Elliot
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This article is about Elliot as a name. For other uses, see Elliot (disambiguation).
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:
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- Surname (Eliot)
- "Lord Eliot" or "Baron Eliot", the Earl of St Germans
- Cass Elliot (1941-1974), American singer
- Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), educator and President of Harvard University
- George Eliot, English novelist
- T. S. Eliot, American/British author - Thomas Stearns Eliot
- Surname (Eliott)
- "Lord Eliott", the Baronet of Stobs
- Surname (Elliot)
- "Lord Elliot", the Earl of Minto
- 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
- Jim Elliot (1927-1956), American missionary
- Justine Elliot, Australian politician
- Robert Henry Elliot, Scottish agriculturalist
- Surname (Elliott)
- Bill Elliott, former NASCAR driver
- Fiona Smith (Elliott), English female badminton medalist
- Henry Wood Elliott, American environmentalist
- Herb Elliott, champion Australian middle distance runner
- Jack Elliott (rugby player) (1871-1938), Wales international rugby player
- Jane Elliott, American teacher and anti-racism activist
- Keith Elliott (1916-1989), New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Leon Elliott, fictional flying terrorist
- Missy Elliott, American hip hop vocalist
- Sam Elliott, American actor
- Given name
- Elliott Carter, American composer
- Elliot Chaw, Notable German entrepreneur and industrialist
- Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
- Elliott Gould, American actor
- Eliot Ness, American Prohibition agent, head of The Untouchables
- Elliot Pennington, American figure skater
- Elliot Reid, Scrubs character, Doctor of Internal Medicine
- Elliot Richardson, American politician
- Elliott Sadler, American NASCAR driver who drives the #19 Stanley Tools Dodge Charger for Richard Petty Motorsports.
- Elliot J. Silver, Internet entrepreneur
- Elliott Smith (1969-2003), American singer-songwriter
- Eliot Spitzer, former American politician
- Elliot Stabler, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character, police detective
- Elliott Yamin, American singer and former American Idol participant
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