Walton (surname)

Walton

Origin
Word/name	Anglo-Saxon
Meaning	habitational name for a place called Walton
Region of origin	Oxfordshire

Walton is a surname or placename of Anglo-Saxon habitational origins. It derives from a topographical site with the suffix "tun" (town, farm or hamlet) and the prefixes "wald" (a wood), "walesc" (foreigner) or "walh", a farm worker. First recorded in Oxfordshire in the person of Odo de Wolton on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. It may refer to:

A

• Adam Walton (b. 1971), British radio DJ
• Alan Walton (1936–2015), British-born businessman
• Alfred Walton (1816–1883), British radical politician
• Alice Walton (b. 1949), American heiress, daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton
• Amy Catherine Walton (1849–1939), British author
• Amy and Emily Walton (b. 2000), twins appearing on the British soap Coronation Street
• Ann Walton Kroenke, American Wal-Mart heiress, wife of Stan Kroenke
• Anthony Walton (politician) (born 1962), former New Zealand political party president
• Anthony Walton (poet) (born 1960), American poet and writer

B

• Bernard Walton (1917–1972), a British classical clarinetist
• Bill Walton (b. 1952), American basketball player
• Billy Walton (1871–1963), English footballer
• Brian Walton (bishop) (1600–1661), English cleric and scholar
• Brian Walton (cyclist) (b. 1965), Canadian track cyclist
• Bruce Alan Walton (b. 1960), alias "Branton," American author
• Bryce Walton (1918–1988), American pulp fiction writer

C

• Cedar Walton (1934–2013), American pianist
• Chris Walton (1933–2006), English cricketer
• Christy Walton, American Wal-Mart heiress
• Clarence C. Walton, American academic administrator, The Catholic University of America
• Craig Walton (b. 1975), Australian Olympic athlete

D

• Danny Walton (b. 1947), American baseball player
• David Walton (disambiguation)
• Dean Walton, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Dorothy Walton (1909–1981), Canadian badminton player
• Douglas Neil Walton, Canadian academic and author
• Dwight Walton (b. 1965), Canadian basketball player

E

• Elijah Walton (1832–1880), English artist
• Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Evangeline Walton (1907–1996), American author

G

• George Walton (Royal Navy), British admiral
• George Walton (1749/50–1804), American politician
• George Walton (Manitoba politician) (died 1925), Canadian politician
• Gordon Walton (b. 1956), American computer game developer
• Col. Granville Walton, The Scout Association Scouting notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1955

H

• Helen Walton (1919–2007), American heiress, widow of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton
• Henry Walton (disambiguation)

I

• Izaak Walton (1593–1683), English writer

J

• James "Bud" Walton (1921–1995), American retailer, co-founder of Wal-Mart
• Jerome Walton (b. 1965), American baseball player
• Jerome L. Walton, fictional character created as an April Fool spoof
• Jess Walton (b. 1949), American actress
• Jim Walton (b. 1948), American banker and Wal-Mart heir
• Jim Walton (journalist) (b. 1958), American journalist, president of CNN Worldwide
• Jo Walton (b. 1964), British-born fantasy and science fiction writer
• Joe Walton (b. 1935), American football coach
• Joseph Walton (footballer), English footballer
• John Walton (disambiguation):
  • John Walton (1738-1783), American politician, Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress
  • John C. Walton (1881–1949), American politician, Governor of Oklahoma
  • John T. Walton (1946–2005), American businessman and Wal-Mart heir
  • John Walton (actor), Australian actor
  • John Ike Walton, American musician and member of 1960s rock group 13th Floor Elevators
  • John William Walton (1818–1896), American businessman in Alabama and Tennessee
• Johnathan Walton (b. 1974), Jamaican-born television reporter
• Joseph Walton (convict) (b. 1830), Canadian-born convict transported to Western Australia

K

• Kendall Walton, American philosopher and academic
• Kent Walton (1917–2003), British television sports commentator
• Kevin Walton (1918-2009), Antarctic Explorer

L

• Lee Walton American artist
• Lisa Walton (b. 1975), New Zealand field hockey player
• Luke Walton (b. 1980), American basketball player

M

• Mary Walton (1827–1894), American inventor
• Mike Walton (b. 1945), Canadian hockey player
• Marcus Walton (b. 1989), English Film Producer

N

• Nancy Walton Laurie, American Wal-Mart heiress
• Nancy Bird-Walton (1915-2009), Australian aviator

O

• Mrs O. F. Walton (Amy Catherine Walton, 1849–1939), British author

P

• Percy Levar Walton, American convicted murderer
• Peter Walton (rugby player), Scottish rugby player and coach
• Peter Walton (referee), English football referee
• Philip Walton (b. 1962), Irish golfer

R

• Rachel Mellon Walton (b. 1899), American philanthropist
• Reggie Walton (b. 1949), American District Judge
• Rhett Walton, Australian actor
• Richard Walton, American politician and academic
• Rob Walton (b. 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
• S. Robson Walton (b. 1945), American lawyer and Wal-Mart heir
• Roy Walton (b. 1932), British card magician

S

• Sam Walton (1918–1992), American retailer, founder of Wal-Mart
• Sam Walton (American football) (1943-2002), American football player
• Simon Walton (born 1987), English football player
• Susana Walton (1926–2010), widow of William Walton

T

• Tasma Walton (b. 1974), Australian actress.
• Thomas Otto Walton, president of Texas A&M University 1925-1943
• Timothy Walton (disambiguation)
• Tony Walton (b. 1934), English set and costume designer and director
• Travis Walton (b. 1953), American alien abductee

W

• William Walton (1902–1983), British composer
• William Walton (1909/1910-1994) American painter and former chairman, U.S. Commission on Fine Arts

Other

• Walton family, connected to Wal-Mart
• the Waltons, fictitious family, television series
• The Walton sextuplets, the world's first all-female surviving sextuplets, born in 1983