Leighton

Leighton may refer to:

Businesses

• Leighton Holdings, the largest project development and contracting company in Australia

Places

In Australia:

• Leighton, Western Australia, a beachside locality in Western Australia

In the United Kingdom:

• Leighton, Cambridgeshire
• Leighton, Cheshire
• Leighton, North Yorkshire
• Leighton, Shropshire
• Leighton Reservoir, a small reservoir near Leighton North Yorkshire
• Leighton Buzzard, a town in Bedfordshire, England
• Leighton House Museum, a museum in London
• Leighton Library, an historic library in Dunblane, Scotland
• RSPB Leighton Moss, English nature reserve

In the United States:

• Leighton, Alabama
• Leighton, Iowa
• Leighton Township, Michigan

In Asia:

• Leighton Hill

People

With the surname "Leighton":

• Alexander Leighton (1587–1644), Scottish physician and infamous puritan pamphleteer
• Alexander H. Leighton (born 1908)
• Edmund Blair Leighton (1853–1922), English painter
• Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), English painter and sculptor
• F. Thomson Leighton, computer scientist and co-founder of Akamai Technologies
• Baron Leighton of St Mellons, UK peerage title
• Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer
• Kenneth Leighton, English composer
• Laura Leighton (born 1968), US actor
• Robert Leighton (1611–1684), Scottish prelate
• Warner E. Leighton, film editor, mainly for Hanna-Barbera
• Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey goaltender

With the given name "Leighton":

• Leighton Rees (1940–2003), Welsh dart player
• Leighton James (born 1953), Welsh footballer
• Leighton Baines (born 1984), English footballer
• Leighton Meester (born 1986), American actress and singer-songwriter
• Leighton Phillips (born 1949), Welsh footballer