Abbott, also spelled Abbot, is an English surname, derived from the word "abbot", which may refer to:
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Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American pastor
Alan Abbott (1926–2008), English cricketer
Alfred N. Abbott (1862–1929), American farmer and politician
Alice Balch Abbot (1867–1937), American writer
Amos Abbott (1786–1868), American Congressman
Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837–1913), Canadian physician
Anne Abbott (1808–1908), American designer and writer
Anthony Abbott (1930–2023), Canadian politician
Aubrey Abbott (1886–1975), Australian politician
Augustus Abbott (1804–1867), British army officer
Austin Abbott (1831–1896), American lawyer and academic
B
Bec Abbot (born 1971), Canadian singer
Belle K. Abbott (1842–1893), American author
Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849), American schoolteacher
Benjamin Abbott (1732–1796), American evangelist
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890), American lawyer and author
Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
Bert Abbott (footballer) (1875–1911), English footballer
Bob Abbott (1932–2010), justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
Brad Abbott (born 1994), English footballer
Brenden Abbott (born 1962), aka the Postcard Bandit, Australian bank robber
Brian Abbot (1911–1936), Australian actor
Bruce Abbott (born 1954), American actor
Bud Abbott (1897–1974), American actor
Burton Abbott (1928–1957), American convicted of murder
C
Caleb F. Abbott (1811–1855), Canadian politician
Cecil Abbott (1924–2014), Australian police commissioner
Cecilia Abbott (born 1959), First Lady of Texas and wife of Greg Abbott
Charles Abbot (disambiguation)
Charles Abbott (disambiguation)
Chauncey M. Abbott (1822–1863), American politician
Chris Abbott (born 1947), American television producer, writer and author
Christopher Abbott (born 1986), American actor
Clara Abbott (1857–1924), corporate director of Abbott Laboratories from 1900 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1924
Cory Abbott (born 1995), American baseball player
Courtney Abbot (born 1989), New Zealand-born actress
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Dan Abbott (1862–1930), American baseball player
Daniel Abbott (1682–1760), Deputy Governor of colony of Rhode Island
Darrell Lance Abbott (1966–2004), birth name of American guitarist known as Dimebag Darrell
David Abbott (disambiguation)
Delila (Richards) Abbott (1908–1998), American politician
Dennis Abbott (born 1941), American politician
Derek Abbott (born 1960), English physicist and electronic engineer
Diahnne Abbott (born 1945), American actress and singer
Diane Abbott (born 1953), British politician, former Shadow Home Secretary
Dorian Abbot, American geophysicist
Dorothy Abbott (1920–1968), American actress
Douglas Abbott (1899–1987), Canadian politician
Drew Abbott (born 1947), American musician
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Edith Abbott (1876–1957), American social worker, educator and author
Edville Gerhardt Abbott (1871–1938), American orthopædic surgeon
Edward Abbott (disambiguation)
Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad executive
Edwin Abbott (disambiguation)
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American author
Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), American book illustrator, scenic designer and artist
Eli Abbott (1869–1943), American college sports coach
Emma Abbott (1849–1891), American singer
Eric Symes Abbott (1906–1983), English clergyman
Evelyn Abbott (1843–1901), English classical scholar
Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American Biblical scholar
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Faye Abbott (1895–1965), American football player
Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836–1903), American philosopher and theologian
Frank Abbott (disambiguation)
Fred Abbott (1874–1935), American baseball player
Frederick Abbott (disambiguation)
Fredric Abbott (1928–1996), Australian actor
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George Abbot (author) (c. 1603 – 1648), English writer
George Abbot (bishop) (1562–1633), English clergyman
George Abbotts or Abbot (1602–1645), MP for Gilford in the Short and Long parliaments, nephew of the Archbishop George Abbot
George Abbott (disambiguation)
Glenn Abbott (born 1951), American baseball player
Gordon Abbott (1914–1986), Australian rules footballer
Gorham Dummer Abbott (1807–1874), American clergyman, educator and author
Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
Greg Abbott (born 1957), American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Texas, Governor of Texas
Greg Abbott (footballer) (born 1963), English footballer
Gregory Abbott (born 1954), American soul musician, singer, composer and producer
Gypsy Abbott (1887–1952), American actress
H
Hannah Abbott, fictional character from the Harry Potter series
H. H. Abbott, Harold Henry Abbott (1891–1976), poet and headmaster
Harold Abbott (artist) (1906–1986), Australian portrait painter, official war artist and art teacher
Harold Abbott (rugby union) (1882–1971), New Zealand rugby union footballer
Helen Abbott Michael (1857–1904), née Abbott, American chemist
Henry Abbot (martyr) (died 1597), English Catholic martyr
Henry Larcom Abbot (1831–1927), American military engineer
Henry Abbott (disambiguation)
Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (1814–1883), British general
Horace Abbott (1806–1887), American manufacturer
I
Ira Abbott (1906–1988), American aerospace engineer
J
Jack Abbott
Jacob Abbott (1803–1879), American writer
Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), English singer
James Abbott (disambiguation)
Jeff Abbott (born 1963), American novelist
Jeff Abbott (baseball) (born 1972), American baseball player
Jennifer Abbott (born 1965), Canadian director, cinematographer and editor
Jeremy Abbott (born 1985), American figure skater
Jere Abbott (1897–1982), American art historian
Jerry Abbott (1942–2024), American songwriter and record producer
Jim Abbott (disambiguation)
