Leighton (surname)
Appearance
Leighton is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Leighton (1587–1644), Scottish physician and pamphleteer
- Alexander H. Leighton (1908-2007), sociologist and psychiatrist
- Bernardo Leighton, Chilean Christian Democrat
- David Keller Leighton, Sr., American Episcopalian bishop
- Dorothea Leighton (1908-1989), American social psychiatrist and a founder of the field of medical anthropology
- Edmund Blair Leighton (1853–1922), English painter
- Edward Leighton (disambiguation), several people
- Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), English painter and sculptor
- F. Thomson Leighton, computer scientist and co-founder of Akamai Technologies
- Baron Leighton of St Mellons, UK peerage title
- Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer
- Kenneth Leighton, English composer
- Laura Leighton (born 1968), US actor
- Robert Leighton (1611–1684), Scottish prelate
- Warner E. Leighton, film editor, mainly for Hanna-Barbera
- Michael Leighton (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey goaltender