Appleton (surname)

Appleton is an Anglo-Saxon locational surname.

• Alistair Appleton, British television presenter
• Charles Appleton (academic) (1841–1879), Oxford don and scholarly entrepreneur
• Charles Appleton (cricketer) (1844–1925), English amateur cricketer
• Charles William Appleton (1874–1945), vice president of the General Electric Company, judge and Assistant District Attorney in New York City
• Colin Appleton, footballer
• Daniel Appleton, American publisher, 1800s founder of D. Appleton & Company
• Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, known for his research on the ionosphere
• Edwin Nelson Appleton, American Medal of Honor recipient
• Francis R. Appleton (1854–1929), lawyer and member of the 400 during the Gilded Age
• George Swett Appleton (1821–1878), American publisher
• Henry Appleton (fl. 1650–1654), English captain in the navy and commodore
• James Appleton (1786–1862), American abolitionist
• Jean Appleton (1911–2003), Australian painter, art teacher and printmaker
• John Appleton, American diplomat, politician, and newspaper editor
• John Appleton (academic), Master of University College, Oxford, England (c.1401–8)
• John E. C. Appleton (1905–1990), Australian theatre and radio producer
• John F. Appleton (1838–1870), American Civil War general from Maine
• John Howard Appleton, American chemist
• John James Appleton (1789–1864), diplomat for the United States
• Jon Appleton, American composer, author and professor of music
• Larry Appleton, a character from the TV series Perfect Strangers
• Michael Appleton, footballer
• Mike Appleton, British television producer
• Natalie Appleton, British/Canadian singer
• Nathan Appleton, American merchant and politician
• Nicole Appleton, British/Canadian singer
• Ray Appleton (1941–2015), American jazz drummer
• Ruel Ross Appleton (1853–1928), campaign manager for Mayor Gaynor of New York City
• Samuel Appleton (1766–1853), an American merchant and philanthropist
• Scott Appleton (1942-1992), American football player
• Stevie Appleton, British singer
• Thomas Gold Appleton (1812–1884), American author and artist
• Victor Appleton, a house pseudonym, famous for the Tom Swift series
• William Appleton (politician) (1786–1862), congressman from Massachusetts
• Will Appleton (1889–1958), mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
• William Sumner Appleton (1874–1947), founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
• William M. Appleton (1920–2001), Pennsylvania politician
• William Henry Appleton (1814–1899), American publisher
• William Appleton (entrepreneur) (born 1961), American entrepreneur and technologist
• William H. Appleton (1843–1912), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Thomas Appleton (1859–1930), Australian businessman, shipping agent and public servant

See also

• Appleton P. Clark, Jr., American architect