Lightfoot

Lightfoot is an English surname of old English origin, meaning " nimble runner".

Bearers of the name

Amanda Lightfoot (* 1987), British biathlete
Gordon Lightfoot ( born 1938 ), Canadian folk musicians
Hannah Lightfoot ( 1730-1759/68 ), English Quaker
Jim Ross Lightfoot ( born 1938 ), American politician
John Lightfoot (1602-1675), British Hebrew scholar, pastor and college principal
John Lightfoot ( botanist ) ( 1735-1788 ), British clergyman and biologist
Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828-1889), English theologian and Anglican Bishop of Durham
Ross Lightfoot ( b. 1936 ), Australian politician
Terry Lightfoot (1935-2013), British clarinetist and bandleader with his own jazz band

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