Emerton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Andrew Emerton (born 1972), British Anglican priest and Bishop-designate of Sherwood Audrey Emerton, Baroness Emerton (born 1935), British nurse and politician Brett Emerton (born 1979), Australian footballer Danny Emerton (born 1991), English footballer Ephraim Emerton (1851–1935), American educator, author, translator, and historian James Henry Emerton (1847–1931), American arachnologist and illustrator John Emerton (1928–2015), British academic, Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University Karin Emerton, Australian jurist Roy Emerton (1893–1944), British film actor Wendy Emerton, birth name of Wendy Richard (1943–2009), English actress See also Emerton, New South Wales