Emmett (name)
Emmet is a given name,[1] also used as a surname. 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 (emét), "Truth". It could, however, also come from the old English word for an ant, as still used in Cornwall.
People with this name include:
Surname
- Arthur Emmett (Australian judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law
- Chris Emmett, British actor
- Dan Emmett, American composer
- Dan W. Emmett, Californian politician
- 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
- Robert Emmet, Irish Revolutionary
- 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 Morrison (1915–1993), American basketball player
- 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, a character in 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)
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