Emmett (name)
Emmett is a unisex given name primarily used for males, and is 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.[citation needed]
People with this name include:
Surname[edit]
- Arthur Emmett (judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law
- Chris Emmett, British actor
- Dan Emmett, American composer
- Dan W. Emmett, Californian politician
- Edward Nucella Emmett 19th-century Australian entrepreneur
- Evelyn Temple Emmett, Tasmanian
- Henry James Emmett 19th-century Tasmanian public servant
- Herbert Emmett, English footballer
- Josh Emmett, American mixed martial artist
- M. L. Emmett, poet
- Rik Emmett, musician, 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
Given name[edit]
- Emmett Barrett, American football player
- Emmett Dalton, member of the Dalton Gang
- William Emmett Forrest Jr, American pop culture collector
- Emmett J. Hull (1882–1957), American architect
- Emmett Kelly (1898–1979), American circus performer, who created the clown figure "Weary Willie"
- 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 lynching was a key event leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement
Fictional[edit]
- Emmett, a mailbox from the TV show The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth
- Emmett Bledsoe, a character from Switched at Birth (TV series)
- Emmet Brickowski, a character in The Lego Movie franchise
- Dr. Emmett Brown, a character in the Back to the Future franchise
- Emmett Clayton, a chess grandmaster and murderer in Columbo, season 2, episode 7, "The Most Dangerous Match"
- Emmett Cullen, a character from the Twilight series
- Emmett Graves, a protagonist from Starhawk (2012 video game)
- Emmett Honeycutt, a character in Queer as Folk (US version)
- Emmett Richmond,[citation needed] a character from the film Legally Blonde
- Emmett Forrest,[citation needed] a character from the play Legally Blonde (musical)
- Emmett Yawners, a deputy for the Banshee County Sheriff's Department from Banshee (TV series)
See also[edit]
- Emmitt, given name and surname