Horton (surname)

Horton
Language(s)	English
Origin
Language(s)	English
Derivation	"horu" (dirt) + "tūn" (settlement, farm, estate)
Meaning	"farm on muddy soil"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Houghton; Haughton; Hoghton; Hawton;

Horton is an Anglo-Saxon surname, deriving from the common English place-name Horton. It derives from Old English horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.^[1]

List of people with the surname Horton

Africanus Horton (1835–1883), scientist, soldier, writer and political thinker from Sierra Leone
Alonzo Horton (1813–1909), American real estate developer
Ann Horton (1894–1965), British physicist
Benjamin Jason Horton (1873–1963), Governor of Puerto Rico
Bill Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Brian Horton (born 1949), English footballer and football manager
Carolyn Price Horton (1909–2001), American bookbinder and conservator
Charles Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Chris Horton (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Claire Horton (born 1962), British charity executive
Claude Wendell Horton, Jr. (born 1942), American physicist
Claude Wendell Horton, Sr. (1915–2001), American physicist
Clinton T. Horton (1876–1953), New York politician and judge
Christiana Horton (c. 1696 – c. 1756), English actress
Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947), American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor
David Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Desiree Horton (born 1971), American TV personality
Dodie Horton, American politician
Duncan Horton (born 1967), English footballer
Dylan Horton (born 2000), American football player
Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970), American actor
Ed Horton (born 1967), former American basketball player
Frank Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
George Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Hamilton C. Horton, Jr. (1931–2006), American politician from North Carolina
Harold Horton (c. 1939–2025), American football player and coach
Henry Hollis Horton (1866–1934), Governor of Tennessee (1927–33)
Herschella Horton (1938–2022), American politician
Isaiah Horton, American football player
Jacob Horton (died 1989), senior vice-president of Southern Company
Jack K. Horton (c. 1917 – 2000), American lawyer and business executive.
James Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Jason Horton (born 1980), American football player
Jerry Horton (born 1975), American musician
John Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Johnny Horton (1925–1960), American country music singer
Jonathan Horton (born 1985), American gymnast
Judith Ann Carter Horton (1866–1948), American educator and librarian
Kenneth Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Larry Horton (born 1949), American football player
Les Horton (1921–2008), English professional footballer
Lester Horton (1906–1953), American dancer
Lesley Horton, British novelist
Mack Horton OAM (born Mackenzie Horton; 1996), an Australian freestyle swimmer
Mark Horton (archaeologist) (born 1956), British maritime archaeologist
Mark Horton (bridge) (born 1950), British bridge player
Martin Horton (1934–2011), former English cricketer
Mary Ann Horton (born Mark R. Horton, 1955), American computer scientist
Max Kennedy Horton (1883–1951), British submarine commander during the First World War, and admiral during the Second
Michael Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Mike Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Mildred McAffee Horton (1900–1994), American academic
Myles Horton (1905–1990), American educator
Nathan Horton (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
Nigel Horton (born 1948), English rugby union player
Peter Horton (born 1953), American actor
Richard Horton (editor), British editor of The Lancet medical journal
Robert Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Robin W. G. Horton (1932–2019), English social anthropologist and philosopher
S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York state senator
Samuel Dana Horton (1844–1895), American writer
Scott Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Sherman D. Horton Jr. (1931–2014), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
Shirley Horton (born c. 1953), American politician
Stanley M. Horton, American theologian
Steven Wayne Horton (1954–2006), American singer
Stuart Horton (born 1963), English rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s
Thomas Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Tim Horton (1930–1974), Canadian ice hockey player and coffee shop chain founder
Tommy Horton (1941–2017), English professional golfer
Tony Horton (baseball) (born 1944), former American Major League baseball player
Tony Horton (rugby union) (1938–2020), English rugby union player
Tory Horton (born 2002), American football player
Big Walter Horton (1917–1981), American blues harmonica player
William Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Willie Horton (disambiguation), multiple people
Zach Horton (born 2002), American football player

Fictional characters

Alice Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
David Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
Hugo Horton, character on the TV show The Vicar of Dibley
James Horton (Highlander), character from Highlander: The Series
Sarah Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
Dr. Tom Horton, character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives

References

^ Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). "HORTON". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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[1] Watts, Victor, ed. (2004). "HORTON". The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Horton (surname)

List of people with the surname Horton

Fictional characters

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