Eaton (surname)
Eaton is an English surname, and may refer to:
Academics and scientists
- Alfred Edwin Eaton, English clergyman and entomologist
- Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, clergyman, educator, and historian
- Amos Eaton, American scientist and educator, whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is Eaton
- Daniel Cady Eaton, American botanist
- Elon Howard Eaton, American ornithologist, scholar, and author
- Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton, American botanist and educator
- Jerry P. Eaton, American geologist
- Nathaniel Eaton, first schoolmaster of Harvard College
- Richard M. Eaton, American historian
- Suzanne Eaton, American scientist and academic
Arts
- Andrew Eaton, British film producer
- Brando Eaton, American film and television actor
- Charles Warren Eaton, American landscape artist
- Chris Eaton, Canadian musician
- Cleveland Eaton, American jazz double bassist
- David Eaton (composer), American composer and conductor
- Edith Maude Eaton, American-Chinese author
- Evelyn Eaton, Canadian-American novelist and poet
- Fanny Eaton, Jamaican-born artists model
- Gerald Eaton, Canadian singer
- Jay Eaton, American character actor
- Jeff Eaton, American musician in the band Split Lip Rayfield
- Jonathan Eaton, American economist
- Mary Eaton, American actress
- Mary Emily Eaton, English botanical artist
- Meredith Eaton, American actress
- Pearl Eaton, American actress
- Sally Eaton, Wiccan High Priestess, liturgist, singer and actress
- Shirley Eaton, British actress
- William J. Eaton, American journalist
- William Eaton, guitarist and luthier
- Winnifred Eaton, Canadian author
- Wyatt Eaton, Canadian-American portrait painter
Business
- Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-born American financier, industrialist and philanthropist
- Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore, British businessman and Conservative politician
- Hubert Eaton, American businessman
- Joseph Oriel Eaton II, founder of the Eaton Corporation of the United States
- Robert James Eaton, Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
- Roger Eaton, President and Chief Concept Officer of Kentucky Fried Chicken
- Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain
- * Eaton family (Toronto), family and descendants of Timothy Eaton
Military
- Brian Eaton, senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
- Charles Eaton (RAAF officer), senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
- Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton, Canadian military officer
- John Eaton (general), Union American Civil War general
- Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore, British Army officer, sportsman, and peer
- Kenneth Eaton, Royal Navy admiral
- Paul Eaton, US general, best known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Pinketham Eaton, officer in the North Carolina Continental Line, American Revolutionary War
- William Eaton (soldier), United States Army general who served as a soldier during the Barbary Wars
Public service
- Amasa Eaton, American lawyer and politician
- Barney Augustus Eaton, Wisconsin state legislator
- Benjamin Harrison Eaton, American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist
- C. N. Eaton, American politician
- Charles Aubrey Eaton, Canadian-born American clergyman and politician
- Chris Eaton, Australian police officer best known as a sports betting investigator
- Dorla Dean Eaton, American civic leader and 37th President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution
- Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a U.S. civil service reformer
- Fred Eaton, mayor of Los Angeles
- Fredrik Stefan Eaton, Canadian businessman and diplomat
- Holly Eaton, American politician
- Horace Eaton, American politician
- Hubert A. Eaton, American civil rights activist, and tennis player
- James Youman Eaton American teacher, lawyer and politician
- John Eaton (politician), U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, 19th century
- Nicole Eaton, Canadian politician
- Robert G. Eaton, politician and cabinet minister in Ontario
- Rosanell Eaton, American activist
- Theophilus Eaton, first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
- William W. Eaton, American politician from Connecticut
Sports
- Adam Eaton (pitcher), American baseball player
- Adam Eaton (outfielder), American baseball player
- Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
- Aileen Eaton, Canadian born American boxing promoter
- Barry Eaton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s
- Bobby Eaton, American professional wrestler
- Chris Eaton (tennis), British tennis player
- David Eaton (gymnast), Welsh gymnast
- George Eaton (racing driver), Canadian race driver and president of Eaton's
- Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- Kaitlyn Eaton, American wheelchair basketball player
- Lloyd Eaton, American football player, coach, and executive
- Mark Eaton, American basketball player
- Mark Eaton (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
- Nate Eaton, American baseball player
- Ron Eaton (racing driver), American racing driver
- Stephen Eaton, Australian paralympic athlete
- Steve Eaton, football player
- Zeb Eaton, American baseball player
Other
- Elizabeth Eaton presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Francis Eaton (Mayflower passenger)
- Gai Eaton, British diplomat, writer, historian, and Sufist Islamic scholar
- Samuel Eaton, English independent divine
- Seymour Eaton, author, publisher and educator
- Warren Samuel Eaton, American aviator