Arts and entertainment •
Anne Barton (actress) (1924–2000), American actress •
Bernard Barton (1784–1849), English Quaker poet •
Bethany Barton, American author and illustrator of children's books •
Charles Barton (director) (1902–1981), American actor and director •
Chris Barton (author), American author of children's books •
Dan Barton (1921–2009), American actor •
Edward Barton (musician) (born 1958), English poet, artist and songwriter •
Eileen Barton (1924–2006), American singer •
Emily Barton (born 1969), American novelist •
Fred Barton (composer) (born 1958), American composer and lyricist •
Harry Barton (architect) (1876–1937), American architect •
James Barton (vaudeville) (1890–1962), American vaudevillian and character actor •
Jamie Barton (singer) (born 1981), American opera singer •
John Barton (director) (1928–2018), English theatre director •
John Barton (writer), 15th-century English writer on Lollardy •
John Barton (poet) (born 1957), Canadian poet •
Margaret Barton (born 1926), British actress •
Marmaduke Barton (1865–1938), English pianist •
Mary Alice Barton (1917–2003), American quilter, quilt historian, collector, and philanthropist •
Mischa Barton (born 1986), British-born American actress and fashion model •
Peter Barton (actor) (born 1956), American actor •
Polly Barton, American textile artist •
Ralph Barton (1891–1931), American artist •
Rick Barton (musician), American guitarist •
Roger Barton (film editor), American film editor •
Roxy Barton (1879–1962), Australian-born actress •
Stephen Barton (born 1982), British film and video game composer •
William Barton (writer) (born 1950), American science fiction writer •
William Barton (hymnologist) (1598–1678), English hymnologist •
William Barton (musician) (born 1981), Australian Didgeridoo player
Science, technology and medicine •
Alberto Barton (1870–1950), Peruvian microbiologist •
Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815), American botanist, naturalist and physician •
Clara Barton (1821–1912), founder of the American Red Cross •
David K. Barton (1927–2023), American radar engineer •
Derek Barton (1918–1998), English chemist •
Ethel Sarel Barton (1864–1922), English phycologist better known as
Ethel Sarel Gepp •
George Hunt Barton (1852–1933), American geologist, arctic explorer and college professor •
Jacqueline Barton (born 1952), American chemist •
John Barton (engineer) (1771–1834), English engineer •
John Rhea Barton (1794–1871), American orthopedic surgeon •
Kira Barton, American mechanical engineer •
Lela Viola Barton (1901–1967), American botanist who specialized in seed germination and storage •
Michael Barton (biologist), American ichthyologist •
Otis Barton (1899–1992), American deep-sea diver •
Robert S. Barton (1925–2009), computer scientist, chief architect of several computers made by Burroughs Corporation •
Thomas J. Barton (born 1940), American chemist •
William P. C. Barton (1786–1856), American physician
Academics •
Anne Barton (Shakespearean scholar) (1933–2013), American-born British scholar and Shakespearean critic •
Andrew Barton (journalist), American journalist •
Arthur W. Barton (1899–1976), headmaster and academic author •
Cornelius J. Barton (1936–2024), American engineer and businessman •
H. Arnold Barton (1920–2016), American historian •
John Barton (economist) (1789–1852), British economist •
Martha Helen Barton (1891–1971), American mathematician and professor •
Peter Barton (historian) (born 1955), British military historian •
Reid W. Barton (born 1984), American mathematician •
William Barton (heraldist) (1754–1817), American lawyer and scholar
Military •
Charles Barton (British Army officer) (1760–1819), an Anglo-Irish British Army officer •
Geoffrey Barton (1844–1922), British major general •
Horace Barton (1891–1975), South Africa flying ace •
John Kennedy Barton (1853–1921), United States Navy rear admiral •
Matthew Barton (Royal Navy officer) (–1795), English naval officer •
Raymond O. Barton (1890–1963), United States Army general in World War II •
Robert Barton of Over Barnton (died 1540), Scottish sailor and courtier •
Robert Barton (RAF officer) (1916–2010), Canadian aviation officer •
Seth Barton (1829–1900), Confederate general •
Thomas Barton (Medal of Honor) (1831–?), American Medal of Honor recipient •
William Barton (soldier) (1748–1831), American Revolutionary War soldier, known for capturing an enemy general
Politics, government and law •
Andrew Barton (privateer) (–1511), Lord High Admiral of the Kingdom of Scotland •
Andrew William Barton (1862–1957), British politician •
Basil Barton (1879–1958), British solicitor and politician •
Ben Barton (1823–1899), American politician, physician, businessman •
Bruce Fairchild Barton (1886–1967), American author, advertising executive and politician •
Charles Barton (New South Wales politician) (1848–1912), Australian politician •
Charles Barton (legal writer) (1768–1843), English legal writer •
Charles Barton (Queensland politician) (1829–1902), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly •
Charles Barton (New Zealand politician) (1852–1935), New Zealand farmer, businessman and mayor •
David Barton (politician) (1783–1837), U.S. Senator from Missouri •
Edmund Barton (1849–1920), Australian politician and first Australian Prime Minister •
