Bottom (surname)

Bottom is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anthony Bottom (born 1951), former member of both the Black Panther Party (BPP) and the Black Liberation Army (BLA)
• Arthur Bottom (1930–2012), English footballer
• Bob Bottom, OAM, retired investigative journalist and author
• Daniel Bottom (1864–1937), English cricketer
• River Jude Phoenix (né Bottom, 1970–1993), American actor, musician, and activist
• Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (né Bottom, born 1974), American actor, producer, and activist
• Joe Bottom (born 1955), American former competition swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, and former world record-holder
• Mike Bottom (c. 1966), head coach of the Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving program at the University of Michigan
• Nick Bottom, character in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream who provides comic relief throughout the play
• Virgil E. Bottom (1911–2003), American born experimental physicist, contributed to the developing quartz crystal production in the US