Clifton (given name)
Clifton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Clifton Abraham, American and Canadian football player
- Clifton Bailey, Jamaican reggae musician, better known as Capleton
- Clifton Bloomfield, American serial killer
- Clifton R. Breckinridge, American politician
- Clifton Bush, American professional basketball player
- Clifton B. Cates, United States Marine Corps four-star general
- Clifton Chenier, American zydeco musician
- Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
- Clifton Daniel, American newspaperman
- Clifton Daniel (bishop), American bishop
- Clifton Truman Daniel, American writer, public relations executive, and grandson of Harry S. Truman
- Clifton Davis, American actor
- Clifton DeBerry, American politician
- Clifton O. Dummett, American dentist, dean, and historian
- Clifton Fadiman, American radio and television personality
- Clifton C. Garvin, American engineer, army officer, and oilman
- Clifton Grima, Maltese politician
- Clifton A. Hall, a Rhode Island architect
- Clifton James, American actor
- Clifton Johnson, American author, illustrator, and photographer
- Clifton H. Johnson, American historian
- Clifton Jones, Jamaican actor
- Clifton J. Joy, Newfoundland physician and politician
- Clifton Leaf, American journalist, editor of Fortune magazine
- Clifton Maloney, American businessman
- Clifton N. McArthur, American politician
- Clifton McNeely, American basketball player and coach
- Clifton Newman, American attorney and judge
- Clifton Parker, English composer
- Clifton Blackburn Prewitt African American real estate developer
- Clifton Ray, American serial killer
- Clifton Sandvliet, Surinamese retired footballer
- Clifton Smith, American football player
- Clifton Smith, American football player
- Clifton Sprague, World War II–era officer in the U.S. Navy
- Clifton Sunada, American judoka
- C. Clifton Virts, American politician and lawyer from Maryland
- Clifton Webb, American actor
- Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr., American diplomat
- Clifton Wheeler, American artist
- Clifton Williams, NASA astronaut and USMC Major
- Clifton A. Woodrum, American pharmacist and politician
- Clifton Young, American actor