Axton is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:
* Mae Boren Axton (1914–1997), American songwriter, notably Heartbreak Hotel (mother of Hoyt)
Estelle Axton was an American record executive and co-founder of Stax Records, along with her brother Jim Stewart.
Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American folk music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting became well known throughout the world. Among them were "Joy to the World", "The Pusher", "No No Song", "Greenback Dollar", "Della and the Dealer", and "Never Been to Spain".

"Joy to the World" is a song written by Hoyt Axton and made famous by the band Three Dog Night. The song is also popularly known by its opening lyric, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog." Three Dog Night originally released the song on their fourth studio album, Naturally, in November 1970, and subsequently released an edited version of the song as a single in February 1971.
Clines is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Croot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Doremus is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lefébure is a Norman-Picard surname, variation of Lefebvre and may refer to:
Boren is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Cantillon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rhys Edward Clark is a New Zealand drummer who, since moving to the United States in 1970, has played with such artists as Hoyt Axton, Freddy Fender and, most notably, Billy Joel.
Gettleman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hoyt is an English medieval surname, sometimes used as a given name. It is a topographical surname for someone who lived high, or on a hill.
Hallyday is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Antonacci is an Italian surname from the Tuscany region derived from Antonius. Notable people with the surname include:
Sublette is a variant of the French language surname Soblet. Other variations include Sublet, Sublett, and Soublet. In the United States, the Soblet family name traces back to French Huguenot refugee Abraham Soblet and his family, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 and settled in Manakintown
Vandenberg or Vandenburg is a surname that is a variation on the Dutch and Flemish surname "van den Berg", literally meaning "from the mountain". The version treating it as a single word is current mainly in English-speaking countries.
Antonoff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Char is a French feminine given name that is a variation of Chardonnay, Charlene, and Charlotte and a feminine form of Charles. Char is also used as a variation of Charmaine. Notable people with this name include the following:
Estell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Mendell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: