Denton (surname) explained
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]
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
- Trevor Denton, English rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s
- 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
Notes and References
- Web site: Surname Database: Denton Last Name Origin.
