Lawton can refer to names of both places and people:

Places

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Lawton is the name of several towns in the United States:

• Lawton, Iowa
• Lawton, Michigan
• Lawton, North Dakota
• Lawton, Oklahoma

People

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Lawton is the last name of several people, including:

• Alexander Lawton , a division commander in the American Civil War
• April Lawton, musician and graphic designer
• Barbara Lawton, American politician
• Charlwood Lawton (1660-1721), radical British lawyer turned Jacobite
• Harold Lawton, British scholar
• Henry Ware Lawton (1836-1899) - U.S. Army officer
• J. F. Lawton, American screenwriter
• John Lawton:
  • Sir John Lawton (19??- ) - British scientist and chair of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
  • John Lawton (1946- ) - a rock and roll vocalist
• Matt Lawton (1971- ) - an American baseball player
• Matthew Lawton (19??-), American political columnist
• Russ Lawton, American drummer
• Scott Lawton, American conductor
• Stefanie Lawton (19??- ) - a Canadian curler
• Tommy Lawton (1919-1996) - an English footballer
• Captain Wilbur Lawton - a pseudonym of author John Henry Goldfrap

Also

• Joseph Lawton Collins (1896-1987) - U.S. Army general.

See also

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• Nigel Lawton 009, model railways
• Peggy Lawton, cookie brand
• Laughton

Surnames