Jo Abbott (1840–1908), American politician
Joan Stevenson Abbott (1899–1975), Australian army matron
Job Abbott (1845–1896), Canadian civil engineer
Joe Abbott (Australian politician) (1891–1965), Australian politician
Joe Abbott (speedway rider) (1902–1950), English motorcycle racer
Joel Abbot (naval officer) (1793–1855), American naval officer
Joel Abbot (politician) (1776–1826), American politician
K
Karen Abbott (born 1973), American author of historical non-fiction
Kurt Abbott (born 1969), American baseball player
Kyle Abbott (baseball) (born 1968), former professional baseball player
Kyle Abbott (cricketer) (born 1987), South African cricketer
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Laura Abbot (born 1930s), American writer
Lawrence Fraser Abbott (1859–1933), American editor and writer
L. B. Abbott (1908–1985), American cinematographer, cameraman and special effects expert
Lee K. Abbott (1947–2019), American writer
Lemuel Abbott (1730–1776), English clergyman and poet
Lemuel Francis Abbott (c. 1760 – 1802), English portrait painter
Leonard Dalton Abbott (1878–1953), American publicist and radical thinker
Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (1870–1944), American painter
Lyman Abbott (1835–1922), American religious leader and author
M
Mac Abbott (1877–1960), Australian politician
Margaret Ives Abbott (1878–1955), American golfer
Marguerite Elizabeth Abbott (1870–1953), American painter and teacher
Mary Abbott (disambiguation)
Maude Abbott (1869–1930), Canadian doctor
Maurice Abbot (1565–1642), English merchant and politician
Megan Abbott (born 1971), American writer
Mishael Abbott (born 1981), American race car driver
Monica Abbott (born 1985), American softball player
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Nabia Abbott (1897–1981), American scholar of Islam
Nathan Abbott (1854–1941), American lawyer and law teacher
Nehemiah Abbott (1804–1877), American politician
Nelson Abbott (born 1966), American politician
Nick Abbot (born 1960), British radio presenter
Norman Abbott (1922–2016), American television director
O
Ody Abbott (1888–1933), American baseball player
Othman A. Abbott (1842–1935), Canadian-born American politician, first Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska
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Pat Abbott (1912–1984), American golfer
Paul Abbott (disambiguation)
Paweł Abbott (born 1982), English footballer
Percy Abbott (Canadian politician) (1882–1942)
Percy Abbott (Australian politician) (1869–1940), Australian politician, soldier and solicitor
Percy Abbott (magician) (1886–1960), Australian magician and magic dealer
Peter Abbott (1942–2015), British navy officer
Philip Abbott (1923–1998), American character actor
P. J. Abbott (born 1964), American race car driver
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Rachel Abbott (born 1952), British author
Reg Abbott (born 1930), Canadian ice hockey player
Rhoda Abbott (1873–1946), English survivor of the Titanic sinking
Richard Abbot (1818–1904), English poet
Richard Abbott (architect) (1883–1954), New Zealand architect
Richard Abbott (Australian politician) (1859–1940), Australian politician
Robert Abbot (bishop) (1560–1617), Bishop of Salisbury
Robert Abbot (theologian) (c. 1588 – c. 1662), Puritan theologian
Robert Abbott (disambiguation)
Roger Abbott (1946–2011), Canadian actor
R. Tucker Abbott (1919–1995), American conchologist and malacologist
Russ Abbot (born 1947), English musician, comedian and actor
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Samuel Abbot (1786–1839), American inventor
Samuel Warren Abbott (1837–1904), American physician
Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894), British general
Scott Abbott (born 20th century), Canadian co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit
Sean Abbott (born 1992), Australian cricketer
Senda Berenson Abbott (1868–1964), Lithuanian basketballer
Shirley Abbott (ambassador) (1924–2013), American diplomat
Shirley Abbott (author) (1934–2019), American writer and magazine editor
Shirley Abbott (footballer) (1889–1947), English footballer
Spencer Abbott (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Steve Abbott (disambiguation)
Stuart Abbot (born 1986), Scottish footballer
Stuart Abbott (born 1978), South African rugby union player
T
Tank Abbott, American mixed martial artist David Abbott (born 1965)
Tarnel Abbott (born 1953), American free-speech advocate, activist and librarian
Theophilus C. Abbot (1826–1892), American college president
Thomas Eastoe Abbott (1786–1854), English poet
Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829–1913), Irish scholar and educator
Thomas Abbott (priest), Irish priest, archdeacon of Cloyne (1919–1936)
Tom Abbott (born 1981), British broadcaster and sports commentator
Tom Abbott (socialist) (1872–1949), British socialist activist
Tommy Abbott (1934–1987), American actor, dancer and choreographer
Tony Abbott (disambiguation)
Ty Abbott (born 1988), American basketball player
V
Vince Abbott (born 1958), American football player
Vincent Paul Abbott (1964–2018), birth name of American heavy-metal drummer and producer Vinnie Paul
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Wallace Abbott (1857–1921), founder of Abbott Laboratories
Walter Abbott (disambiguation)
Wes Abbott (born 1971), American artist
Wilbur Cortez Abbott (1869–1947), American historian and educator
Wilhelmina Hay Abbott (1884–1957), Scottish suffragist and feminist
William Abbot (actor) (1790–1843), English actor
William Wright Abbot (1922–2009), American historian, educator, and writer
William Abbott (disambiguation)
Willis J. Abbot (1863–1934), American journalist and writer
Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), American-born Canadian businessman
Fictional characters
George Abbott (Coronation Street), on the soap opera Coronation Street
Harold Abbott (Saw), in the film Saw VI
Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
John Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Kyle Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
Mickey Abbott, on the sitcom Seinfeld
Richard Abbott (One Life to Live), on the soap opera One Life to Live
