Elliot

**Elliot** (also spelled **Eliot**, **Elliotte**, **Elliott**, **Eliott** and **Elyot**) is a personal name. It can be either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males. Females named Elliot have increased from 414 in 2009 to 770 in 2013, in the United States.

## Surname
### Eliot
*George Eliot (1819–1880), English novelist – pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans
*T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), British-American author
### Elliott
* Barry Elliott (1944-2018) and Paul Elliott (born 1947), better known as The Chuckle Brothers, British comedy double act
*Bill Elliott (born 1955), American racing driver
*Bob Elliott, multiple people
*Brennan Elliott, Canadian actor
*Brian Elliott, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
*Bryn Elliott, English footballer
*Bump Elliott (1925–2019), American college football player, coach, and athletic director
*Chris Elliott, American actor
*Denholm Elliott (1922–1992), British actor
*Joe Elliott, lead singer for the band Def Leppard
*Lloyd Hartman Elliott (1918–2013), American academic
*Marianne Elliott (historian) (1948-), British historian of Ireland
*Marianne Elliott (director) (1966-), British theatrical director
*Poly Styrene, (1957–2011) Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, British musician
*Martin Elliott (1946–2010), British photographer
*Michele Elliott, British author, psychologist, teacher and the founder of child protection charity Kidscape
*Missy Elliott, American hip hop singer
*Peter Elliott, multiple people
*Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada
*Sam Elliott, American actor

### Elliot
*Adam Elliot (born 1972), Australian animator and Academy Award winner
* (Mama) Cass Elliot (1941–1974), American singer – pseudonym of Ellen Naomi Cohen

## Given name
*Elliott Belgrave, Barbadian citizen and retired High Court Judge
*Elliott Carter, American composer
*Eliot Engel, US Representative for New York's 16th congressional district
*Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
*Elliott Gould, American actor
*Eliot Ness (1903–1957), American prohibition agent
*Elliot Page, Canadian actor and producer 
*Elliot Pennington, American figure skater
*Elliot Richardson, American politician
*Elliot Rodger, an American college student, who perpetrated the 2014 Isla Vista massacre
*Elliott Sadler, American racing driver
*Elliot Simmons (born 1998), English footballer
*Elliott Smith (1969–2003), American singer-songwriter
*Eliot Spitzer, American politician
### Fictional characters
*Eliot Rosewater, a character in the Kurt Vonnegut novel, *God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater*
* Eliot Spencer, from *Leverage*
* Eliot Waugh, one of the main characters in *The Magicians* by Lev Grossman
* Elliot Alderson, one of the lead characters in the *Mr. Robot* television series
* Elliot Blitzer, a character in the film *True Romance*
* Elliot Carver, the antagonist in the film *Tomorrow Never Dies*
* Elliot Edwards, one of two protagonists in the Sega Saturn video game *Nights into Dreams...*
*Elliot Reid, a female character in *Scrubs*
* Elliot Richards, the protagonist in the 2000 remake of the film *Bedazzled*
* Elliot Salem, one of two protagonists later turned antagonist in the video game series Army Of Two
* Elliot Schafer, protagonist of *In Other Lands* by Sarah Rees Brennan
*Elliot Stabler, a senior detective from *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *Law & Order: Organized Crime* portrayed by Christopher Meloni
* Elliot Vaughn, the antagonist in the film *Vertical Limit*
* Elliott, a character in the 2004 remake of the film *Flight of the Phoenix*
* Elliott, the dragon in the 1977 Disney film ''Pete's Dragon* and its 2016 remake
*Elliott Spencer, the former name of the antagonist in the *Hellraiser* film franchise
* Elliott Taylor, a male main character in the film *E T: the Extra-Terrestrial*
* Elliott Templeton, a character in *The Razor's Edge* by W. Somerset Maugham
* Elliott Rodger Witt, also known as Mirage, a playable character in *Apex Legends''.
* Elyot Chase, one of the lead characters in "Private Lives" by Noël Coward
* Elliot Ludwig, a character from Poppy Playtime

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