English composer (1902-1983)
"Walter Walton was a distinguished English composer who lived from 1902 to 1983."
English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)
"Izaak Walton is best known for writing The Compleat Angler, a classic treatise on the art of fishing."
Irish physicist who (with Sir John Cockcroft in 1931) first split an atom (1903-1995)
"Ernest Walton is celebrated as the Irish physicist who, alongside Sir John Cockcroft, successfully split an atom for the first time in 1931."
A surname.
"The Walton family gathered at their summer home by the lake."
The name Walton likely comes from the Old English words weall meaning "wall" or wealh referring to a Celt or Welshman, combined with tūn, which means settlement. This combination originally described an enclosed farmstead or a village inhabited by Celtic people.