# Abbott (surname)

Abbott, also spelled Abbot, is an English surname, derived from the word "abbot", which may refer to:
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* R
* S
* T
* V
* W
* Fictional characters
* See also
* References

## A

* Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American pastor
* Alan Abbott (1926–2008), English cricketer
* Alfred N. Abbott (1862–1929), American farmer and politician
* Alice Balch Abbot (1867–1937), American writer
* Amos Abbott (1786–1868), American Congressman
* Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837–1913), Canadian physician
* Anne Abbott (1808–1908), American designer and writer
* Anthony Abbott (1930–2023), Canadian politician
* Aubrey Abbott (1886–1975), Australian politician
* Augustus Abbott (1804–1867), British army officer
* Austin Abbott (1831–1896), American lawyer and academic

## B

* Bec Abbot, Canadian singer
* Belle K. Abbott (1842–1893), American author
* Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849), American schoolteacher
* Benjamin Abbott (1732–1796), American evangelist
* Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890), American lawyer and author
* Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
* Bert Abbott (1875–1911), English footballer
* Bob Abbott (1932–2010), justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
* Brad Abbott (born 1994), English footballer
* Brenden Abbott (born 1962), aka the Postcard Bandit, Australian bank robber
* Brian Abbot (1911–1936), Australian actor
* Bruce Abbott (born 1954), American actor
* Bud Abbott (1897–1974), American actor
* Burton Abbott (1928–1957), American convicted of murder

## C

* Caleb F. Abbott (1811–1855), Canadian politician
* Cecil Abbott (1924–2014), Australian police commissioner
* Cecilia Abbott (born 1959), First Lady of Texas and wife of Greg Abbott
* Charles Abbot (disambiguation)
* Charles Abbott (disambiguation)
* Chauncey M. Abbott (1822–1863), American politician
* Chris Abbott (born 1947), American television producer, writer and author
* Christopher Abbott (born 1986), American actor
* Clara Abbott (1857–1924), corporate director of Abbott Laboratories from 1900 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1924
* Cory Abbott (born 1995), American baseball player
* Courtney Abbot (born 1989), New Zealand-born actress

## D

* Dan Abbott (1862–1930), American baseball player
* Daniel Abbott (1682–1760), Deputy Governor of colony of Rhode Island
* Darrell Lance Abbott (1966–2004), birth name of American guitarist known as Dimebag Darrell
* David Abbott (disambiguation)
* Delila (Richards) Abbott (1908–1998), American politician
* Dennis Abbott (born 1941), American politician
* Derek Abbott (born 1960), English physicist and electronic engineer
* Diahnne Abbott (born 1945), American actress and singer
* Diane Abbott (born 1953), British politician, former Shadow Home Secretary
* Dorian Abbot, American geophysicist
* Dorothy Abbott (1920–1968), American actress
* Douglas Abbott (1899–1987), Canadian politician
* Drew Abbott (born 1947), American musician

## E

* Edith Abbott (1876–1957), American social worker, educator and author
* Edville Gerhardt Abbott (1871–1938), American orthopædic surgeon
* Edward Abbott (disambiguation)
* Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad executive
* Edwin Abbott (disambiguation)
* Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American author
* Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), American book illustrator, scenic designer and artist
* Eli Abbott (1869–1943), American college sports coach
* Emma Abbott (1849–1891), American singer
* Eric Symes Abbott (1906–1983), English clergyman
* Evelyn Abbott (1843–1901), English classical scholar
* Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American Biblical scholar

## F

* Faye Abbott (1895–1965), American football player
* Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836–1903), American philosopher and theologian
* Frank Abbott (disambiguation)
* Fred Abbott (1874–1935), American baseball player
* Frederick Abbott (disambiguation)
* Fredric Abbott (1928–1996), Australian actor

