Caperton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Hugh Caperton (1781–1847), nineteenth-century congressman and planter from Virginia
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William Banks Caperton
William Banks Caperton (June 30, 1855 – December 21, 1941) was an admiral of the United States Navy. He held major posts ashore and afloat, chief of which were commanding the naval forces U.S. occupation of Haiti, intervening in Haiti (1915–1 ...
(1855–1941), Admiral of the United States Navy
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William Gaston Caperton III (born 1940), 31st Governor of the U.S. state of West Virginia
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