Clifton (given name)

For other uses, see Clifton.

Clifton

Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Old English
Meaning	Town by a cliff
Other names
Derivative(s)	Cliff
Related names	Clifford

Clifton is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Clifton Abraham (born 1971), American and Canadian football player
• Clifton Bloomfield (born 1969), American serial killer
• Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846–1932), American politician
• Clifton B. Cates (1893–1970), United States Marine Corps four-star general
• Clifton Chenier (1925–1987), American zydeco musician
• Clifton Collins Jr. (born 1970), American actor
• Clifton Daniel (1912–2000), American newspaperman
• Clifton Daniel (bishop) (born 1947), American bishop
• Clifton Truman Daniel (born 1957), American writer, public relations executive, and grandson of Harry S. Truman
• Clifton Davis (born 1945), American actor
• Clifton DeBerry (1923–2006), American politician
• Clifton O. Dummett (1919–2011), American dentist, dean, and historian
• Clifton Fadiman (1904–1999), American radio and television personality
• Clifton C. Garvin (1921–2016), American engineer, army officer, and oilman
• Clifton Grima, Maltese politician
• Clifton A. Hall (1826–1913), a Rhode Island architect
• Clifton James (1921–2017), American actor
• Clifton Johnson (1865–1940), American author, illustrator, and photographer
• Clifton H. Johnson (1921–2008), American historian
• Clifton Jones (born 1937), Jamaican actor
• Clifton J. Joy (1922–1994), Newfoundland physician and politician
• Clifton Leaf, American journalist, editor of Fortune magazine
• Clifton Maloney (1937–2009), American businessman
• Clifton N. McArthur (1879–1923), American politician
• Clifton McNeely (1919–2003), American basketball player and coach
• Clifton Newman (born 1951), American attorney and judge
• Clifton Parker (1905–1989), English composer
• Clifton Ray (born 1958), American serial killer
• Clifton Sandvliet (born 1977), Surinamese retired footballer
• Clifton Smith (born 1985), American football player
• Clifton Smith (born 1980), American football player
• Clifton Sprague (1896–1955), World War II–era officer in the U.S. Navy
• Clifton Sunada (born 1971), American judoka
• C. Clifton Virts (1910–1985), American politician and lawyer from Maryland
• Clifton Webb (1889–1966), American actor
• Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. (1899–1990), American diplomat
• Clifton Wheeler (1883–1953), American artist
• Clifton Williams (1932–1967), NASA astronaut and USMC Major
• Clifton A. Woodrum (1887–1950), American pharmacist and politician
• Clifton Young (1917–1951), American actor