title: Cotten
text: # Cotten
  
  Cotten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Ann Cotten (born 1982), American-born Austrian writer
  * Elizabeth Cotten (1893–1987), American musician and singer-songwriter
  * Gerald Cotten (1988-2018), Canadian CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga Fintech Solutions
  * James Cotten (born 1974), American actor, film director, producer and writer
  * Joanna Cotten, American country music singer
  * Joni Cotten (born 1953), American curler
  * Joseph Cotten (1905–1994), American actor
  * Lyman A. Cotten (1874–1926), American naval officer
     * USS Cotten, warship named after him
  * Mike Cotten (born 1939), American football player
  * Sallie Southall Cotten (1846–1929), American writer and clubwoman
     * SS Sallie S. Cotten, Liberty ship named after her
  * Sonia Cotten (born 1974), Canadian writer
  