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] or it is connected to the Hebrew word אמת, Truth.

People with this name include:

Surname

• Arthur Emmett (Australian judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law
• Chris Emmett, British actor
• Dan Emmett, American composer
• Ed Emmett, American politician
• Edward Nucella Emmett 19th-century Australian entrepreneur
• Evelyn Temple Emmett, Tasmanian
• Henry James Emmett 19th-century Tasmanian public servant
• Josh Emmett, American mixed martial artist
• M. L. Emmett, poet
• Rik Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph
• Rowland Emett, English sculptor and cartoonist.
• Sean Emmett, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Tom Emmett, English cricket player

First name

• Emmett Barrett, American football player
• Emmett Dalton, member of the Dalton Gang
• Emmett J. Hull (1882-1957), American architect
• 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 Zealand actor
• Emmett Till, African-American youth whose brutal lynching was one of the key events leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement

Fictional

• Dr. Emmett Brown, a character in Back to the Future (franchise)
• Emmett Cullen, a character from the "Twilight" series
• Emmett Forrest, a character from the "Legally Blonde" series
• Emmett Honeycutt, Queer as Folk (US version)
• Emmett Yawners, a Deputy for the Banshee County Sheriff's Department from the TV show Banshee

See also

• Emmet (disambiguation)

References