Leighton (given name)
Leighton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Leighton Andrews, Welsh academic and politician
- Leighton Aspell, Irish jockey
- Leighton Baines, English soccer player
- Leighton Baker, New Zealand politician
- Leighton Clarkson, English soccer player
- Leighton Coleman, American clergyman
- Leighton I. Davis, American Air Force Lieutenant General
- Leighton Dye, American hurdler
- Leighton Eksteen, South African rugby union player
- Leighton Elliott, Caymanian soccer player
- Leighton Evans, Welsh philosopher and professor
- Leighton Glynn, Irish Gaelic football and hurling player
- Leighton Hodges, Welsh rugby union referee
- Leighton A. Hope, American politician
- Leighton James, Welsh footballer
- Leighton Jordan, American beauty queen
- Leighton Lucas, English composer and conductor
- Leighton McCarthy, Canadian diplomat, lawyer, and politician
- Leighton McGivern, English soccer player
- Leighton McIntosh, Scottish soccer player
- Leighton Meester, American actress, singer, and model
- Leighton Noble, American bandleader and vocalist
- Leighton O'Brien, American soccer player
- Leighton Osmun, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
- Leighton Phillips, Welsh soccer player
- Leighton Pierce, American filmmaker
- Leighton Price, New Zealand rugby union player
- Leighton Priestley, Jamaican sprinter
- Leighton Rees, Welsh dart player
- Leighton P. Slack, American attorney and judge
- Leighton Swarts, South African cricketer
- Leighton Vander Esch, American football player
- Leighton Williams, Welsh chess player