Abbott (surname)
Abbott is an English surname. The name is a diminutive of the nickname fig (of Abraham) and means son of Abraham.
Well-known bearers of the name
A
- Alain Abbott ( born 1938 ), French accordion player and composer
- Alan Abbott ( b. 1923 ), British composer
- Allan Abbott, American physicians
- Amos Abbott (1786-1868), American politician
- Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837-1913), Canadian physician
- Anthony Abbott ( born 1930 ), Canadian politician
- Austin Abbott (1831-1896), American lawyer and writer
B
- Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), American photographer
- Bruce Abbott (born 1954 ), American actor, dancer
- Bud Abbott (1895-1974), American actor
C
- Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden ( 1762-1832 ), English jurist
- Charles Abbott, 3rd Baron Tenterden ( 1834-1882 ), British diplomat
- Charles Abbott ( football player ) ( born 1939 ), Australian football player
- Charles Conrad Abbott (1843-1919), American archaeologist and naturalist
- Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975), Administrator of the Northern Territories in Australia
D
- Darrell Abbott (1966-2004), American musician, known as Dimebag Darrell
- Dave Abbott (1902-1987), American track and field athlete
- Des Abbott ( born 1986 ), Australian hockey player
- Diahnne Abbott ( born 1945 ), American actress and jazz singer
- Diane Abbott ( born 1953 ), British politician
- Dorothy Abbott (1920-1968), American actress
- Douglas Abbott (1899-1987), Canadian politician
E
- Edith Abbott (1876-1957), American social scientist
- Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), English headmaster, theologian and writer
- Edward Dixson Abbott, founder of the British coachbuilding company Abbott of Farnham (1929-1972)
- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872-1958), American writer
- Emma Abbott (1850-1891), American opera singer (soprano )
- Eric Abbott (1929-1988), Canadian pianist, organist and composer
- Evelyn Abbott (1843-1901), English classics scholars
F
- FR Abbott, American film technician and specialist in visual effects
- Francis Ellingwood Abbott (1836-1903), American philosopher
- Frank Frost Abbott (1860-1924), American classical scholar
G
- Geoffrey Abbott ( born 1985 ), South African hockey player
- George Abbott (1887-1995), American producer, director, actor and playwright
- Glenn Abbott ( born 1951 ), American baseball player
- Grace Abbott (1878-1939), American social reformer
- Gregory Abbott (born 1954 ), American soul musician
J
- Jack Abbott (1944-2002), American capital criminals and writer
- Jacob Abbott (1803-1879), American writer
- James Abbott (General ) ( 1807-1896 ), British General
- James Abbott ( politician ) ( b. 1942 ), Canadian politician
- Jeff Abbott ( born 1963 ), American writer
- Jeremy Abbott ( canoer ) ( born 1957 ), Canadian canoeist
- Jeremy Abbott ( born 1985 ), American figure skater
- Jim Abbott (born 1967 ), American baseball player
- Joanne Abbott ( born 1955 ), Canadian sailor
- Job Abbott (1845-1896), Canadian civil engineer and entrepreneur
- John Abbott (1821-1893), Canadian Prime Minister from 1891 to 1892
- John Abbott (actor ) ( 1905-1996 ), English actor
- John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877), American writer
- John White Abbott (1763-1851), English landscape painter
- Joseph Abbott ( clergyman ) ( 1790-1862 ), Canadian clergyman
- Joseph Abbott (1840-1908), American politician
- Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814-1891), American politician
K
- Katie Abbott ( born 1986 ), Canadian sailor
- Kenneth Morgan Abbott (1906-1988), American classical scholar
- Kurt Abbott (born 1969 ), American baseball player
- Kyle Abbott ( born 1968 ), American baseball player
L
- LB Abbott (1908-1985), American cinematographer and special effects artist
- Lemuel Abbott († 1776), English cleric and poet
- Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760-1803), British painter
- Lyman Abbott (1835-1922), American philosopher of religion
M
- Mara Abbott ( born 1985 ), American cyclist
- Margaret Abbott (1878-1955), American golfer
- Mary Abbott (1857-1904), American golfer and writer
- Matt Abbott (born 1966 ), Canadian sailor
- Maude Abbott (1869-1940), Canadian physician
- Monica Abbott ( born 1985 ), American softball player
N
- Nabia Abbott (1897-1981), American scholar of Islam
- Nehemiah Abbott (1804-1877), American politician
- Norman Abbott (* 1922), American film director and producer
O
- Othman A. Abbott (1842-1935), American politician
P
- Paweł Abbott ( b. 1982 ), Polish footballer
- Philip Abbott (1923-1998), American actor
R
- Reg Abbott ( born 1930 ), Canadian ice hockey player
- Richard Atkinson Abbott (1883-1954), architect of New Zealand
- Richmond Abbott, English animal painter
- Robert Abbott ( born 1933 ), American game designer
- Roger Abbott ( born 1946 ), Canadian author, actor and producer
S
- Senda Berenson Abbott (1868-1954), American physical education teacher and basketball pioneer
- Steve Abbott, a British motorcycle racer
- Stuart Abbott (born 1978 ), South African rugby player
T
- Tank Abbott ( born 1963 ), American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
- Thomas Eastoe Abbott (1786-1854), English poet
- Tierra Abbott (* 1990), American actress
- Tony Abbott ( b. 1957 ), Australian politician
V
- Vince Abbott (born 1958 ), American football player
W
- Walter Abbott (1877-1941), English footballer
- William Louis Abbott (1860-1936), American physician, naturalist and ornithologist
- Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801-1876), Canadian businessman