Dayton (name)
Dayton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Alston G. Dayton (1857–1920), West Virginia congressman
 - Danny Dayton (1923–1999), American actor
 - Douglas Dayton (1924–2013), American businessman and philanthropist
 - Elias Dayton (1737–1807), Colonel and father of Jonathan and builder of Fort Dayton
 - George Dayton (1857–1938), American entrepreneur and founder of Dayton's department store
 - Howard Dayton (born 1943), American chief executives
 - James Dayton (born 1988), English footballer
 - Jesse Dayton, American musician
 - Jesse C. Dayton (1825–1903), New York politician
 - John C. Dayton (1837–1899), Mayor of Flint, Michigan
 - Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), son of Elias, signer of the United States Constitution, and Speaker of the House
 - Keith Dayton (born 1949), US Army Lieutenant General
 - Margaret Dayton (born 1949), American politician
 - Mark Dayton (born 1947), former Governor of Minnesota and former US Senator
 - Matt Dayton (born 1977), American Nordic combined skier
 - Sky Dayton (born 1971), American entrepreneur
 - Warren Dayton (born 1940), American illustrator
 - William L. Dayton (1807–1864), American politician
 
Given name
- Dayton Allen (1919–2004), comedian and voice actor
 - Dayton Campbell, Jamaican politician
 - Dayton Countryman (1918–2011), American politician
 - Dayton Miller (1866–1941), American physicist and astronomer
 - Dayton Moore (born 1967), American baseball executive
 - Dayton Wade (born 2000), American football player
 - Dayton Ward (born 1967), science fiction author
 
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Dayton
 - All pages with titles containing Dayton
 - Dayton (disambiguation)
 - Danton (name)