Eaton (surname)

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Eaton is a surname, and may refer to:

Academics

• Amos Eaton, scientist and educator
• Nathaniel Eaton, the first schoolmaster of Harvard College

Arts

• Charles Warren Eaton, American landscape artist
• Edith Maude Eaton, author
• Gerald Eaton, Canadian singer
• Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961), botanical artist
• Shirley Eaton, actress
• William J. Eaton, American journalist
• Winnifred Eaton, a Canadian author
• Wyatt Eaton, a Canadian-American portrait painter

Business

• Cyrus S. Eaton, a Canadian financier, industrialist and philanthropist
• Hubert Eaton, an American businessman
• Joseph O. Eaton, founder of the Eaton Corporation
• Robert James Eaton, Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation
• Timothy Eaton, founder of the Eaton's department store chain
  • Eaton Family, family and descendants of Timothy Eaton

Public service

• Charles Aubrey Eaton, clergyman and politician
• Dorman Bridoman Eaton, a U.S. civil service reformer
• Fred Eaton, mayor of Los Angeles
• John Eaton, U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, 1800s
• Robert G. Eaton, a politician and cabinet minister in Ontario
• Theophilus Eaton, first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut
• William Eaton, a United States Army soldier during the Barbary Wars
• William W. Eaton, a politician from Connecticut

Sports

• Adam Eaton, baseball player
• Aileen Eaton, boxing promoter
• Mark Eaton (hockey player), NHL hockey player
• Mark Eaton (basketball), NBA basketball player
• Stephen Eaton, an Australian paralympic athlete

Other

• Warren Samuel Eaton, aviator