__NOTOC__ Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.

List of people with the surname Horton Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer Ann Horton (1894–1967), British physicist Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Governor of Puerto Rico Bill Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager Carolyn Price Horton (1909–2001), American bookbinder and conservator Charles Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Chris Horton (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Claire Horton (born 1962), British charity executive Claude Wendell Horton, Jr. (born 1942), American physicist Claude Wendell Horton, Sr. (1915–2001), American physicist Clinton T. Horton (1876–1953), New York politician and judge Christiana Horton (c. 1696 – c. 1756), English actress Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947), American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor David Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality Dodie Horton, American politician Duncan Horton (born 1967), English footballer Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player Frank Horton (disambiguation), multiple people George Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina Harold Horton (c. 1939–2025), American football player and coach Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33) Herschella Horton (1938–2022), American politician Isaiah Horton, American football player Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company Jack K. Horton (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive. James Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Jason Horton (born 1980), American football player Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician John Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast Judith Ann Carter Horton (1866–1948), American educator and librarian Kenneth Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Larry Horton (born 1949), American football player Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer Lesley Horton, British novelist Mack Horton OAM (born Mackenzie Horton; 1996), an Australian freestyle swimmer Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player Martin Horton (1934–2011), former English cricketer Mary Ann Horton (born Mark R. Horton, 1955), American computer scientist Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British submarine commander during the First World War, and admiral during the Second Michael Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Mike Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic Myles Horton (1905–1990), American educator Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player Nigel Horton (born 1948), English rugby union player Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal Robert Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Robin W. G. Horton (1932–2019), English social anthropologist and philosopher S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer Scott Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Sherman D. Horton Jr. (1931–2014), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician Stanley M. Horton, American theologian Steven Wayne Horton (1954–2006), American singer Stuart Horton (born 1963), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s Thomas Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder Tommy Horton (1941–2017), English professional golfer Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player Tony Horton (rugby union) (1938–2020), English rugby union player Tory Horton (born 2002), American football player Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player William Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Willie Horton (disambiguation), multiple people Zach Horton (born 2002), American football player

Fictional characters Alice Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley David Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley Hugo Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series Miss Louisa Horton, a character from the 1988 movie 14 Going on 30 Sarah Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives Dr. Tom Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives

See also Talen Horton-Tucker (born 2000), American basketball player Horton (disambiguation) Horton (given name) Hawton Houghton (surname) Houghton (disambiguation) Hoghton (disambiguation)

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