People
- John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian
- Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, his great-grandson, Labour peer and life peer
- Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples
- Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace
- Guglielmo Acton, his first cousin once removed, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala
- Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dilettante
- Brigitte Acton, Canadian alpine skiier
- Charles Acton (critic) (1914–1999), music critic
- Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) (died 1707), British naval captain
- James Acton (1848-1924), English cricketer
- Keith Acton, Canadian former National Hockey League player
- Samuel Acton (c.1773-1837), English architect
- Thomas Acton (1662–1721), English Jesuit
- Acton, minor character in The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
- Acton Bell, a pseudonym of Anne Brontë
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