Paton
Paton means:
- a city in Iowa, see Paton (Iowa)
- an Italian motorcycle manufacturer, see Paton (motorcycle manufacturer) and Giuseppe Pattoni
- the State Patent Center Thuringia, see Paton (State Patent Center)
- an asteroid, see (2727) Paton
Paton is the family name of the following people:
- Alan Paton (1903–1988), South African writer and opponent of apartheid
- Andrew Archibald Paton (1811–1874), British writer and diplomat
- Angela Paton (1930-2016), American actress
- Borys Paton (1918–2020), Ukrainian scientist, specialist in electric welding, son of Yevgeny Oskarowitsch Paton
- David Paton (born 1949), British musician
- David-Lee Paton (* 1985), German-British ice hockey goalkeeper
- Harry Hadden-Paton (born 1981), British film actor
- Herbert James Paton (1887–1969), British moral philosopher and university professor
- Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (1859–1955), French painter
- Yevgeny Oskarowitsch Paton (1870–1953), Ukrainian scientist, inventor of arc welding, see also: Paton Bridge
- Jill Paton Walsh (* 1937), English writer
- John Paton (General) (1867–1943), Australian general
- John Paton (politician) (1886–1976), British politician
- John Brown Paton (1830–1911), Scottish clergyman
- John Gibson Paton (1824-1907), Scottish missionary
- Joseph Noel Paton (1821–1901), Scottish artist
- Paul Paton (* 1987), Northern Irish football player
- Victor Noel-Paton, Baron Ferrier (1900–1992), British soldier, businessman and member of the House of Lords
- William Paton (clergyman) (1886–1943), British clergyman and missionary
- William Paton (pharmacologist) (1917-1993), British pharmacologist
- William Paton (soccer player) (also Willie Paton ; 1925-2005), Scottish soccer player
- William Andrew Paton (1889–1991), American finance scientist
- William Roger Paton (1857–1921), Scottish classical philologist
Others:
- Paton Peak , mountain on Beaufort Island, Ross Archipelago, Antarctica
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