Mort (name)

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Region of origin United Kingdom		Related names Morton

Mort is both a given name and surname.

Mort is a surname or family name in the United Kingdom, traditionally found in North West England, especially Lancashire. It is also found in the counties of Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire in South Wales, but is also found in many areas of the United Kingdom. The surname is also found in other countries from English/Scottish emigrants particularly the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Mort is also a variant of the surname Morton.

Mort is a common masculine given name or nickname/hypocorism variant of Morton or Mortimer, particularly in the United States.

Mort may refer to:

Surname

Jonathan Mort, Colombian - American actor and former teacher and politician

Chris Mort, English lawyer and former chairman of Newcastle United Football Club

David Mort (1888–1963), British politician

Graham Mort, British writer, editor and tutor

Greg Mort (born 1952), American painter

Helen Mort (born 1985), British poet

Henry Mort (1818–1900), pastoralist, businessman and politician in what is now Australia

Ian Mort (1937–1996), Australian rules footballer

John Mort (1915–1997), Anglican bishop

Thomas Mort (1897–1967), English footballer

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816–1878), Australian industrialist

Valzhyna Mort (born Valhyna Martynava in 1981), Belarusian poet

Given name or nickname

Mort Abrahams (1916–2009), American film and television producer

Mort Castle (born 1946), American horror author and writing teacher

Morton Mort Cooper (1913–1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher

Mort Crim (born 1935), American author and former broadcast journalist

Mort Dixon (1892–1956), American lyricist

Mort Drucker (born 1929), American caricaturist and comics artist best known for his work in Mad magazine

Morton Mort Garson (1924–2008), Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter and pioneer of electronic music

Mort Gerberg (born 1931), American cartoonist and author

Morton Horwitz (born 1938), American legal historian and Harvard law professor nicknamed "Mort the Tort"

Morton Mort Kaer (1902–1992), American football player and pentathlete

Mort Kondracke (born 1939), American political commentator and journalist

Mort Künstler (born 1931), American painter

Mortimer Mort Leav (1916–2005), American comic book and advertising artist

Mort Lindsey (1923–2012), American orchestrator, composer, pianist, conductor and musical director

Morton Mort Meskin (1916–1995), American comic book artist

Mort Mills (1919–1993), American actor born Mortimer Morris Kaplan

Mort Nathan, American television producer, screenwriter and film director best known for his work on The Golden Girls

Mort O'Shea (1882–1970), Irish Gaelic footballer

Mort Rosenblum (born 1944), American author, editor and journalist

Morton Mort Sahl (born 1927), Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist

Morton Mort Schell (born 1943), Australian former politician

Mort Shuman (1936–1991), American singer, pianist and songwriter

Mort Todd (born 1961), American writer and media entrepreneur, best known as an editor-in-chief of Cracked magazine

Addison Morton Mort Walker (born 1923), American comic strip artist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois)

Mortimer Mort Weisinger (1915–1978), American magazine and comic book editor

Fictional characters

Mort, in the animated films Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Mort, in the Spanish comics series Mort & Phil

Mort, the main character of the Discworld novel Mort

Mort Cinder, title character of the Mort Cinder Argentine comic book series

Mort Goldman, in the animated television show Family Guy

Mort Metzger, the sheriff in the television series Murder, She Wrote

the title character of the video game Mort the Chicken

Mort Pig, in the U.S. Acres segments on Garfield and Friends

References

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