Tilton (surname)

Tilton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

People

• Alfred Tilton (1897–1942), Latvian-born Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) chief, spy, and recruiter
• Ben Tilton (born 1953), American politician
• Cathy Tilton (born ?), American politician and real estate broker
• Charlene Tilton (born 1958), American actor and singer
• Chris Tilton (born 1979), American soundtrack composer
• Daniel Tilton (1763–1830), American territorial judge
• Edward Lippincott Tilton (1861–1933), American architect
• Edwin B. Tilton (1859–1926), American silent movie-era actor
• Elizabeth Richards Tilton (1834–1897), American suffragist and newspaper poetry editor; wife of Theodore Tilton
• Frances Tilton Weaver (1904–2003), American attorney
• Franklin T. Tilton (born ?), American politician
• Frederic W. Tilton (1839–1913), American educator and administrator
• George Tilton (1923–2010), American geochemist
• George Fred Tilton (1861–1932), American master mariner, whaler, storyteller, and author
• Glenn Tilton (born 1948), American airline and oil executive
• Henry R. Tilton (1836–1906), American army surgeon and cavalry officer
• Hezekiah C. Tilton (1818–1879), American Methodist clergyman, army medic, and politician
• Jack Tilton (1951–2017), American art dealer
• James Tilton (1745–1822), American physician, soldier, and army surgeon general
• James Tilton (surveyor) (1819–1878), American soldier, politician; first Surveyor General of the Washington Territory
• John Rollin Tilton (1828–1888), American-born Italian painter
• Liz Tilton (1918–2003), American singer; sister of Martha Tilton
• Lois Tilton (born 1946), American novelist and short story writer
• Lydia H. Tilton (1839–1915), American journalist and temperance activist
• Lynn Tilton (born 1959), American business executive, corporate raider, investment banker, and stock trader
• Mark Tilton (born 1962), British screenwriter, filmmaker, and musician
• Martha Tilton (1915–2006), American singer and actor; sister of Liz Tilton
• Nathaniel Tilton (born 1972), American blackjack player, author, and financial planner
• Robert Tilton (born 1946), American televangelist
• Roberta Elizabeth Odell Tilton (1837–1925), American-born Canadian social reformer and temperance activist
• Roger Tilton (1924–2011), American filmmaker and documentarian
• Ron Tilton (born 1963), American football player
• Shane Tilton (born ?), American journalism professor, writer, and media theorist
• Theodore Tilton (1835–1907), American newspaper editor, poet, and abolitionist; husband of Elizabeth Richards Tilton
• William Tilton (1834–1910), American Civil War soldier
• William S. Tilton (1828–1889), American businessman and soldier

In fiction

• Maggie Tilton, character in two books in the Lonesome Dove series
• Press Tilton, character in The Pendragon Adventure book series