Peyton (name)
Peyton is an English surname and both a male and female given name. The Gaelic variation in Ireland is Ó Peatáin.Surname
- Balie Peyton, American lawyer and politician
- Ben Peyton, British actor
- Benny Peyton, American jazz drummer
- Bob Peyton, English former footballer
- Brad Peyton, Canadian-born film director
- Caroline Peyton, American singer and songwriter
- Craig Peyton, American producer
- Dave Peyton, American songwriter, pianist, and arranger
- Edward Peyton, officer of the Royal Navy
- Elizabeth Peyton, American painter
- Gerry Peyton, English football player
- Sir Henry Dashwood Peyton, 1st Baronet, MP for Cambridgeshire 1782–89
- Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet, MP for Cambridgeshire in 1802
- Sir Henry Peyton, 3rd Baronet, MP for Woodstock 1837–38
- Herb Peyton, American entrepreneur and founder of Gate Petroleum in Jacksonville, Florida
- Jane Peyton, American actress
- John Peyton, the name of several people
- Joseph Hopkins Peyton, American politician
- K. M. Peyton, British author
- Kate Peyton, Senior Producer for the BBC Johannesburg Bureau 2002–05
- Kim Peyton, competitive freestyle swimmer, Gold medalist for the United States at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics
- Malcolm Peyton, American composer, concert director, conductor, and teacher
- Mike Peyton, British cartoonist
- Noel Peyton, Irish former professional footballer
- Oliver Peyton, Irish restaurateur and judge on the BBC television series Great British Menu
- Patrick Peyton, Irish-born American priest
- Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton, American politician and soldier
- Rog Peyton, science fiction bookseller and editor
- Samuel Peyton, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Tony Peyton, member of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team
- Warren Peyton, English footballer
- Whitney Peyton, American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- William Peyton, British general
- Walter Payton, American football player
- Gary Dwayne Payton, former American basketball player
Given name
- Peyton C. March, American soldier and Army Chief of Staff
- Peyton Evans, former head coach of the University of Virginia college football program from 1916 to 1916
- Peyton Gordon, United States federal judge
- Peyton H. Colquitt, Confederate Officer
- Peyton Hillis, American football player
- Peyton Elizabeth Lee, American actress
- Peyton List, multiple people
- Peyton M. Magruder, aircraft designer
- Peyton Manning, American football player
- Peyton R. Helm, eleventh president of Muhlenberg College
- Peyton Randolph , American politician
- Peyton Randolph, American politician
- Peyton Reed, American director
- Peyton Sellers, American race car driver, competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series
- Peyton Short, land speculator and politician in Kentucky
- Peyton Willoughby, Leader of the Blanco's
- Peyton Siva, American basketball player
- Peyton Thompson, American football player
- Peyton Young, American game theorist
- Peyton Patenaude, Soccer player at Mt. Ararat in Topsham, Maine
Fictional characters
- Peyton, in the television series Chaotic
- Peyton Charles, in the television series iZombie
- Peyton Driscoll, in the television series CSI: NY
- Peyton Farquhar, character in the short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
- Peyton Kelly, in the 2007 film The Game Plan
- Peyton Leverett, in the 2011 film Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
- Peyton Loftis, in the 1951 novel Lie Down in Darkness by William Styron
- Peyton Mott, in the 1992 film The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
- Peyton Sawyer, character in the television series One Tree Hill
- Peyton Westlake, in the 1990 film Darkman
- Kelly Peyton, character in the television series Alias
- Peyton Bragg, character in the 1959 novel Alas, Babylon
