title: Denton (surname)
text: # Denton (surname)
  
  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.
  
  ## 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
  