Dayton

Dayton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Alan Dayton, Acting Mayor of Salt Lake County
Alston G. Dayton (1857–1920), West Virginia congressman
Danny Dayton (1923–1999), American actor
Douglas Dayton (1924–2013), American businessman and philanthropist
Elias Dayton (1737–1807), Colonel and father of Jonathan and builder of Fort Dayton
George Dayton (1857–1938), American entrepreneur and founder of Dayton's department store
Howard Dayton (born 1943), American chief executives
James Dayton (born 1988), English footballer
Jesse Dayton, American musician
Jesse C. Dayton (born 1825), New York politician
John C. Dayton (1837–1899), Mayor of Flint, Michigan
Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), son of Elias, signer of the United States Constitution, and Speaker of the House
Keith Dayton (born 1949), US Army Lieutenant General
Margaret Dayton (born 1949), American politician
Mark Dayton (born 1947), current Governor of Minnesota and former US Senator
Matt Dayton (born 1977), American Nordic combined skier
Sky Dayton (born 1971), American entrepreneur
Warren Dayton (born 1940), American illustrator
William L. Dayton (1807–1864), American politician
Given name:
Dayton Allen (1919–2004), comedian and voice actor
Dayton Countryman (1918-2011), American politician
Dayton Miller (1866–1941), American physicist and astronomer
Dayton Ward (born 1967), science fiction author

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Means: day town, light town in English. Transferred use of an English surname derived from a place name (the village of Deighton in the county of Yorkshire). Place names were given as surnames to people who moved from one village to another, thus identifying them based on the place from which they came (usually their birthplace).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Dayton Callie	1946	American actor
2	Mark Dayton	1947	American politician
3	Sky Dayton	1971	American entrepreneur
4	Dayton Leroy Rogers	1953	Serial killer
5	Dayton Moore	1967	American baseball executive
6	William L. Dayton	1807	American politician
7	June Dayton	1923	American actress
8	Danny Dayton	1923	Actor, television director
9	Dayton Allen	1919	Comedian and voice actor
10	Jesse Dayton		American musician
11	Dayton Duncan	1949	American screenwriter and producer
12	Dayton Miller	1866	American physicist
13	Grant Dayton	1987	Is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball
14	Dayton Lummis	1903	American actor
15	Bruce Dayton	1918
16	Jonathan Dayton	1957	American film director and producer
17	Dayton Hyde		American writer
18	Margaret Dayton	2000	American politician
19	Elias Dayton	1737	American politician
20	Douglas Dayton	1924	American businessman
21	Dayton Ward	1967	American science fiction writer
22	Helena Smith Dayton	1879	American film maker, painter and sculptor
23	Keith Dayton	1949	United States general
24	Warren Dayton		Artist
25	Jeff Dayton	1953	Musician
26	Alston G. Dayton	1857	United States federal judge
27	Dayton Carr		American businessman
28	Paul K. Dayton	1941	American oceanographer
29	Dayton S. Mak	1917	American diplomat
30	Dayton Waller	1925	American businessman and politician
31	Lewis P. Dayton	1821	American politician
32	Gregory Dayton	1953
33	Dayton E. Phillips	1910	American politician
34	Matt Dayton	1977	American Nordic combined skier
35	Alan Dayton		American politician
36	Amos Cooper Dayton	1813	American minister
37	Dayton Baptiste	1965	Dominican politician
38	John C. Dayton	1837	American politician
39	George Dayton	1827	New Jersey State Senator
40	JoAnn Dayton
41	Lewis Dayton		British actor
42	Dayton O'Brien	1983	American soccer player
43	Dayton P. Clarke	1840	Medal of Honor recipient
44	Oscar Veniah Dayton	1827	American general
45	Dayton Rains	1977
46	Jesse C. Dayton	1825	American politician
47	Frank Dayton	1865	American actor
48	Howard Dayton	1927	American actor
49	Dayton Countryman	1918
50	James Dayton	1860	American actor (1860-1924)
51	Dayton T. Brown		American aerospace engineer