Last name Leighton (Leighton 
, 莱顿 
, Лейтон 
) , around the world, is a common surname. The cognomen Leighton is habitual in Reunion, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and Australia. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Likewise, Leighton is the forename as well as the last name.
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alexander leighton (1570-1634) Scottish medical doctor and puritan preacher, GB (b. 1570) |
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| edward leighton English politician (b. 1525) |
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| thomas leighton English soldier and politician (b. 1530) |
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| thomas leighton English politician, died 1600 (b. 1554) |
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robert leighton Minister of the Church of Scotland, Bishop of Dunblane, Archbishop of Glasgow, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, GB (b. 1611) |
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| william leighton English composer (b. 1565) |
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| thomas leighton (b. 1604) |
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| robert leighton English Member of Parliament (1628-1689) (b. 1628) |
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| edward leighton English Member of Parliament (died 1711) (b. 1655) |
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| daniel leighton (1694-1765) (b. 1694) |
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| daniel leighton British Member of Parliament (1694-1765) (b. 1694) |
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| francis leighton British general (b. 1696) |
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thomas leighton surgeon in Newcastle (b. 1762) |
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| baldwin leighton (born 1717) (b. 1717) |
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| mary leighton 1739 - 1806 (b. 1739) |
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