Arnett is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Benjamin W. Arnett
Benjamin William Arnett (March 6, 1838 – October 7, 1906) was an American educator, minister, bishop and member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Early life
He was born a free black man March 6, 1838 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, whe ...
(1838–1906), African American educator, bishop, and elected official
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Chuck Arnett
Charles "Chuck" Arnett (February 15, 1928 in Bogalusa, Louisiana – March 2, 1988 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California) was an American artist and dancer. His best known work is the Tool Box mural (1962).
History
Arnett grew up in Boga ...
(1928–1988), American dancer
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Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (born 1957), American psychologist
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Jon Arnett
Jon Dwane "Jaguar Jon" Arnett (April 20, 1935 – January 16, 2021) was an American professional football player. He was a first-team All-American out of USC and Manual Arts High School.
Arnett died on January 16, 2021, from heart failure in L ...
(1935–2021), American college and National Football League player
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Peter Arnett (born 1934), New Zealand-American journalist
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Ross H. Arnett Jr.
Ross Harold Arnett Jr. (April 13, 1919 – July 16, 1999) was an American entomologist noted for his studies of beetles, and as founder of the '' Coleopterist's Bulletin''.
Born in Medina, New York, he was a star student at Cornell University, wh ...
(1919–1999), American entomologist
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Ulysses N. Arnett, Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from 1877 to 1879
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Will Arnett (born 1970), Canadian actor
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William Arnett
William Sidney Arnett (May 10, 1939 – August 12, 2020) was an Atlanta-based writer, editor, curator and art collector who built internationally important collections of African, Asian, and African American art. Arnett was the founder and cha ...
(1939–2020), American writer and art collector
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W. David Arnett
William David Arnett (born 1940) is a Regents Professor of Astrophysics at Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, known for his research on supernova explosions, the formation of neutron stars or black holes by gravitational collapse, and ...
(born 1940), American astrophysicist
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Ace Mumford
Arnett William "Ace" Mumford (November 26, 1898 – April 28, 1962) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at historically black colleges and universities in Texas and Louisiana from 1924 to 1961, compiling a career c ...
(1898–1962), African-American collegiate football coach
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Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989)
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(1918–1989), American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Arnett Howard (born 1959), American jazz musician
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Arnett Moultrie
Arnett Nathaniel Moultrie (born November 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball with UTEP and Mississippi State.
High school
In Moul ...
(born 1990), National Basketball Association player
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Arnett Nelson
Arnett Nelson (March 8, 1892 – March 14, 1959), sometimes credited as King Mutt, was an American jazz and blues musician who played clarinet or alto saxophone on many recordings made in Chicago in the 1920s and 1930s.
Early life
He was bor ...
(1892–1959), American jazz musician
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