Clifton is an English surname, place name or given name. It means "settlement by a cliff" in Old English. [1] It may refer to:

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Places

Australia

• Clifton, Queensland, town and Shire south of Toowoomba
• Clifton Beach, Queensland
• Clifton Beach, Tasmania
• Clifton Hill, Victoria, suburb of Melbourne, Victoria
• Clifton, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales
• Clifton, Western Australia

Canada

• Clifton Hill (Niagara Falls), Ontario, part of Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Clifton, Prince Edward Island, community in Prince Edward Island

England

• Clifton, Bedfordshire, a village and parish
• Clifton, Bristol, a district of the City of Bristol
• *Clifton College, a coeducational public school
• *Clifton Down, a park in Bristol
• *Clifton Down railway station
• *Clifton Rugby Football Club, a rugby union club
• *Clifton Suspension Bridge, a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset
• *Roman Catholic Diocese of Clifton
• Clifton, Cumbria, a small village and civil parish near Penrith in Cumbria
• Clifton, Greater Manchester, a district in the City of Salford
• *Clifton C.C., a cricket club
• *Clifton railway station
• Clifton, Lancashire, a small village in between Preston and Blackpool in Lancashire
• Clifton, Northumberland, a hamlet in Northumberland
• Clifton, Nottingham, an area in the City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

:*Clifton Hall, Nottingham, a country house in Clifton, Nottingham

• Clifton, Oxfordshire, a hamlet in Cherwell District, Oxfordshire
• Clifton, South Yorkshire, a small village in Doncaster, South Yorkshire
• Clifton, West Yorkshire, a small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, near the town of Brighouse
• Clifton, York, an area in the City of York
• Clifton Reynes, a village in the Borough of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
• Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, a village and civil parish in Rugby, Warwickshire

Pakistan

• Clifton, Karachi, neighborhood in Karachi, Sindh
• Clifton Beach, Karachi, beach in Karachi, Sindh
• Clifton Cantonment

South Africa

• Clifton, Cape Town, suburb of Cape Town

United States

• Clifton, Arizona, town in Greenlee County
• Clifton, California, former name of Del Rey, California
• Clifton, Colorado, census-designated place in Mesa County
• Clifton, Idaho, small city in Franklin County
• Clifton, Illinois, village in Iroquois County
• Clifton, Kansas
• Clifton, Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood east of downtown Louisville
• Clifton Heights, Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood two miles east of downtown Louisville
• Clifton, Maine, town in Penobscot County
• Clifton, Massachusetts, overlapping the border between Swampscott and Marblehead
• Clifton, Michigan, a ghost town
• Clifton Township, Lyon County, Minnesota
• Clifton Township, Traverse County, Minnesota
• Clifton, New Jersey, city in Passaic County
• Clifton, New York, town in St. Lawrence County
• Clifton, Staten Island, neighborhood in the borough of Staten Island, New York
• Clifton Park, New York, town in Saratoga County
• Clifton Springs, New York, village located within in Ontario County
• Clifton, Ohio, village in Clark and Greene counties
• Clifton, Cincinnati, Ohio, neighborhood in Cincinnati
• Clifton Heights, Ohio, neighborhood of Cincinnati
• Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, borough in Delaware County
• Clifton, Tennessee, city in Wayne County
• Clifton, Texas, city in Bosque County
• Clifton, Virginia, town in Fairfax County
• Clifton Forge, Virginia, town in Alleghany County
• Clifton Mills, West Virginia, unincorporated community in Preston County
• Clifton, Grant County, Wisconsin, a town
• Clifton, Monroe County, Wisconsin, a town
• Clifton, Pierce County, Wisconsin, a town

Historic sites

• Clifton (Davenport, Iowa), listed on the NRHP in Iowa
• Clifton (Goshen, Kentucky), listed on the NRHP in Kentucky
• Clifton (Ednor, Maryland), listed on the NRHP in Maryland
• Clifton (Roslyn Harbor, New York), listed on the NRHP in New York
• Clifton Hall, another name for the Grange Estate, a historic mansion in Pennsylvania
• Clifton (Hamilton, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
• Clifton (Kilmarnock, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
• Clifton (Lexington, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia
• Clifton (Shadwell, Virginia), listed on the NRHP in Virginia

People

;Surname

• Bernie Clifton, British comedian
• Chad Clifton, Offensive Lineman for the Green Bay Packers
• Helen Clifton, wife of the 18th General of The Salvation Army
• Lucille Clifton, American poet
• Mark Clifton, American author and businessman
• Pete Clifton, the head of BBC News Interactive
• Richard R. Clifton, American judge
• Shaw Clifton, the 18th General of The Salvation Army
• Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (1899-1983), British Conservative Party politician
• Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (born 1953), British politician and farmer
• Richard Clifton-Dey, British illustrator

;First name

• Clifton Chenier, American zydeco musician
• Clifton James, American actor
• Clifton Parker, English composer
• Clifton Sprague, World War II-era officer in the U.S. Navy
• Clifton Sunada, American judoka
• Clifton Webb, American actor
• Clifton Williams, NASA astronaut and USMC Major

;Fictional characters

• Clifton (comics), fictional character in Franco-Belgian comics
• Tony Clifton, fictional character created by Andy Kaufman

References

1. MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Clifton