Galton (name)

Galton is a surname and occasionally a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

• Dorothy Galton (1901–1992), British university administrator
• Sir Douglas Strutt Galton (1822–1899), British engineer
• Emma Sophia Galton (1811–1904), English author
• Francis Galton (1822–1911), English Victorian polymath
• Frank Wallace Galton (1867–1952), English political writer and journalist
• Jim Galton (1945–2017), American business executive
• Leah Galton (born 1994), English footballer
• Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (née Galton, 1778–1856), British writer in the anti-slavery movement
• Peter Galton (born 1942), British vertebrate paleontologist
• Ray Galton (1930–2018), British scriptwriter
• Samuel Galton (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
• Samuel Galton, Jr. (1753–1832), British arms manufacturer
• Samuel Tertius Galton (1783–1844), British businessman and scientist

Given name

• Galton Blackiston (born 1962), English chef