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Emmett (name)

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Emmett is an English surname, 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).

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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)
  • Emmett Otter, Emmett Otter's Jugtime Christmas

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