Dalton (surname)
Encyclopedia
Academics and literature
- Michael Dalton (author), American author
- Roque DaltonRoque DaltonRoque Dalton García was a Salvadoran poet and journalist. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets...
(1935-1975), Salvadoran poet and journalist
Entertainment
- Abby DaltonAbby DaltonAbby Dalton is an American actress.Born as Marlene Wasden in Las Vegas, Nevada, she has made numerous appearances on television, including the recurring role of "Julia Cumson" on Falcon Crest...
(born 1935), American actor - Audrey DaltonAudrey DaltonAudrey Dalton is an Irish television and film actress.-Filmography:*Police Woman as Mrs. Hunter *Family Affair as Mrs. Thompson *Insight...
(born 1934), Irish actress - Cal DaltonCal DaltonCal Dalton was a cartoon director at Warner Brothers. Dalton's first commercial animation work was on an animated short version of The Wizard of Oz that was produced by Ted Eshbaugh's independent animation studio in 1933. Afterwards, Dalton left to work at the Warner Brothers animation studio,...
, American cartoon director - Dorothy DaltonDorothy DaltonDorothy Dalton was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago and Holyoke, Massachusetts. She joined the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation vaudeville circuits...
(1893–1972), American actress - Festus DaltonDrew HankinsonAndrew "Drew" Hankinson is an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment , where he appeared under the ring names Festus and Luke Gallows...
(unknown year of birth), American professional wrestler - George Dalton (born 1947), American playwright
- Irene DaltonIrene DaltonIrene Dalton was an American silent film actress.She came to prominence in motion pictures through her appearances in Christie comedies produced by Charles Christie....
(1901–1934), American actress - Jesse DaltonRay GordyTerry Ray Gordy, Jr. is an American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment appearing on its SmackDown brand under the ring names Jesse and Slam Master J...
(born 1979), American professional wrestler - John Dalton (musician)John Dalton (musician)John Dalton is a British bass guitar player, best known as a member of The Kinks' from 1969 to 1976, replacing original member Pete Quaife.- Biography :...
(born 1943), British bass guitarist - Karen DaltonKaren DaltonKaren J. Dalton was an American folk blues singer and banjo player associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil and the Holy Modal Rounders as well as Bob Dylan.-Biography:Dalton, whose heritage was Cherokee, was born Karen J. Cariker in Enid,...
(1938–1993), American musician - Kristen DaltonKristen Dalton (Miss USA)Kristen Jeannine Dalton , from Wilmington, North Carolina, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2009.-Biography:Dalton is the daughter of Jeannine Dalton who was Miss North Carolina USA 1982...
, (born 1986) Miss USA 2009Miss USA 2009Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009... - Lacy J. DaltonLacy J. DaltonLacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ...
(born 1948), American singer and songwriter - Richard J. DaltonRichard J. DaltonRichard J. Dalton is an American electronic dance music DJ. He is an international mixshow deejay and has opened for major artists such as Beyoncé and Lady Gaga...
, American disk jockey - Timothy DaltonTimothy DaltonTimothy Peter Dalton ) is a Welsh actor of film and television. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill , as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett , an original sequel to Gone with the Wind...
(born 1946), British actor - Tim DaltonTim DaltonTim Dalton is a former Irish footballer.During his career he played for Coventry City, Bournemouth, Notts County and later moved to Boston United, Bradford City, Tranmere Rovers, Cork City and Derry City FC of the League of Ireland, where he won an Irish domestic treble in 1989, Airdrie United and...
(born 1962) Sound engineer
Politics and government
- Henry Dalton (police officer)Henry Dalton (police officer)Sir Henry Dalton CBE was a senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police. He served as Assistant Commissioner "B", in charge of traffic policing, from 1947 to 1956.Dalton was born in Watton, East Riding of Yorkshire...
(1891–1966), British policeman - Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton (1887-1962), British politician
- John M. DaltonJohn M. DaltonJohn Montgomery Dalton was a Democratic politician from the state of Missouri. He was the 45th Governor of Missouri and the states' 34th Attorney General.-Personal history:...
(1900-1972), American politician - Missouri - John N. DaltonJohn N. DaltonJohn Nichols Dalton was the 63rd Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1978 to 1982. Born in Emporia, Virginia, Dalton also served in both houses of the General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the...
(1931-1986), American politician - Virginia - Rick Dalton (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
2000s), Canadian politician - Theodore Roosevelt DaltonTheodore Roosevelt DaltonTheodore Roosevelt Dalton American lawyer,judge and politician known as "Ted" and as Virginia's "Mr. Republican".- Family :...
(1901-1989) American lawyer, judge and politician - Tristram DaltonTristram DaltonTristram Dalton was an American politician who served as a Senator from Massachusetts.-Early life:Dalton was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He attended Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard College in 1755...
(1738-1817), American politician - Walter H. DaltonWalter H. DaltonWalter H. Dalton is a Democratic politician from North Carolina and the state's current Lieutenant Governor. Prior to his election to that office, he was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-sixth Senate district, including constituents in Cleveland and...
(fl. 2000s), American politician
Science and technology
- Clifford DaltonClifford DaltonDr. Clifford Dalton was a New Zealand nuclear scientist and inventor of the fast breeder reactor. During the Second World War he married scientist and author Catherine Graves . They subsequently emigrated to Australia, where he worked as Engineer-In-Chief of the Australian Atomic Energy...
, New Zealand nuclear scientist - Henry DaltonHenry DaltonHenry C. Dalton was superintendent of the St. Louis City Hospital from 1886 to 1892, and later a professor of abdominal and clinical surgery at Marion Sims College of Medicine . He is noted for performing the first suturing of the pericardium on record...
