title: Dayton (name)
text: # Dayton (name)
  
  Dayton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Alan Dayton, Acting Mayor of Salt Lake County
  * Alston G. Dayton (1857–1920), West Virginia congressman
  * Danny Dayton (1923–1999), American actor
  * Douglas Dayton (1924–2013), American businessman and philanthropist
  * Elias Dayton (1737–1807), Colonel and father of Jonathan and builder of Fort Dayton
  * George Dayton (1857–1938), American entrepreneur and founder of Dayton's department store
  * Howard Dayton (born 1943), American chief executives
  * James Dayton (born 1988), English footballer
  * Jesse Dayton, American musician
  * Jesse C. Dayton (1825–1903), New York politician
  * John C. Dayton (1837–1899), Mayor of Flint, Michigan
  * Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), son of Elias, signer of the United States Constitution, and Speaker of the House
  * Keith Dayton (born 1949), US Army Lieutenant General
  * Margaret Dayton (born 1949), American politician
  * Mark Dayton (born 1947), former Governor of Minnesota and former US Senator
  * Matt Dayton (born 1977), American Nordic combined skier
  * Sky Dayton (born 1971), American entrepreneur
  * Warren Dayton (born 1940), American illustrator
  * William L. Dayton (1807–1864), American politician
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Dayton Allen (1919–2004), comedian and voice actor
  * Dayton Countryman (1918-2011), American politician
  * Dayton Miller (1866–1941), American physicist and astronomer
  * Dayton Ward (born 1967), science fiction author
  