People
With the surname "Leighton":
- Alexander Leighton (1587–1644), Scottish physician and infamous puritan pamphleteer
- Alexander H. Leighton (born 1908-2007)
- Edmund Blair Leighton (1853–1922), English painter
- Edward Leighton (disambiguation), several people
- Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (1830–1896), English painter and sculptor
- F. Thomson Leighton, computer scientist and co-founder of Akamai Technologies
- Baron Leighton of St Mellons, UK peerage title
- Jim Leighton, Scottish footballer
- Kenneth Leighton, English composer
- Laura Leighton (born 1968), US actor
- Robert Leighton (1611–1684), Scottish prelate
- Warner E. Leighton, film editor, mainly for Hanna-Barbera
- Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
With the given name "Leighton" or Lleyton:
- Leighton Baines (born 1984), English footballer
- Lleyton Hewitt (born 1981), Australian tennis player
- Leighton James (born 1953), Welsh footballer
- Leighton Meester (born 1986), American actress and singer-songwriter
- Leighton Phillips (born 1949), Welsh footballer
- Leighton Rees (1940–2003), Welsh dart player
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