# Lightfoot (surname)

Lightfoot is a surname. It was a nickname for a swift runner. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Lightfoot (1936–2023), English cricketer
* Amanda Lightfoot (born 1987), English biathlete
* Charles Lightfoot (born 1976), English lawyer and former first-class cricketer
* Chris Lightfoot (1978–2007), English scientist and political activist
* Chris Lightfoot (footballer) (born 1970), former English footballer
* Claude Lightfoot (1910–1986), African-American activist
* David Lightfoot, Australian film producer
* Deborah Dillon Lightfoot (1956–2007), American wheelchair athlete
* Edwin N. Lightfoot (1925–2017), American chemical engineer
* Elba Lightfoot (1906–1989), African-American painter
* Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, American former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney
* George Lightfoot (1889–1941), Seattle businessman
* Gordon Lightfoot (1938–2023), Canadian singer-songwriter
* Hannah Lightfoot (1730–1759), sometimes erroneously named wife of George III of the United Kingdom
* Jane Lightfoot (born 1969), British classical scholar
* Jeffrey Lightfoot (born 1995), Singapore footballer
* Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider) (born 1933), English former speedway rider
* Jim Ross Lightfoot (born 1938), former U.S. Representative from Iowa
* John Lightfoot (1602–1675), English churchman and rabbinical scholar
* John Lightfoot (biologist) (1735–1788), English naturalist
* John Prideaux Lightfoot (1803-1887), English clergyman
* Jonni Lightfoot, bass player of the British-Australian band Air Supply from 2001–2016
* Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889), English theologian, translator of the Apostolic Fathers, and Bishop of Durham
* KC Lightfoot (born 1999), American pole vaulter
* Kelvin Lightfoot (born 1925), former South African international lawn bowler
* Leonard Lightfoot (born 1947), African-American actor
* Lori Lightfoot (born 1962), American politician and former Mayor of Chicago
* Louise Mary Lightfoot (1902–1979), Australian architect, choreographer, and dancer
* Mary L. Lightfoot (1889–1970), American painter and printmaker
* Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), English painter
* Mickey Lightfoot, alias of Osei Amponsa, English rapper, singer-songrwriter, musician, and producer
* Mike Lightfoot, retired Bethel College football coach
* Orlando Lightfoot (born 1974), former American professional basketball player
* Papa Lightfoot, aka Papa George Lightfoot, alias for Alexander Lightfoot (1924–1971), American blues singer and harmonica player
* Prideaux Lightfoot, aka Reginald Prideaux Lightfoot (1836–1906), British Anglican priest
* Ricky Lightfoot (born 1985), British runner
* Robert Lightfoot (disambiguation), several people
* Rona Lightfoot (born 1936), Scottish bagpipe player
* Ross Lightfoot (born 1936), Liberal member of the Australian Senate
* Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (born 1944), American sociologist
* Steve Lightfoot, aka Steven Lightfoot, alias for Robert Scott Fraser, British television writer and producer
* Teddy Lightfoot (1889–1918), English footballer
* Terra Lightfoot (born 1986), Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
* Terry Lightfoot (1935–2013), British jazz clarinetist and bandleader
* Thomas Lightfoot (1831–1904), former Archdeacon in Cape Town, South Africa
* William Lightfoot (born 1950), member of the Council of the District of Columbia

## Fictional characters

* Miss Lightfoot, a recurring character in the Disney Channel TV show The Ghost and Molly McGee
* The Lightfoot family, a fictional family from the 2020 Pixar film Onward

## Given name

The following individuals have the given name of Lightfoot:
* Charles Lightfoot Roman, (1889–1961), Canadian surgeon
* Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (politician) (1846–1904), European American politician
* Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (lawyer) (1886–1961), European American lawyer
* William Lightfoot Price (1861-1916), European American Architect