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

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
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