People
- Alistair Appleton, British television presenter
- Charles W. Appleton, of GE
- Colin Appleton, footballer
- Daniel Appleton, American publisher, 1800s founder of D. Appleton & Company
- Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, known for his research on the ionosphere
- Edwin Nelson Appleton, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Honor Charlotte Appleton (1879–1951) children's book illustrator
- John Appleton (disambiguation)
- Jon Appleton, American composer, author and professor of music
- Larry Appleton, a character from the TV series Perfect Strangers
- Michael Appleton, footballer
- Natalie Appleton, British/Canadian singer
- Nathan Appleton, American merchant and politician
- Nicole Appleton, British/Canadian singer
- Ruel Ross Appleton (1853–1928), campaign manager for Mayor Gaynor of New York City
- Samuel Appleton (1766–1853), an American merchant and philanthropist
- Victor Appleton, a house pseudonym, famous for the Tom Swift series
- William Appleton (politician), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
- William Henry Appleton
- William Sumner Appleton, founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
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