Lewton is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Frederick Lewis Lewton (1874–1959), American botanist and museum curator Steve Lewton (born 1983), English professional golfer Val Lewton (1904–1951), Russian-American novelist, film producer and screenwriter Val Lewton (visual artist) (1937–2015), American painter and museum exhibition designer
Other uses: Lewton (Discworld), a fictional character in the Discworld novel series in a movie, the Lewton-bus effect, introduced by Jacques Tourneur and named after Val Lewton, was the other name of the jump scare
See also Lawton (surname)