Linton (surname)

Linton is a toponymic surname of Scottish, Irish and English origin.

A

• Alby Linton (1926–2010), Australian rules footballer
• Andrew Linton (1893–1971), New Zealand cheesemaker, farmer and administrator
• Arthur Linton (1868–1896), British cycling champion

B

• Barbara Linton (born 1952), Wisconsin politician and legislator
• Barry Linton (1947–2018), New Zealand cartoonist
• Bernard de Linton (fl. 1296), English priest
• Bob Linton (1902–1980), American baseball player

C

• Con Linton (1938–2016), New Zealand sailor
• Curly Linton (1895–1985), Australian rules footballer

D

• David Linton (geographer) (1906–1971), British geographer and geomorphologist
• David Linton (politician) (1815–1889), U.S. college fraternity founder
• Des Linton (born 1971), English footballer
• Doug Linton (born 1965), Major League Baseball pitcher

E

• Edwin Linton (1855–1939), American biologist
• Edwin Linton (1855–1939), American helminthologist and parasitologist
• Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898), British novelist and essayist
• Ernest Linton (1880–1957), Canadian amateur soccer player

F

• Frank B. A. Linton (1871–1943), American portrait painter

G

• Gee Malik Linton (born 1973), American film director, screenwriter and producer
• George Linton (Barbadian cricketer) (1956–2014), Barbadian cricketer
• George Linton (Jamaican cricketer) (1873–1960), Jamaican cricketer
• Gordon Linton (born 1948), American transportation innovator

H

• Hal Linton (born 1986), Barbadian singer
• Hans Linton (1939–2010), Swedish diplomat
• Henry Linton (1838–1866), English official of the Indian Civil Service and cricketer
• Hercules Linton (1837–1900), Scottish shipbuilder

I

• Ivor Linton (born 1959), English footballer

J

• J. Linton, Scottish footballer
• Jalon Linton (born 1984), cricketer
• J. W. R. Linton (1869–1947), West Australian artist and teacher
• James Linton (bishop) (1879–1958), Anglican bishop in Persia
• James Dromgole Linton (1840–1916), painter
• James Linton (hacker), email prankster and social engineer
• Jan Linton, British singer, musician and producer
• Jeff Linton (1909–1989), British Army officer and cricketer
• John Linton (1905–1943), Welsh Royal Navy submariner and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Tyler Linton (1796–1821), Virginia landowner and philanthropist
• Jonathan Linton (born 1974), American football player
• Joseph Ivor Linton (1900–1982), Israeli diplomat

L

• Laura Alberta Linton (1853–1915), American chemist and physician
• Lennox Linton (born 1956), Dominican politician
• Lloyd Linton (born 1988), professional rugby union referee
• Louise Linton (born 1980), Scottish actress
• Lynette Linton (born 1990), British playwright and director

M

• Malcolm Linton (born 1952), English footballer
• Marigold Linton (born 1936), American psychologist
• Marisa Linton, British historian
• Marjorie Linton (1917–1994), Canadian backstroke and swimmer
• Martin Linton (born 1944), British politician
• Meg Linton, American curator and writer
• Mildred Linton (1909–2003), better known as Karen Morley, American actor and political activist
• Murray Linton (1904–1980), New Zealand local politician

O

• Óscar Linton (born 1993), Panamanian footballer
• Oliver Linton, British economist

P

• Phyllis Linton (1929–2023), British swimmer

R

• Ralph Linton (1893–1953), American anthropologist
• Rebecca Linton (born 1985), New Zealand swimmer
• Richard Linton (artist) (born 1935), Australian artist
• Richard Linton (educator) (born 1966), American academic
• Richard Linton (politician) (1879–1959), Australian politician
• Robert Ritchie Linton (1900–1979), Scottish vascular surgeon

S

• Scott Linton (born 1989), Scottish footballer
• Simi Linton, American arts consultant, author, filmmaker and activist
• Stephen Winn Linton (born 1950), American humanitarian
• Steve Linton (born 2000), American football player
• Suzannah Linton, practising international lawyer and academic
• Sydney Linton (died 1894), Australian bishop

T

• Tom Linton (born 1975), American guitarist in the band Jimmy Eat World

W

• Wayne Linton (born 1955), Australian psychotherapist
• William C. Linton, founder and editor of the Chicago Whip newspaper
• William S. Linton (1856–1927), U.S. politician from Michigan
• William James Linton (1812–1897), Anglo-American author, artist and political reformer
• William Linton (artist) (1791–1876), British landscapist
• William Linton (physician) (1801–1880), Scottish army physician
• William Richardson Linton (1850–1908), British botanist
• William Alderman Linton (1891–1960), Presbyterian missionary and educator in Korea
• William Linton (songwriter), writer of the #1 hit song "Easier Said Than Done (The Essex song)"