Denton is an English surname. It refers to someone from the location Denton, of which there are several, including in Yorkshire, Kent, Lancashire, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire. ^[1]

Contents

• Notable persons with this surname
• See also
• References

Notable persons with this surname

• Andrew Denton (born 1960), Australian media personality
• Daniel Denton (c. 1626 – 1703), early American colonist and writer
• Denice Denton (1959–2006), American academician
• George Chardin Denton (1851–1928), British colonial governor
• George H. Denton (born 1939), American geologist and glaciologist
• George K. Denton (1864–1926), American politician
• James Denton (actor) (born 1963), American film and television actor
• Jeremiah Denton (1924–2014), American politician (former U.S. Senator, R-AL)
• Jim Denton, rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
• John B. Denton (1806–1841), American preacher, lawyer, soldier
• John Bailey Denton (1814–1893), English surveyor, and civil engineer
• Kit Denton (1928–1997), Australian author
• Mary Florence Denton (1857–1947), American educator in Japan
• Michael Denton (born 1943), British-Australian biochemist
• Nancy Denton, American sociologist
• Nick Denton (born 1966), founder of Gawker Media
• Randy Denton (born 1949), American basketball player
• Richard Denton (1586–1662), Founded one of the first Presbyterian churches in America
• Sandra Denton (born 1964), American/Jamaican hip hop artist and part of Salt n Pepa
• Sherman Foote Denton (1854–1937), American naturalist and illustrator
• Will Denton (born 1990), American actor
• William Denton (geologist) (1823–1883), occultist preacher and writer
• Winfield K. Denton (1896–1971), American politician

In fiction:

• JC Denton, the main character in the video game Deus Ex

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Denton
• All pages with titles containing Denton
• Denton (disambiguation)
• Baron Denton, subsidiary title of Earl Kitchener of Khartoum in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
• Danton (name)

References

Surname list

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