Paton (surname)
Paton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aaron Paton, Body builder and number 1 real estate agent in South Australia
- Al Paton, musician from South Africa and Namibia
- Alan Paton, South African author and anti-apartheid activist
- Alex Paton, Scottish footballer
- Andrew Archibald Paton, British diplomat, orientalist, and author
- Andy Paton, Scottish football player and manager
- Angela Paton, theatre, TV and film actress
- Angus Paton, British civil engineer from Jersey
- Ann Paton, Lady Paton, PC, Scottish advocate and judge
- Bartolome Jimenez Paton, Spanish humanist, rhetorician, grammarian and writer
- Bert Paton, Scottish former football player and manager
- Borys Paton, long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine
- Charles Paton, English film actor
- Charlie Paton, Scottish polar adventurer
- Daniel Paton, Scottish footballer
- Danny Paton, Scottish footballer
- David Paton, multiple people
- *David Paton, Scottish musician
- *David Paton , Scottish architect and builder
- *David Paton, Scottish artist active between 1660–1700
- *David Paton , medical officer, the last surviving member of the St Nazaire raid of World War II
- *David Paton , retired full-time ophthalmologist, Founder in 1970 of Project Orbis
- Diarmid Noel Paton, FRS FRSE, Scottish physician and academic
- Elizabeth Paton, later Elizabeth Andrew of Lairgieside
- Eric Paton, Scottish professional footballer
- Eris Paton, New Zealand cricketer
- Ernest Forrester Paton, Scottish United Free Church medical missionary to Pune, Bombay
- Evgeny Paton, Ukrainian engineer
- Florence Paton, Labour Party politician in the UK, Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1950
- Frank Paton, English artist of the Victorian and Edwardian eras
- Gavin Paton, Army Sergeant Major of the British Army
- George Paton, multiple people
- *George Henry Tatham Paton, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- *George Paton , Australian cricketer
- *George Paton, Scottish football player during the 1940s and 1950s
- *George Whitecross Paton, previous Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University
- Graeme Paton, British journalist, and Transport Correspondent for The Times
- Harry Paton, New Zealand rugby union player, administrator and referee
- Herbert James Paton, Scottish philosopher
- Hugh Paton, Scottish business owner in Montreal
- Ian Paton, multiple people
- *Ian Paton , former Australian rules footballer
- *Ian Paton, Canadian politician
- *Ian Paton , Anglican bishop
- James Paton, multiple people
- *James Alexander Paton, newspaper owner and political figure in British Columbia
- *James Paton , 16th-century Scottish cleric from Ballilisk, Kinross
- *James Paton , Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada
- *James Paton , Scots-born seaman who sailed to the Antarctic in expeditions between 1902 and 1917
- *James Paton , sport shooter from Canada
- Jamie Paton, former Australian international football player
- Joan Paton, Australian ornithologist
- Joe Paton, former Australian rules footballer
- John Paton, multiple people
- *John Paton , Labour Member of Parliament for Norwich 1945–50, for Norwich North 1950–64
- *John Paton CB, CMG, Australian general who served in World War I
- *John Paton , Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- *John Brown Paton, English theologian
- *John Gibson Paton, Scottish missionary
- *Johnny Paton, Scottish professional football player, manager, coach
- *Jonathan Paton, politician and intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve who served in Iraq
- Joseph Noel Paton, Scottish artist
- Lewis B. Paton, American biblical scholar
- Mary Ann Paton, Scottish vocalist
- Mary Paton, the founder of the Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Michael Paton, multiple people
- *Michael Paton, Scottish professional footballer
- *Michael Paton, Scottish footballer of the 1880s
- *Michael Paton, eminent Anglican priest and author in the 20th century
- Norman Paton, Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester
- Paul Paton, professional footballer
- Raffaëla Paton, Dutch singer
- Richard Paton, British marine painter
- Robert Paton, multiple people
- *Robert Paton won the 2015 Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry
- *Robert Paton , Scottish footballer
- *Robert Paton , Ontario farmer, merchant and political figure
- Roy Paton, Australian politician
- Sarah Paton, Australian former swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events
- Siobhan Paton, OAM, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Stewart Paton, American psychiatrist
- Stuart Paton, British director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era
- Taine Paton, South African field hockey player
- Tam Paton, Scottish manager of the Bay City Rollers
- Tom Paton , Canadian ice hockey player of the pre-NHL era of the sport
- Wade Paton, South African field hockey player
- Tom Paton , Canadian ice hockey player of the pre-NHL era of the sport
- Wade Paton, South African field hockey player
- Waller Hugh Paton RSA RSW, Scottish landscape artist
- Walter Paton, English barrister who also wrote guides to emigration to the British colonies
- William Paton, multiple people
- *William Andrew Paton, American accountancy scholar
- *William D.M. Paton FRS, British pharmacologist
- *William J. Paton, Scottish footballer
- *William Roger Paton, author and translator of ancient Greek texts and poets
- Willie Paton, Scottish footballer