(born 1847), American physician - Howard DaltonHoward DaltonSir Howard Dalton, FRS was a British microbiologist.He was the Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from March 2002 to September 2007....
, British microbiologist - John DaltonJohn DaltonJohn Dalton FRS was an English chemist, meteorologist and physicist. He is best known for his pioneering work in the development of modern atomic theory, and his research into colour blindness .-Early life:John Dalton was born into a Quaker family at Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth, Cumberland,...
(1766-1844), British physicist and chemist - John Call DaltonJohn Call DaltonJohn Call Dalton was an American physiologist, the first full-time professor for physiology in the United States.Dalton was born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.- Works :...
(1825–1889), American physiologist - Katharina DaltonKatharina DaltonKatharina Dalton was a British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome...
(1916–2004), British physician
Sports
- Andy DaltonAndy DaltonAndrew Grant Dalton is an ex-All Blacks rugby union player who captained the side 17 times in tests...
(born 1951), New Zealand rugby player - Andy DaltonAndy Dalton (American football)Andrew Gregory Dalton is an American professional football quarterback for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football at Texas Christian University...
(born 1987), American football player - Antico DaltonAntico DaltonAntico Dalton is a former professional American and Canadian football linebacker and defensive lineman. He was drafted in the sixth round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings...
(born 1975), American player of American and Canadian football - Barney DaltonBarney DaltonBernard Hugh Dalton was a rugby league player In the Australian competition – the New South Wales Rugby League. He was born in 1891 in Sydney.A winger, Dalton played for the Eastern Suburbs club side in the years and...
, Australian rugby league player - Brad DaltonBrad DaltonBradley Dalton is a former Australian basketball player, who played for the City of Sydney Astronauts , West Adelaide Bearcats , Sydney Supersonics , Geelong Supercats and the Sydney Kings in the NBL.Dalton represented Australia in both the 1984 and 1988 Olympics...
, Australian basketball player - Eric DaltonEric DaltonEric Londesbrough Dalton was a South African cricketer who played in 15 Tests from 1929 to 1939....
(1906–1981), South African cricketer - Harry DaltonHarry DaltonHarry I. Dalton was an American front-office executive in Major League Baseball. He served as general manager of three American League teams, the Baltimore Orioles , California Angels and Milwaukee Brewers , and was a principal architect of the Orioles' dynasty of 1966–1974 as well as the only AL...
(1928–2005), American baseball executive - Jon DaltonJon DaltonJohn Dalton, also known as Jonny Fairplay , is a reality TV participant and former art consultant from Danville, Virginia. He came in third place as a competitor on the reality TV show Survivor: Pearl Islands...
(born 1974), U.S. wrestler ("Jonny Fairplay") - Lional DaltonLional DaltonLional Deshaun Dalton is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League.-College career:...
(born 1975), American football player - Mark Dalton, Australian basketball player
- Richard DaltonRichard DaltonRichard Dalton is an Irish-born, Canadian sprint canoer. He has won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships ....
(born 1979), Canadian canoeist - Tim DaltonTim DaltonTim Dalton is a former Irish footballer.During his career he played for Coventry City, Bournemouth, Notts County and later moved to Boston United, Bradford City, Tranmere Rovers, Cork City and Derry City FC of the League of Ireland, where he won an Irish domestic treble in 1989, Airdrie United and...
, Irish footballer
Other
- Emmett DaltonEmmett DaltonEmmett Dalton was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds...
(1861–1937), U.S. outlaw, member of the Dalton GangDalton GangThe Dalton Gang, also known as The Dalton Brothers, was a family of both lawmen and outlaws in the American Old West during 1890-1892. They specialized in bank and train robberies. They were related to the Younger brothers, who rode with Jesse James, though they acted later and independently of... - J. Frank DaltonJ. Frank DaltonJ. Frank Dalton claimed to be the outlaw Jesse James. Dalton was allegedly 101 years old at the time of his first public appearance, in May 1948. His story did not hold up to questioning from James's surviving relatives.-References:...
(1848–1951), American alleged outlaw - James DaltonJames Dalton (disambiguation)James Dalton may refer to:* James Dalton , captain of a street robbery gang in 18th century London* James Dalton Wealthy Influential pastoralist who shaped regional colonial Australia...
, various including:- James Dalton (died 1730), British street robber
- James Dalton IIJames Dalton II-External links:*...
, a United States Army general killed in the Philippines during World War II - James Langley DaltonJames Langley DaltonJames Langley Dalton VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1833–1887), English soldier
- John Howard DaltonJohn Howard DaltonJohn Howard Dalton is a U.S. administrator and banker. Dalton was Secretary of the Navy from July 22, 1993 to November 16, 1998.-Education and Navy service:...
(born 1941), American administrator and banker - John Neale DaltonJohn Neale DaltonCanon John Neale Dalton KCVO CMG was a chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor to King George V of the United Kingdom.-Life history:...
(1839–1931), British cleric - Lawrence DaltonLawrence DaltonLawrence Dalton was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Dalton was one of thirteen children of Roger Dalton of Bispham, Lancashire, and his fourth wife. Lawrence Dalton also had two half-brothers and one half-sister from his father's first marriage...
(died 1561), English officer of arms - Stephen DaltonStephen DaltonAir Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Gary George Dalton, KCB, BSc, FRAeS, RAF is the current Chief of the Air Staff and professional head of the Royal Air Force.-RAF career:...
, British air marshal