title: Overton (name)
text: # Overton (name)
  
  Notable people with the name Overton include:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Al Overton, Jr., American sound engineer
  * Anthony Overton (1865–1946), American banker and manufacturer
  * Ben Overton (1926–2012), Chief Justice for the Florida Supreme Court
  * Bo Overton, American basketball coach
  * Cathy Overton-Clapham (born 1969), Canadian curler
  * Charles Overton (1805–1889), English cleric and writer
  * Claude Overton (1927–1996), American professional basketball player
  * Connor Overton (born 1993), American baseball player
  * Constantine Overton, English Quaker leader
  * Craig Overton (born 1994), English cricketer
  * David M. Overton, American restaurateur
  * Dillon Overton, American baseball player
  * Diondre Overton (born 1998), American football player
  * Dolphin D. Overton (1926–2013), American aviator
  * Don Overton, American football player
  * Doug Overton, American basketball player
  * Edward Overton, Jr. (1836–1903), United States representative from Pennsylvania
  * Elli Overton, Canadian/Australian swimmer
  * Ernest Overton (1865–1933), British physiologist and biologist
  * Esther Overton (born 1990), Australian swimmer
  * Frank Overton (1918–1967), American actor
  * Fred Overton, American basketball coach
  * Guy Overton, New Zealand cricketer
  * Hall Overton, American composer
  * Iain Overton, British writer and journalist
  * Jamie Overton (born 1994), English cricketer
  * Jeff Overton (born 1983), American golfer
  * John Overton (disambiguation)
  * Joseph P. Overton (1960–2003), American political activist, creator of the Overton window concept
  * Josh Overton, (1990-Present) Designer from London UK
  * Kelly Overton, American activist
  * Macon C. Overton, U.S. Marine officer, namesake of USS Overton
  * Matt Overton (born 1985), American football player
  * Nancy Overton, American singer
  * Norris W. Overton (1926–2023), Brigadier General in the United States Air Force
  * Peter Overton, Australian television journalist
  * Richard Overton (disambiguation)
  * Rick Overton (born 1954), American screenwriter, actor and comedian
  * Robert Overton (c.1609–1678), English Major General in the New Model Army
  * Spencer Overton (born 1968), American lawyer and law scholar
  * Thomas Overton (1753–1824), American military and political leader
  * Tom Overton (1930–1988), American sound engineer
  * Virginia Overton (1971), American artist
  * Volma Overton (1924–2005), American civil rights activist
  * Walter Hampden Overton, U.S. Congressman
  * Watkins Overton (1894–1958), American politician
  * Wendy Overton (born 1947), American tennis player
  * Wil Overton, British artist
  * Willis Overton, American psychologist
  * William Overton (bishop) (c.1525 – 1609), Church of England clergyman, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
  * William Overton (judge) (1939–1987), United States district court judge
  * William Overton (Portland founder), American Mountain Man and founder of Portland, Oregon
  * Winston Overton (1870–1934), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Overton Vertis Wright (1939–1980), American singer O. V. Wright
  