Eaton (surname)

Eaton is an English surname, and may refer to:

Academics and scientists

• Alfred Edwin Eaton (1844–1929), English clergyman and entomologist
• Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton (1849–1937), clergyman, educator, and historian
• Amos Eaton (1776–1842), American scientist and educator, whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is Eaton
• Daniel Cady Eaton (1834–1895), American botanist
• Elon Howard Eaton (1866–1934), American ornithologist, scholar, and author
• Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton (1809–1832), American botanist and educator
• Jerry P. Eaton (1926–2004), American geologist
• Nathaniel Eaton (1610–1674), first schoolmaster of Harvard College
• Richard M. Eaton (born 1940), American historian
• Suzanne Eaton (1959–2019), American scientist and academic

Arts

• Andrew Eaton (born 1960), British film producer
• Brando Eaton (born 1986), American film and television actor
• Charles Warren Eaton (1857–1937), American landscape artist
• Chris Eaton (born 1971), Canadian musician
• Cleveland Eaton (1939–2020), American jazz double bassist
• David Eaton (composer) (born 1949), American composer and conductor
• Edith Maude Eaton (1865–1914), American-Chinese author
• Evelyn Eaton (1902–1983), Canadian-American novelist and poet
• Fanny Eaton (1835–1924), Jamaican-born artists model
• Gerald Eaton (born 1971), Canadian singer
• Jay Eaton (1899–1970), American character actor
• Jeff Eaton, American musician in the band Split Lip Rayfield
• Jonathan Eaton (1950–2024), American economist
• Mary Eaton (1901–1948), American actress
• Mary Emily Eaton (1873–1961), English botanical artist
• Meredith Eaton (born 1974), American actress
• Pearl Eaton (1898–1958), American actress
• Sally Eaton (born 1947), Wiccan High Priestess, liturgist, singer and actress
• Shirley Eaton (born 1937), British actress
• William J. Eaton (1930–2005), American journalist
• William Eaton, guitarist and luthier
• Winnifred Eaton (1875–1954), Canadian author
• Wyatt Eaton (1849–1896), Canadian-American portrait painter

Business

• Cyrus S. Eaton (1883–1979), Canadian-born American financier, industrialist and philanthropist
• Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore (1816–1891), British businessman and Conservative politician
• Hubert Eaton (1881–1966), American businessman
• Joseph Oriel Eaton II (1873–1949), founder of the Eaton Corporation of the United States
• Robert James Eaton (born 1940), Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
• Roger Eaton, President and Chief Concept Officer of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
• Timothy Eaton (1834–1907), founder of the Eaton's department store chain
  • Eaton family (Toronto), family and descendants of Timothy Eaton

Military

• Brian Eaton (1916–1992), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
• Charles Eaton (RAAF officer) (1895–1979), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
• Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton (1869–1917), Canadian military officer
• John Eaton (general) (1829–1906), Union American Civil War general
• Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore (1848–1925), British Army officer, sportsman, and peer
• Kenneth Eaton (1934–2022), Royal Navy admiral
• Paul Eaton (born 1950), US general, best known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Pinketham Eaton (died 1781), officer in the North Carolina Continental Line, American Revolutionary War
• William Eaton (soldier) (1764–1811), United States Army general who served as a soldier during the Barbary Wars

Public service

• Amasa Eaton (1841–1914), American lawyer and politician
• Barney Augustus Eaton (1853–1936), Wisconsin state legislator
• Benjamin Harrison Eaton (1833–1904), American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist
• C. N. Eaton (1887–1978), American politician
• Charles Aubrey Eaton (1868–1953), Canadian-born American clergyman and politician
• Chris Eaton (born 1952), Australian police officer best known as a sports betting investigator
• Dorla Dean Eaton (1929–2025), American civic leader and 37th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• Dorman Bridgman Eaton (1823–1899), a U.S. civil service reformer
• Fred Eaton (1856–1934), mayor of Los Angeles
• Fredrik Stefan Eaton (1938–2021), Canadian businessman and diplomat
• Holly Eaton, American politician
• Horace Eaton (1804–1855), American politician
• Hubert A. Eaton (1916–1991), American civil rights activist, and tennis player
• James Youman Eaton (1863/1866-1928) American teacher, lawyer and politician
• John Eaton (politician) (1790–1856), U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, 19th century
• Nicole Eaton (born 1945), Canadian politician
• Robert G. Eaton (1937–2009), politician and cabinet minister in Ontario
• Rosanell Eaton (1921–2018), American activist
• Theophilus Eaton (1590–1658), first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
• William W. Eaton (1816–1898), American politician from Connecticut

Sports

• Adam Eaton (pitcher) (born 1977), American baseball player
• Adam Eaton (outfielder) (born 1988), American baseball player
• Ashton Eaton (born 1988), American decathlete
• Aileen Eaton (1909–1987), Canadian born American boxing promoter
• Barry Eaton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s
• Bobby Eaton (1958–2021), American professional wrestler
• Chris Eaton (tennis) (born 1987), British tennis player
• David Eaton (gymnast) (born 1980), Welsh gymnast
• George Eaton (racing driver) (born 1945), Canadian race driver and president of Eaton's
• Jason Eaton (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Kaitlyn Eaton (born 1994), American wheelchair basketball player
• Lloyd Eaton (1918–2007), American football player, coach, and executive
• Mark Eaton (1957–2021), American basketball player
• Mark Eaton (ice hockey) (born 1977), American ice hockey player
• Nate Eaton (born 1996), American baseball player
• Ron Eaton (racing driver) (born 1943), American racing driver
• Stephen Eaton (born 1975), Australian paralympic athlete
• Steve Eaton, football (soccer) player (Tranmere Rovers)
• Zeb Eaton (1920–1989), American baseball player

Other

• Elizabeth Eaton (born 1955) presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)
• Gai Eaton (1921–2010), British diplomat, writer, historian, and Sufist Islamic scholar
• Samuel Eaton (1596?–1665), English independent divine
• Seymour Eaton (1859–1916), author, publisher and educator
• Warren Samuel Eaton (1891–1966), American aviator

See also

• Eaton (disambiguation)
• Eton (surname)