Elliot

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Elliot (also spelled Elliott, Eliot,or Eliott ^[1]) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although historically given to males, females named Elliot have seen an increase in recent years. It may be derived from a French form of Elias, which is itself derived from the biblical name "Elijah".^[2] Other sources claim that the name originates from the Elliot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name Elwold^[3]. Among the many famous people with this name, the most notable include authors T. S. Eliot and George Eliot. Other uses of the word include:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Other uses 4 References

[edit] People

Surname.

• George Eliot, English novelist
• "Lord Eliot" or "Baron Eliot", the Earl of St Germans
• T. S. Eliot, American/British author
• Cass Elliot (1941-1974), American singer

• George Elliot (admiral) (1784–1863)
• George Elliot (politician) (1813–1901), British Admiral and Member of Parliament for Chatham 1874–1875
• Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet (1814–1893), British businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament 1868–1880, 1886–1892
• Sir George Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1844–1895), British businessman and Member of Parliament 1874–1885, 1886–1895
• George Elliot (Australian actor), writer/actor in The Crop and former AUSCAR/NASCAR racer

• Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), Educator and President of Harvard University
• Jim Elliot (1927-1956), American missionary
• Justine Elliot, Australian politician
• Bill Elliott, former NASCAR driver
• Fiona Smith (Elliott), English female badminton medalist
• Herb Elliott, champion Australian middle distance runner
• Keith Elliott (1916-1989), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Henry Wood Elliott, American environmentalist
• Leon Elliott, a fictional flying terrorist
• Missy Elliott, American Hip Hop star
• Sam Elliott, American actor
• Robert Henry Elliot, Scottish agriculturalist

Given name

• Elliot Reid, Scrubs character, Doctor of Internal Medicine
• Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
• Elliot Richardson, American politician
• Eliot Spitzer, former American politician
• Elliot Stabler, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character, police detective
• Elliott Gould, American actor
• Elliott Smith (1969-2003), American singer-songwriter
• Elliott Yamin, American singer and former American Idol participant
• Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent, head of The Untouchables
• Elliott Carter, American composer
• Elliot Pennington, American figure skater

[edit] Places

Canada

• Elliot Lake, a city in Ontario

South Africa

• Elliot, Eastern Cape, a town in the Eastern Cape

United Kingdom

• Eliot College, Kent, a college of the University of Kent, named after T. S. Eliot
• Elliott School (London), a comprehensive school in Putney, South London

United States

• Eliot, Maine
• Eliot House, residential house at Harvard College, named for Charles William Eliot
• Elliot, California, former settlement
• Elliot Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Elliott, Illinois
• Elliott, Iowa
• Elliott, North Dakota
• Elliott (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
• Elliott Bay, in Seattle, Washington
• Elliot Bentley, in Portland, Oregon

[edit] Other uses

• Billy Elliot, 2000 film
• Elliot (band) an indie rock band
• Elliott (band) a rock band from Louisville, KY
• Elliott Brothers (computer company)
• Eliot (MBTA station) on the Green Line "D" Branch in Boston
• Elliot Tower, a proposed residential skyscraper in New Zealand
• Elliott wave, stock market technical analysis
• USS Elliot, a World War II Wickes class destroyer in the United States Navy
• Elliott Kastner popular cultural movement ^[4]

[edit] References

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