Edward Barton (English diplomat) (–1598), English Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire •
Fred Barton (politician) (1917–1963), British socialist politician •
George Burnett Barton (1836–1912), Australian lawyer •
George Elliott Barton (1827–1906), New Zealand politician •
Henry Barton, appointed Sheriff of London in 1406 and elected
Lord Mayor of London in 1416 •
Hiram Barton (1810–1880), American politician •
Hiram Merritt Barton (1856–1928), American politician •
James R. Barton (–1857), early Sheriff of Los Angeles County •
Joe Barton (born 1949), American politician •
John J. Barton (1906–2004), American politician •
John Barton (MP) (1614–1684), English politician •
John Saxon Barton (1875–1961), New Zealand accountant, writer, lawyer and magistrate •
Joshua Barton (1792–1823). American politician • Sir
Philip Barton (born 1963), British diplomat •
Richard W. Barton (1800–1859), Virginia politician and lawyer •
Rick Barton (ambassador), United States Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations •
Robert Barton, (1881–1975), Irish nationalist and diplomat •
Robert T. Barton (1842–1917), American lawyer, politician and writer •
Roger Barton (politician) (born 1945), British engineer and politician •
Samuel Barton (New York) (1785–1858), U.S. Representative from New York •
Tom Barton (politician) (1949–2023), Australian politician •
Verity Barton (born 1985), Australian (Queensland) politician •
William E. Barton (1868–1955), American politician •
William Hickson Barton (1917–2013), Canadian diplomat •
William T. Barton, (born 1933), American politician
Sports •
Adam Barton (footballer) (born 1991), English footballer •
Arthur Barton (cricketer) (1874–1949), English cricketer •
Bob Barton (1941–2018), American baseball player •
Brian Barton (born 1982), American baseball player •
Charles Barton (cricketer) (1860–1919), English cricketer •
Chris Barton (ice hockey) (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player •
Chris Barton (cyclist) (born 1988), American cyclist •
Christopher Barton (1927–2013), British rower •
Cody Barton (born 1996), American football player •
Dick Barton (boxer) (1911–1990), South African boxer •
Eddie Barton, New Zealand footballer •
Eric Barton (born 1977), American football player •
Frederick Barton (pentathlete) (1900–1993), British pentathlete •
George Barton (sport shooter), Australian sport shooter •
Harold Barton (footballer) (1910–1969), English footballer •
Harold Barton (cricketer) (1882–1970), English cricketer •
Harris Barton (born 1964), American football player •
Harry Barton (baseball) (1875–1955), American baseball player •
Jackson Barton (born 1995), American football player •
Jim Barton (American football) (1934–2013), American football player •
Jim Barton (sailor) (born 1956), American sailor •
Joe Barton (soccer) (born 1981), American soccer player •
Joey Barton (born 1982), English footballer •
John Barton (rugby league), English rugby league footballer •
John Barton (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1910), English footballer •
John Barton (footballer, born 1953), English football player •
Joseph Barton (cricketer) (1860–1945), English cricketer •
Kirk Barton (born 1984), retired American football player •
Matthew Barton (tennis) (born 1991), Australian tennis player •
Michael Barton (cricketer) (1914–2006), English cricketer •
Paul Barton (born 1935), New Zealand cricketer •
Peter Barton (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s •
Roger Barton (footballer) (1946–2013), English footballer •
Roger Barton (rugby union) (1876–1949), Australian rugby union player •
Sally Barton (born 1957), English cricketer representing Gibraltar •
Teddy Barton (1904–1941), English footballer •
Tom Barton (rugby league) (1883–1958), English rugby league footballer •
Tony Barton (footballer) (1937–1993), English football player and manager •
Tony Barton (athlete) (born 1969), American high jumper •
Warren Barton (born 1969), English footballer •
Will Barton (born 1991), American basketball player •
William Barton (cricketer, born 1777) (1777–1825), English cricketer •
William Barton (cricketer, born 1858) (1858–1942), New Zealand cricketer
Religion •
Arthur Barton (bishop) (1881–1962), Irish Anglican bishop •
David Barton (author), American evangelical minister, author and political activist •
Elizabeth Barton (–1534), English prophetess •
George Aaron Barton (1859–1942), Canadian author and clergyman •
Harry Barton (priest) (1898–1968), Archdeacon of Sudbury •
James L. Barton (1835–1936) Chairman of
Near East Relief •
John Barton (missionary) (1836–1908), English Anglican priest •
John Barton (Quaker) (1755–1789), English Quaker and abolitionist •
John Barton (theologian) (born 1948), English theologian and professor •
Lane W. Barton (1899–1997), American bishop •
Richard Bradshaigh (1601–1669), Jesuit priest, known as Richard Barton •
Thomas Barton (divine) (1730–1780), Irish divine •
Thomas Barton (Royalist) (died 1681/2), Royalist divine •
William Barton (priest), Archdeacon of Totnes, 1385–1407
Other •
Margo Barton, New Zealand fashion designer and milliner •
Rich Barton (born 1967), American businessman •
Richard Barton (1790–1866), colonist and settler of New Zealand •
Tamara Jill "Tammy" Barton (
née Monaghan; formerly May), Australian founder of
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