## G

* George Abbot (author) (c. 1603–1648), English writer
* George Abbot (bishop) (1562–1633), English clergyman
* George Abbotts or Abbot (1602–1645), MP for Gilford in the Short and Long parliaments, nephew of the Archbishop George Abbot
* George Abbott (disambiguation)
* Glenn Abbott (born 1951), American baseball player
* Gordon Abbott (1914–1986), Australian rules footballer
* Gorham Dummer Abbott (1807–1874), American clergyman, educator and author
* Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
* Greg Abbott (born 1957), American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Texas, Governor of Texas
* Greg Abbott (footballer) (born 1963), English footballer
* Gregory Abbott (born 1954), American soul musician, singer, composer and producer
* Gypsy Abbott (1887–1952), American actress

## H

* Hannah Abbott, fictional character from the Harry Potter series
* H. H. Abbott, Harold Henry Abbott (1891–1976), poet and headmaster
* Harold Abbott (artist) (1906–1986), Australian portrait painter, official war artist and art teacher
* Harold Abbott (rugby union) (1882–1971), New Zealand rugby union footballer
* Helen Abbott Michael (1857–1904), née Abbott, American chemist
* Henry Abbot (martyr) (died 1597), English Catholic martyr
* Henry Larcom Abbot (1831–1927), American military engineer
* Henry Abbott (disambiguation)
* Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (1814–1883), British general
* Horace Abbott (1806–1887), American manufacturer

## I

* Ira Abbott (1906–1988), American aerospace engineer

## J

* Jack Abbott
* Jacob Abbott (1803–1879), American writer
* Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), English singer
* James Abbott (disambiguation)
* Jeff Abbott (born 1963), American novelist
* Jeff Abbott (baseball) (born 1972), American baseball player
* Jennifer Abbott (born 1965), Canadian director, cinematographer and editor
* Jeremy Abbott (born 1985), American figure skater
* Jere Abbott (1897–1982), American art historian
* Jerry Abbott (born 1942), American songwriter and record producer
* Jim Abbott (disambiguation)
* Jo Abbott (1840–1908), American politician
* Joan Stevenson Abbott (1899–1975), Australian army matron
* Job Abbott (1845–1896), Canadian civil engineer
* Joe Abbott (Australian politician) (1891–1965), Australian politician
* Joe Abbott (speedway rider) (1902–1950), English motorcycle racer
* Joel Abbot (naval officer) (1793–1855), American naval officer
* Joel Abbot (politician) (1776–1826), American politician
* John Abbot (entomologist) (1751–1840/1), American entomologist
* John Abbott (disambiguation)
* Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814–1891), American politician
* Joseph Abbott (disambiguation)
* Jude Abbott (born 1962), British musician

## K

* Karen Abbott (born 1973), American author of historical non-fiction
* Kurt Abbott (born 1969), American baseball player
* Kyle Abbott (baseball) (born 1968), former professional baseball player
* Kyle Abbott (cricketer) (born 1987), South African cricketer

## L

* Laura Abbot (born 1930s), American writer
* Lawrence Fraser Abbott (1859–1933), American editor and writer
* L. B. Abbott (1908–1985), American cinematographer, cameraman and special effects expert
* Lee K. Abbott (1947–2019), American writer
* Lemuel Abbott (1730–1776), English clergyman and poet
* Lemuel Francis Abbott (c. 1760–1802), English portrait painter
* Leonard Dalton Abbott (1878–1953), American publicist and radical thinker
* Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (1870–1944), American painter
* Lyman Abbott (1835–1922), American religious leader and author

## M

* Mac Abbott (1877–1960), Australian politician
* Margaret Ives Abbott (1878–1955), American golfer
* Mary Bethune Abbott (1823–1898), wife of Canadian prime minister John Abbott
* Maude Abbott (1869–1930), Canadian doctor
* Maurice Abbot (1565–1642), English merchant and politician
* Megan Abbott (born 1971), American writer
* Mishael Abbott (born 1981), American race car driver
* Monica Abbott (born 1985), American softball player

## N

* Nabia Abbott (1897–1981), American scholar of Islam
* Nathan Abbott (1854–1941), American lawyer and law teacher
* Nehemiah Abbott (1804–1877), American politician
* Nelson Abbott (born 1966), American politician
* Nick Abbot (born 1960), British radio presenter
* Norman Abbott (1922–2016), American television director

