People
- Bill Drayton (born 1943), U.S. social entrepreneur and environmentalist
- Charley Drayton, U.S. musician
- Dean Drayton (born 1941), Australian church leader
- Jerome Drayton (born 1945), Canadian distance runner
- John Drayton (1766–1822), Governor of South Carolina
- Michael Drayton (1563–1631), English poet
- Paul Drayton (athlete) (born 1939), U.S. athlete, gold medal winner at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
- Paul Drayton (composer), English musician
- Percival Drayton (1812–1865), U.S. Navy officer
- Thomas Drayton (1809–1899), American Civil War Confederate general
- William Drayton (1776–1846), U.S. congressman
- William Drayton, Sr. (1733–1790), U.S. lawyer and judge
- William Henry Drayton (1742–1779), U.S. lawyer, South Carolina delegate to Continental Congress
- William J. Drayton (born 1959), the real name of U.S. rap artist Flavor Flav
- William L. Dayton (1807–1864), U.S. Senator from New Jersey
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