Langton (surname)

Langton is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

• Anne Langton (1804-1893), English-born Canadian landscape artist and miniaturist and writer
• Arthur Langton (1912-1942), South African cricketer
• Baden Langton, co-anchor of CTV National News
• Bennet Langton (1736-1801), English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson
• Bobby Langton (1918-1996), English footballer
• Brooke Langton (born 1970), American actress
• Christopher Langton (born 1948/1949), American computer scientist
• Daniel Langton, British professor of Biblical history
• David Langton (1912-1994), British actor
• Emily Caroline Langton Langton (later Massingberd) (1847–1897), women's rights campaigner and temperance activist
• Huw Lloyd-Langton (1951-2012), English guitarist for Hawkwind
• Jane Langton (born 1922), American writer of mysteries and children's literature
• Jim Langton (1918-1987), Irish hurler
• John Langton (died 1337), chancellor of England and Bishop of Chichester
• John Langton (1808-1894) British-born Canadian businessman, politician and civil servant
• Marcia Langton (born 1951), Australian scholar
• Rae Helen Langton (born 1963) Australian / British philosopher
• Ray Langton, fictional character in British soap opera Coronation Street
• Samuel Langton (1886-1918), English cricketer
• Simon Langton (died 1248), archbishop (elect) of York, after whom both Simon Langton Grammar Schools are named
• Simon Langton (born 1941), British television and film director
• Stephen Langton (1150-1228), archbishop of Canterbury
• Steven Langton (born 1983), American bobsledder
• Thomas Langton (died 1501), archbishop (elect) of Canterbury
• Walter Langton (died 1321), bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and treasurer of England
• William Langton or William of Rotherfield; (died 1279), archbishop (elect) of York and Bishop of Carlisle
• William Langton (died 1659), English lawyer and politician
• Zachary Langton (1698-1788), English clergyman and writer on theological subjects