Horton (family name)

Horton is an originally Anglo-Saxon family name .

Origin and meaning

Horton is a residence name that goes back to people who lived in one of the numerous places called Horton .

Name bearer

• Africanus Horton (1835-1883), writer from Sierra Leone
• Albert Clinton Horton (1798–1865), American politician
• Bayard Taylor Horton (1895–1980), American medic
• Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), American politician
• Big Walter Horton (1918–1981), American blues musician
• David Horton (born around 1940), English badminton player
• Edmund Horton (1896–1944), American bobsledder
• Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
• Frank Horton (1919–2004), American politician
• Frank O. Horton (1882–1948), American politician
• George Moses Horton (~ 1797– ~ 1883), American poet
• Goldie Printis Horton (1887–1972), American mathematician and university professor
• Helen Horton (1923–2009), American actress
• Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), American politician
• James Horton (* 1948), British painter and President of the Royal Society of British Artists
• James Oliver Horton (1943–2017), American historian
• Jennifer Pritchard (born around 1938), English badminton player
• Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country singer
• Jon Horton (born 1964), American football player
• Kenneth Horton (* 1989), American basketball player
• Kevin M. Horton (* 1986), American film actor
• Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer and choreographer
• Mack Horton (* 1996), Australian swimmer
• Marietta Horton (* 1941), holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
• Mary Ann Horton (* 1955), internet pioneer
• Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British admiral
• Michael Horton (actor) (born 1946), American actor
• Michael Horton (film editor) , New Zealand film editor
• Michael Horton (theologian) (* 1964), American evangelical theologian
• Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
• Peter Horton (* 1941), Austrian guitarist, songwriter, television presenter and writer
• Peter Horton (actor) (born 1953), American actor
• Pug Horton (Joanne Horton, * 1932), British jazz singer
• Robert Horton (actor) (born 1924), American actor
• Robert Horton (Manager) (1939-2011), British manager
• Robert Elmer Horton (1875–1945), American geologist, soil scientist and hydrologist
• Robert F. Horton (1855-1934), British author
• Ron Horton (* 1960), American jazz trumpeter
• Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and entrepreneur
• Thomas R. Horton (1822-1894), American politician
• Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), American politician
• William B. Horton (1849–1887), American teacher, school principal, businessman, and politician
• Wilkins P. Horton (1889–1950), American politician
• Zilphia Horton (1910–1956), American musician, folklorist, educator and civil rights activist

Individual evidence

1. ^ House of names: Horton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms