Haxton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brooks Haxton (born 1950), American poet and translator Elaine Haxton (1909–1999), Australian artist Fred Haxton (1879–1933), English football player Gerald Haxton (1892–1944), long-term secretary and lover of W. Somerset Maugham Isaac Haxton (born 1985), American poker player Kelly Haxton (born 1982), Canadian football player Wick Haxton (born 1949), American nuclear physicist and astrophysicist