Emmett (name)
Emmett is an English surname,[1] also used as a given name. It may be connected to the given name Emma, or the place of Emmott, Lancashire (now known as Laneshawbridge, but still containing Emmott Hall).[1]
People with this name include:
Surname
- Arthur Emmett (Australian judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law
- Dan Emmett, American composer
- Ed Emmett, American politician
- Edward Nucella Emmett 19th-century Australian entrepreneur
- Evelyn Temple Emmett was the first Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau and a founder of the Hobart Walking Club
- Henry James Emmett 19th-century Tasmanian public servant
- M. L. Emmett a poet based in Norwood, South Australia born in England
- Rik Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph
- Rowland Emett, English sculptor and cartoonist.
- Sean Emmett is a British professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- Tom Emmett was an English cricket bowler in the late 1860s, the 1870s and the early 1880s
First name
- Emmett Barrett, American football player
- Emmett Dalton, member of the Dalton Gang
- Emmett Kelly, was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Depression era
- Emmett Leith, American scientist and electrical engineer
- Emmett McLoughlin, ex-priest, author of People's Padre, and housing activist in Phoenix, Arizona
- Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor who plays Brendan Brady in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
- Emmett Skilton, New Zealander actor
- Emmett Till, African-American youth whose brutal lynching was one of the key events leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement
- Emmett Tinley, Irish acoustic musician formerly from the band The Prayer Boat
Fictional
- Dr. Emmett Brown, a character in Back to the Future (franchise)
- Emmett Cullen, a character from the "Twilight" series
- Emmett Honeycutt, Queer as Folk (US version)
See also
References
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