People
- Andy Payton (born 1967), English former professional footballer
- Asie Payton (1937–1997), American blues musician
- Barbara Payton (1927–1967), American film actress
- Brian Payton (born 1966), American writer
- Carolyn R. Payton (1925–2001), American psychologist, Director of the United States Peace Corps
- Catherine Payton, later known as Catherine Payton Phillips, Quaker minister
- Sir Charles Payton (1843–1926), British adventurer, fisherman, diplomat and writer
- Christian Payton (born 1965), American actor and singer
- Claude Payton (1882–1955), American actor
- Clement W. Payton (1897–1918), English World War I flying ace
- David Payton (born 1952), New Zealand diplomat
- Denis Payton (1943–2006), English saxophonist
- Dion Payton (born 1950),American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
- Eddie Payton (born 1951) former American football player
- Elfrid Payton (born 1967), Canadian football player
- Estella Payton (1904–1999), American television cook
- Gary Payton (born 1968), American basketball player
- Gary E. Payton (born 1948), American astronaut
- James Payton, American history professor
- Jarrett Payton (born 1980), professional American and Canadian football player
- Jay Payton (born 1972), American former baseball player
- Jo Marie Payton (born 1950), American television actress
- John Payton (1946–2012), African-American civil rights attorney
- Khary Payton (born 1972), American actor
- Lawrence Payton (1938–1997), American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Lucy Payton (1877–1969), American silent film actress
- Mel Payton (1926–2001), American professional basketball player
- Michael Payton (born 1970), former American football quarterback
- Muirceartach Ua Peatáin (died 1178), Irish chieftain
- Nicholas Payton (born 1973), American jazz trumpeter and keyboard player
- Philip Payton (born 1953), British historian
- Philip A. Payton, Jr. (1876–1917), African American real estate entrepreneur
- Ross Payton, American writer, podcaster, layout artist, and movie director
- Sean Payton (born 1963), American football head coach for the New Orleans Saints
- Stephen Payton, British Paralympian athlete
- Sue C. Payton, American technologist, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
- Tony Payton (born 1981), Amercian politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Walter Payton (1954–1999), American football running back
- Walter Payton (musician) (1942–2010), American jazz bassist and sousaphonist
- Wilfred Payton (1882–1943), English cricketer
- Wilfred Payton (priest) (1913–1989), English clergyman and cricketer
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