Eaton (surname)

Academics and scientists

• Alfred Edwin Eaton, English clergyman and entomologist
• Amos Eaton, American scientist and educator, whose standard abbreviation as a botanist is Eaton
• Daniel Cady Eaton, American botanist
• Elon Howard Eaton, American ornithologist, scholar, and author
• Nathaniel Eaton, first schoolmaster of Harvard College
• Suzanne Eaton, American scientist and academic

  Arts

• Andrew Eaton, British film producer
• Brando Eaton, American film and television actor
• Charles Warren Eaton, American landscape artist
• Cleveland Eaton, American jazz double bassist
• David Eaton , American composer and conductor
• Edith Maude Eaton, American-Chinese author
• Evelyn Eaton, Canadian-American novelist and poet
• Fanny Eaton, Jamaican-born artists model
• Gerald Eaton, Canadian singer
• Jay Eaton, American character actor
• Jeff Eaton, American musician in the band Split Lip Rayfield
• Jonathan Eaton, American economist
• Mary Eaton, American actress
• Mary Emily Eaton, English botanical artist
• Meredith Eaton, American actress
• Pearl Eaton, American actress
• Sally Eaton, Wiccan High Priestess, liturgist, singer and actress
• Shirley Eaton, British actress
• William J. Eaton, American journalist
• William Eaton, guitarist and luthier
• Winnifred Eaton, Canadian author
• Wyatt Eaton, Canadian-American portrait painter

  Business

• Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-born American financier, industrialist and philanthropist
• Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore, British businessman and Conservative politician
• Hubert Eaton, American businessman
• Joseph Oriel Eaton II, founder of the Eaton Corporation of the United States
• Robert James Eaton, Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
• Roger Eaton, President and Chief Concept Officer of Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain
• * Eaton family, family and descendants of Timothy Eaton

  Military

• Brian Eaton, senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
• Charles Eaton , senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
• John Eaton American Civil war
• Herbert Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore, British Army officer, sportsman, and peer
• Paul Eaton, US general, best known for his command of operations to train Iraqi troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Pinketham Eaton, officer in the North Carolina Continental Line, American Revolutionary War
• William Eaton , United States Army General who served as a soldier during the Barbary Wars

  Public service

• Barney Augustus Eaton, Wisconsin state legislator
• Benjamin Harrison Eaton, American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist
• C. N. Eaton, American politician
• Charles Aubrey Eaton, Canadian-born American clergyman and politician
• Chris Eaton, Australian police officer best known as a sports betting investigator
• Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a U.S. civil service reformer
• Fred Eaton, mayor of Los Angeles
• Fredrik Stefan Eaton, Canadian businessman and diplomat
• Horace Eaton, American politician
• John Eaton , U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, 19th century
• Nicole Eaton, Canadian politician
• Robert G. Eaton, politician and cabinet minister in Ontario
• Rosanell Eaton, American activist
• Theophilus Eaton, first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
• William W. Eaton, politician from Connecticut

  Sports

• Adam Eaton , American baseball player
• Adam Eaton , American baseball player
• Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
• Aileen Eaton, Canadian born American boxing promoter
• Barry Eaton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s and 2010s
• Bobby Eaton, American professional wrestler
• Chris Eaton , British tennis player
• David Eaton , Welsh gymnast
• George Eaton, Canadian race driver and president of Eaton's
• Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Lloyd Eaton, American football player, coach, and executive
• Mark Eaton , American NHL hockey player
• Mark Eaton , American NBA basketball player
• Stephen Eaton, Australian paralympic athlete
• Steve Eaton, football player
• Zeb Eaton, American baseball player

  Other

• Elizabeth Eaton presiding bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• Francis Eaton
• Samuel Eaton, English independent divine
• Seymour Eaton, author, publisher and educator
• Warren Samuel Eaton, American aviator