## O

* Ody Abbott (1888–1933), American baseball player
* Othman A. Abbott (1842–1935), Canadian-born American politician, first Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska

## P

* Pat Abbott (1912–1984), American golfer
* Paul Abbott (disambiguation)
* Paweł Abbott (born 1982), English footballer
* Percy Abbott (Canadian politician) (1882–1942)
* Percy Abbott (Australian politician) (1869–1940), Australian politician, soldier and solicitor
* Percy Abbott (magician) (1886–1960), Australian magician and magic dealer
* Peter Abbott (1942–2015), British navy officer
* Philip Abbott (1923–1998), American character actor
* P. J. Abbott (born 1964), American race car driver

## R

* Rachel Abbott (born 1952), British author
* Reg Abbott (born 1930), Canadian ice hockey player
* Rhoda Abbott (1873–1946), English survivor of the Titanic sinking
* Richard Abbot (1818–1904), English poet
* Richard Atkinson Abbot (1883–1954), New Zealand architect
* Richard Abbott (Australian politician) (1859–1940), Australian politician
* Robert Abbot (bishop) (1560–1617), Bishop of Salisbury
* Robert Abbot (theologian) (1588?–1662?), Puritan theologian
* Robert Abbott (disambiguation)
* Roger Abbott (1946–2011), Canadian actor
* R. Tucker Abbott (1919–1995), American conchologist and malacologist
* Russ Abbot (born 1947), English musician, comedian and actor

## S

* Samuel Abbot (1786–1839), American inventor
* Samuel Warren Abbott (1837–1904), American physician
* Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894), British general
* Scott Abbott (born 20th century), Canadian co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit
* Sean Abbott (born 1992), Australian cricketer
* Senda Berenson Abbott (1868–1964), Lithuanian basketballer
* Shirley Abbott (ambassador) (1924–2013), American diplomat
* Shirley Abbott (author) (1934–2019), American writer and magazine editor
* Shirley Abbott (footballer) (1889–1947), English footballer
* Spencer Abbott (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
* Steve Abbott (disambiguation)
* Stuart Abbot (born 1986), Scottish footballer
* Stuart Abbott (born 1978), South African rugby union player

## T

* Tank Abbott, American mixed martial artist David Abbott (born 1965)
* Tarnel Abbott (born 1953), American free-speech advocate, activist and librarian
* Theophilus C. Abbot (1826–1892), American college president
* Thomas Eastoe Abbott (1786–1854), English poet
* Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829–1913), Irish scholar and educator
* Thomas Abbott (priest), Irish priest, archdeacon of Cloyne (1919–1936)
* Tom Abbott (born 1981), British broadcaster and sports commentator
* Tom Abbott (socialist) (1872–1949), British socialist activist
* Tommy Abbott (1934–1987), American actor, dancer and choreographer
* Tony Abbott (disambiguation)
* Ty Abbott (born 1988), American basketball player

## V

* Vince Abbott (born 1958), American football player
* Vincent Paul Abbott (1964–2018), birth name of American heavy-metal drummer and producer Vinnie Paul

## W

* Wallace Abbott (1857–1921), founder of Abbott Laboratories
* Walter Abbott (disambiguation)
* Wes Abbott (born 1971), American artist
* Wilbur Cortez Abbott (1869–1947), American historian and educator
* Wilhelmina Hay Abbott (1884–1957), Scottish suffragist and feminist
* William Abbot (actor) (1790–1843), English actor
* William Wright Abbot (1922–2009), American historian, educator, and writer
* William Abbott (disambiguation)
* Willis J. Abbot (1863–1934), American journalist and writer
* Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), American-born Canadian businessman

## Fictional characters

* George Abbott (Coronation Street), on the soap opera Coronation Street
* Harold Abbott (Saw), in the film Saw VI
* Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
* John Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
* Kyle Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
* Mickey Abbott, on the sitcom Seinfeld
* Richard Abbott (One Life to Live), on the soap opera One Life to Live