Acton may refer to:

Places

Australia

• Acton, Australian Capital Territory, suburb of Canberra
• Acton, Tasmania, suburb of Burnie, Tasmania
• Acton Park, Tasmania, suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton

Canada

• Acton, Ontario
• Actons Corners, Ontario
• Acton Island, in the District of Muskoka, Ontario
• Acton, New Brunswick
• Acton Regional County Municipality, Quebec (MRC d'Acton)
  • Acton Vale, Quebec
  • Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Quebec
  • Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, Quebec

United Kingdom

• Acton, Cheshire
• Acton, Dorset
• Acton, County Armagh
• Acton, Staffordshire
• Acton, Shropshire
• Acton, Worcestershire
• Acton, Suffolk
• Acton, London
• Acton, Northumberland
• Acton, Wrexham
• Acton (UK Parliament constituency)

Also:

• Acton Beauchamp, Herefordshire
• Acton Bridge, Cheshire
• Acton Burnell, Shropshire
• Acton Green, Herefordshire
• Acton Green, London
• Acton Pigott, Shropshire
• Acton Place, Suffolk
• Acton Reynald, Shropshire
• Acton Round, Shropshire
• Acton Scott, Shropshire
• Acton Trussell, Staffordshire
• Acton Turville, South Gloucestershire

United States

• Acton, California
• Acton, Indiana
• Acton, Kentucky
• Acton, Massachusetts
• Acton, Maine
• Acton Township, Minnesota
• Acton, Montana
• Acton Township, North Dakota
• Acton, Tennessee
• Acton, Texas
• The Acton School of Business in Austin, Texas
• Acton State Historic Site, Texas

People

• John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Lord Acton, the Catholic historian
  • Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, his great-grandson, Labour peer and life peer
  • Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, his grandfather, admiral and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Naples
  • Charles Januarius Edward Acton, his uncle, Cardinal of Santa Maria della Pace
  • Guglielmo Acton, his first cousin once removed, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala
  • Harold Acton, his distant cousin, writer, dandy and dilettante
• Brigitte Acton, Canadian alpine skiier
• Charles Acton (critic) (1914–1999), music critic
• Edward Acton (Royal Navy officer) (died 1707), British naval captain
• James Acton (1848-1924), English cricketer
• Keith Acton, Canadian former National Hockey League player
• Thomas Acton (1662–1721), English Jesuit
• Acton, minor character in The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
• Acton Bell, a pseudonym of Anne Brontë

Other

• Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
• An installation by James Turrell at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

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