Walton (family name)
Walton - also written Wallton - is originally a local English family name , derived from the Old English words wald (later to English wood and to German forest ), wall (to German wall or wall ) or wælla (to German wave ; to English stream [German current ] or English spring [German source or (original) jump ]) and ton (see also -ton ) was formed.
Name bearer
A.
- Alice Walton (* 1949), daughter of Sam Walton (Wal-Mart)
- Ama Walton (* 1970), German lawyer and actress
- Anna Walton (* 1980), British actress
- Araba Walton (* 1975), German actress and singer
B.
- Bill Walton (born 1952), American basketball player
- Brent Walton (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Walton (theologian) (~ 1600–1661), British theologian, orientalist, editor and bishop
- Brian Walton (musician) (born 1964), American musician
- Brian Walton (cyclist) (born 1965), Canadian cyclist
- Bryce Walton (1918–1988), American writer
C.
- Caz Walton (born 1947), British wheelchair athlete
- Cedar Walton (1934-2013), American jazz pianist
- Charles W. Walton (1819–1900), American politician
- Chris Walton (* 1963), British music historian
- Christy Walton (* 1949), American entrepreneur
- Cora Walton , known as Koko Taylor (1928–2009), American blues singer
- Craig Walton (* 1975), Australian triathlete
D.
- Danny Walton (born 1947), American baseball player
- David Walton (economist) (1963-2006), British economist
- David Walton (writer) (* 1975), American science fiction author
- David Walton (actor) (born 1978), American actor
- Dorothy Walton (1909–1981), Canadian badminton player
- Douglas Walton (1942-2020), Canadian argumentation theorist
- Douglas Walton (actor) (1910–1961), American actor
E.
- Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922), Scottish painter
- Eliakim Persons Walton (1812–1890), American politician
- Emily Walton (* 1984), British writer
- Emma Walton (born 1962), British actress and author
- Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Evangeline Walton (1907-1996), American writer
F.
- Frederick Walton (1833–1928), English chemist and inventor of linoleum
G
- George Walton (1741–1804), American politician
- George L. Walton , American politician
- Graeme Walton (* 1982), British-Irish ice hockey player
H
- Helen Robson Walton (1919–2007), wife of Sam Walton (Wal-Mart)
I.
- Izaak Walton (1593-1683), English writer
J
- Jack C. Walton ( John Callaway Walton ; 1881–1949), American politician
- Jerome Walton (born 1965), American baseball player
- Jess Walton (born 1949), American actress
- Jim Walton (* 1948), youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton
- Jo Walton (* 1964), Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer
- John Walton (politician) (1738–1783), American politician (Continental Congress)
- John Walton (paleobotanist) (1895–1971), British paleobotanist
- John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant (1922–2016), British neurologist and politician
- John Walton (actor) (born 1953), Australian actor
- John Walton (dart player) (born 1961), English dart player
- John T. Walton (1946–2005), American entrepreneur
- Jonathan Walton (* 1990), British rower
L.
- Leslie Bannister Walton (1895–1960), British Romanist and Hispanist
- Luke Walton (* 1980), American basketball player and coach
M.
- Matthew Walton (around 1750-1819), American politician
- Mike Walton (* 1945), Canadian ice hockey player
- Minnie Walton (1852–1879), Australian-American singer and actress
N
- Nancy Bird-Walton (1915–2009), Australian aviation pioneer
P
- Peggy Walton-Walker (* 1943 as Peggy Jean Walton), American actress
R.
- Rachel Mellon Walton (1899-2006), American philanthropist
- Raoul Walton (* 1959), American musician (bassist)
- Robert C. Walton (1932–2000), Protestant theologian and church historian
S.
- S. Robson Walton (* 1944), son of Sam Walton (Wal-Mart)
- Sam Walton (1918–1992), American entrepreneur (Wal-Mart)
- Scott Walton , American jazz musician
- Simon of Walton († 1266), Bishop of Norwich
T
- Tony Walton (* 1934), British art director, costume and production designer
- Travis Walton (* 1957), American author
W.
- William Walton (1902–1983), English composer
- William Bell Walton (1871–1939), American politician
See also
- The Waltons - a television series