Emmett (name)
Appearance
Emmet is a given name,[1] 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 Template:Rtl-lang (emét), "Truth". It could, however, also come from the old English word for an ant, as still used in Cornwall.
People with this name include:
Surname
- Arthur Emmett (Australian judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law
- Chris Emmett, British actor
- Dan Emmett, American composer
- Dan W. Emmett, Californian politician
- Ed Emmett, American politician
- Edward Nucella Emmett 19th-century Australian entrepreneur
- Evelyn Temple Emmett, Tasmanian
- Henry James Emmett 19th-century Tasmanian public servant
- Josh Emmett, American mixed martial artist
- M. L. Emmett, poet
- Rik Emmett is a vocalist, guitarist, and 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
First name
- Emmett Barrett, American football player
- Emmett Dalton, member of the Dalton Gang
- Emmett J. Hull (1882–1957), American architect
- 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 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 brutal lynching was one of the key events leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement
Fictional
- Dr. Emmett Brown, a character in Back to the Future (franchise)
- Emmett Cullen, a character from the "Twilight" series
- Emmett Forrest, a character from the "Legally Blonde" series
- Emmett Honeycutt, a character in Queer as Folk (US version)
- Emmett Yawners, a Deputy for the Banshee County Sheriff's Department from the TV show Banshee