Stanton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Stanton (born 1965), animated film director and producer
- Barry Stanton (musician), Australian rock and roll singer
- Brent Stanton, Australian rules footballer
- Charles Stanton (1873–1946), Independent Labour Party United Kingdom MP
- Christine Stanton (born 1959), Australian high jumper
- Edwin M. Stanton (1814–1869), US Secretary of War during Civil War
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902), 19th-century women's rights leader
- Eric Stanton (1926–1999), US graphic artist
- Frank Stanton, CBS TV executive
- Frank Stanton (rugby league), rugby league footballer and coach
- Frank Lebby Stanton (1857–1927), American lyricist
- Frederick Perry Stanton (1814–1894), American politician in the 19th century
- Frederick Stanton (aviator) (1895–1979), World War I flying ace
- Harry Dean Stanton (born 1926), prominent character actor
- Henry Stanton (Oz), character in the HBO drama Oz
- Henry Stanton (soldier)(c.1796-1856), U.S. brevet brigadier general
- Henry Brewster Stanton (1805–1887), anti-slavery activist
- Henry Throop Stanton (1834-1899), American poet
- Henry de Stanton, English medieval professor of canon law and university chancellor
- Hervey de Stanton, Chancellor of the Exchequer and founder of Michaelhouse College, Cambridge University
- James Street Stanton, Mayor of North Sydney 1938/39
- Kathy Stanton, prominent Irish Republican
- Mike Stanton (left-handed pitcher) (born 1967), Major League Baseball player, member of the 1998-2000 World Champion New York Yankees
- Mike Stanton (outfielder), Major League Baseball player (Miami Marlins)
- Mike Stanton (right-handed pitcher), Major League Baseball player
- Molly Stanton (born 1980), American actress
- Pat Stanton, Scottish association football player
- Phil Stanton, co-founder of Blue Man Group
- Philip Stanton (born 1962), American artist and author based in Barcelona, Spain.
- Richard Henry Stanton (1812–1891), Congressman from Kentucky
- Robert Brewster Stanton (1846-1922), United States civil and mining engineer
- Sam Stanton, Scottish footballer (Hibernian F.C.)
- Sarah Stanton (disambiguation)
- Steve Stanton (see Susan Stanton), transgendered city manager of Largo, Florida
- Thomas Stanton, early settler of Hartford, Connecticut and co-founder of Stonington, Connecticut
- Timothy William Stanton (1860–1953), paleontologist
- Tom Stanton (footballer), Scottish footballer
The origin of Stanton families has been researched by the Stanton DNA Project.
Famous quotes containing the word stanton:
“So closely interwoven have been our lives, our purposes, and experiences that, separated, we have a feeling of incompleteness—united, such strength of self-association that no ordinary obstacles, difficulties, or dangers ever appear to us insurmountable.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)