Milton (given name)

Milton is a given name, and may refer to:

People:

• Milton Acorn (1923–1986), Canadian poet, writer, and playwright
• Milton Ager (1893–1979), American composer
• Milton Avery (1885–1965), American modern painter
• Milton Babbitt (1916–2011), American composer
• Milton Bagby, American voice actor and author
• Milton Balkany (born 1946), American Orthodox rabbi and convicted extortionist
• Milton Barney (born 1963), American football player
• Mílton Barros (born 1984), Angolan basketball player
• Milton Bearden (born 1940), retired Central Intelligence Agency officer, author, and film consultant
• Milton Becerra (born 1951), Venezuelan artist
• Milton Earl Beebe (1840–1923), American architect
• Milton Bell (born 1970), American basketball player
• Milton Berle (1908–2002), American comedian
• Milton Blanco (born 1984), American soccer player
• Milton Bradley (1836–1911), American toymaker
• Milton Bradley (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player
• Milton Brown (1903–1936), American band leader and vocalist
• Milton Brown (politician) (1804–1883), U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• Milton Campbell (born 1976), American track and field athlete
• Milton A. Candler (1837–1909), American lawyer, Confederate officer, and politician
• Milton Caniff (1907–1988), American cartoonist
• Milton Caraglio (born 1988), Argentine footballer
• Milton Coleman (born 1946), American journalist
• Milton Crenchaw (1919–2015), American aviator
• Milton Cross (1897–1975), American radio announcer
• Milton DeLugg (1918–2015), American jazz accordionist, bandleader and composer
• Milton Diamond (born 1934), American sexologist
• Milton Doyle (born 1993), American basketball player
• Milton Dube, Nauruan politician
• Milton Ellenby, American bridge player
• Milton H. Erickson (1901–1980), American psychiatrist
• Milton Estes (1914–1963), American country singer-songwriter and musician
• Milton Ezrati, American economist
• Milton Fisher (1917–2001), American attorney and investment banker
• Milton Flores (1974–2003), Honduran footballer
• Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist
• Milton Frome (1909–1989), American actor
• Milton Galamison (1923–1988), American Presbyterian minister and civil rights activist
• Milton C. Garber (1867–1948), American politician
• Milton Glaser (1929–2020), American graphic designer
• Milton Glick (1937–2011), American educator
• Milton Goldstein (film executive) (1926–2015), American film executive
• Milton Goldstein (photographer) (1915–2000), American photographer
• Milton Goode (born 1960), American high jumper
• Milton Green, (1913–2005), American sportsperson (high hurdler) in the 1930s
• Milton Fowler Gregg (1892–1978), Canadian military officer
• Milton Hardaway (1954–2008), American football player
• Milton Hay (1817–1893), American lawyer and politician
• Milton S. Hershey (1857–1945), American chocolatier and philanthropist
• Milton B. Hine (1828–1881), American politician
• Milton Huddart (1960–2015), English rugby league footballer
• Milton Jesús Puerto (born 1969), Honduran politician
• R. Milton Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist
• Milton Jones (born 1964), English comedian
• Milton Kerker (1920–2016), American physical chemist
• Milton Y. Kidd (1826–1884), American politician from Maryland
• Milton Marx, given name of Gummo Marx (1893–1977), American actor, comedian, and theatrical agent
• Milton McGriggs, American football player
• Milton Mallawarachchi (1944-1998), Sri Lankan Sinhala vocalist
• Milton E. Miles (1900–1961), American U.S. Navy admiral
• Milton Morris (1924–2019), Australian politician
• Milton Nascimento (born 1942), Brazilian singer-songwriter
• Milton Obote (1925–2005), Ugandan politician
• J. A. Milton Perera (1929-1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala playback singer and composer
• Milton Prell (1905–1974), American hotel and casino developer
• Milton D. Purdy (1866–1937), American federal judge
• Milton Ernest Ricketts (1913–1942), American naval officer
• Milton A. Romjue (1874–1968), American politician
• Milton Romney (1899–1975), American football player
• Milton A. Rothman (1919–2001), American nuclear physicist
• Milton Selzer (1918–2006) American stage, film, and television actor
• Milton Shulman (1913-2004), Canadian-British critic and author
• Milton Dean Slaughter, American theoretical physicist
• Milton Stapp (1792–1869), American politician
• Milton Vieira (born 1978), Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Milton Williams (born 1999), American football player
• Milton Wright (disambiguation), multiple people
• Milton Wynants (born 1972), Uruguayan cyclist
• Milton Wynn (born 1978), American football player

Pseudonyms:

• Milton, stage name of Marc Rosenthal, American singer-songwriter

Fictional characters:

• Milton (DC Extended Universe), a character in The Suicide Squad
• Milton Calypeer, a character in the 2006 animated film Cars
• Milton Fludgecow, a character from the Crotchety Old Man Calls series of prank calls from the MJ Morning Show in Tampa, Florida
• Milton Dyer (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
• Milton Krest, a villain in the James Bond short story "The Hildebrand Rarity"
• Milton Mamet, a character in the television series The Walking Dead
• Milton McIlroy, a character in GTA V.
• Milton Waddams, a character in the 1999 comedy film Office Space

See also

• Milt (name), a list of people, nearly all with the real given name Milton