Clayton
The taxon authority Clayton may refer to:
- Dale H. Clayton (born 1957), U.S. entomologist
- David R. Clayton, herpetologist
- John Clayton (1694/1695–1773, J.Clayton), British-American botanist
- John Clayton (entomologist)
- Margaret N. Clayton (born 1943, M.N.Clayton), phycologist
- William Derek Clayton (born 1926, Clayton), English botanist and agrostrologist