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Galton (name)

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Galton is a surname and occasionally a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Dorothy Galton (1901–1992), British university administrator
Sir Douglas Strutt Galton (1822–1899), British engineer
Emma Sophia Galton (1811–1904), English author
Francis Galton (1822–1911), English Victorian polymath
Frank Wallace Galton (1867–1952), English political writer and journalist
Jim Galton (1945–2017), American business executive
Leah Galton (born 1994), English footballer
Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (née Galton, 1778–1856), British writer in the anti-slavery movement
Peter Galton (born 1942), British vertebrate paleontologist
Ray Galton (1930–2018), British scriptwriter
Samuel Galton (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Samuel Galton, Jr. (1753–1832), British arms manufacturer
- Samuel Tertius Galton (1783–1844), British businessman and scientist

Given name

Galton Blackiston (born 1962), English chef

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