (1954–2008), American football player Milton Hay (1817–1893), American lawyer and politician Milton S. Hershey (1857–1945), American chocolatier and philanthropist Milton Prince Higgins (1842–1912), American industrialist and educator Milton B. Hine (1828–1881), American politician Milton Huddart (1960–2015), English rugby league footballer
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J Milton Jackson, stage name of Scottish DJ and record producer Barry Christie R. Milton Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist Milton Jones (born 1964), English comedian
K Milton Kerker (1920–2016), American physical chemist Milton Y. Kidd (1826–1884), American politician from Maryland
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Milton A. Lee (1949–1968), United States Army soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor Milton C. Lee (born 1960), American judge, chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Milton L. Lee, American professor of chemistry
M Milton Gummo Marx (1893–1977), American actor, comedian, and theatrical agent Milton McCrory (born 1962), American professional boxer Milton McGriggs, American football player Milton Mallawarachchi (1944–1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist Milton E. Miles (1900–1961), American U.S. Navy admiral Milton Morris (1924–2019), Australian politician
N Milton Nascimento (born 1942), Brazilian singer-songwriter
O Milton Obote (1925–2005), Ugandan politician
P J. A. Milton Perera (1929–1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala playback singer and composer Milton Prell (1905–1974), American hotel and casino developer Milton Jesús Puerto (born 1969), Honduran politician Milton D. Purdy (1866–1937), American federal judge
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R Milton Ernest Ricketts (1913–1942), American naval officer Milton A. Romjue (1874–1968), American politician Milton Romney (1899–1975), American football player Milton A. Rothman (1919–2001), American nuclear physicist
S Milton Selzer (1918–2006) American stage, film, and television actor Milton Shulman (1913–2004), Canadian-British critic and author Milton Dean Slaughter, American theoretical physicist Milton Stapp (1792–1869), American politician
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Milton Vieira (born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist
W Milton Wainwright (born 1950), British microbiologist Milton Wakefield, Canadian politician Milton Waldman (1895–1976), American author and publisher Milton Waldor (1924–1975), American politician Milton Wallace (1912–1995), Canadian long-distance runner Milton Wai-yiu Wan (born 1952), Chinese theological scholar Milton P. Webster (1887–1965), American trade unionist Milton Weinstein, American health scientist Milton H. Welling (1876–1947), American politician Milton Wells (1829–1906), American military general
Milton Wexler (1908–2007), American psychoanalyst Milton C. Whitaker (1870–1963), American chemist Milton White (1902–1978), Australian rules footballer Milton Whiting (1922–2010), Australian politician Milton Williams (born 1999), American football player Milton Windler (born 1932), NASA flight director Milton A. Wolf (1924–2005), American diplomat, investment banker and real estate developer Milton R. Wolf (born 1971), American physician Milton Wolff (1915–2008), American writer and veteran Milton Wolsky (1916–1981), American painter and illustrator Milton Wong (1940–2011), Canadian businessman, financier and philanthropist Milton L. Wood (1922–2015), American Episcopalian bishop Milton Woods, African-American actor Milton Work (1864–1934), American whist and bridge writer Milton Wright (academic) (1903–1972), American academic Milton Wright (American football), American football player Milton Wright (bishop) (1828–1917), father of the Wright brothers Milton Wynants (born 1972), Uruguayan cyclist Milton Wynn (born 1978), American football player
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Fictional characters
Milton (DC Extended Universe), in The Suicide Squad Milton Dyer (Ninjago), in the animated television series Ninjago Milton Krest, a villain in the James Bond short story "The Hildebrand Rarity" Milton Mamet, in the television series The Walking Dead
See also
Milt (given name), a list of people, nearly all with the real given name Milton
References