Paxton (name)
Paxton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:Surname
- Bill Paxton, American actor
- Elisha F. Paxton, American Civil War general in the Confederate army
- Gary S. Paxton, American musician, producer
- Geoffrey Paxton, Australian Anglican minister
- George Paxton American bandleader, composer, and arranger
- James Paxton, American actor
- Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, American blues musician and singer
- John Paxton, American screenwriter
- James A. Paxton, Canadian baseball pitcher
- James E. Paxton, American politician
- John Paxton , English footballer
- John M. Paxton, Jr., United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General, Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff
- Sir Joseph Paxton, English architect and botanist, designed the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851
- Lonie Paxton, American NFL pro football player
- Michael Paxton, American filmmaker
- Mike Paxton, American MLB pro baseball player
- Richard Paxton, English architect
- Robert Paxton, American historian
- Sara Paxton, American actress, musician
- Steve Paxton, American experimental dancer and choreographer
- Thomas Paxton, Ontario businessman and politician
- Sir Thomas Paxton, 1st Baronet, Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1920 to 1923
- Thomas Paxton, captain of HMS Speedy, lost in Lake Ontario
- Tom Paxton, American folk musician, singer-songwriter
- See Paxton's Tower for William Paxton, London merchant and banker
- William Paxton , Englishman who made a fortune in South Australia
- William McGregor Paxton, American artist
Given name
- Paxton Baker, American businessman
- Paxton Fielies, South African singer, songwriter, and winner of Idols season 13.
- Paxton Lynch, American football player
- Paxton Mills, American radio broadcaster
- Paxton Whitehead, English actor
Fictional characters
- Paxton Fudge, a character in Supertwink
- Emma Paxton, main character in The Lying Game series by Sara Shepard
- John Frederick Paxton, fictional character in Star Trek leading Terra Prime
- Sonya Paxton, a fictional Executive ADA appearing in
- Paxton Fettel, main antagonist of F.E.A.R..
- Paxton, a fictional diesel character in Thomas and Friends
- Paxton, the main character of Hostel played by Jay Hernandez
- Paxton, antiquarian and archaeologist who finds an Anglo-Saxon crown in M. R. James's A Warning to the Curious
