Shipton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alyn Shipton (born 1953), American jazz musician Cathy Shipton (born 1957), English actress Eric Shipton (1907–1977), English mountaineer Gabriel Shipton (born 19??), Australian filmmaker and activist; son of John Geoff Shipton (born 1941), Australian swimmer George Shipton (1839–1911), British trade unionist James Shipton (1798–1865), British merchant and politician James Ancil Shipton (1867–1926), American army officer John Shipton (born c. 1944), Australian activist; father of Gabriel Richard Shipton (died c. 1726), pirate active in the Caribbean Roger Shipton (1936–1998), Australian politician Susan Shipton (born 1958), Canadian film editor William Shipton (1861–1941), English cricketer Zoe Shipton, British geologist
See also Ursula Southeil (c.1488–1561), English seer and prophetess known as Mother Shipton Shipton (disambiguation) Shipston (surname)