Blyth is a surname of Scottish origin. It is derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "blithe", meaning a happy or cheerful person. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Blyth Geoffrey Alan Blyth (27 July 1929 – 14 August 2007) was an English music critic, author, and musicologist who was particularly known for his writings within the field of opera. He was a specialist on singers and singing. Born in London, Blyt ...

(1929–2007), English musicologist * Alan Blyth (artist) (c. 1921 – 1953), English painter *

Ann Blyth Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928) is an American retired actress and singer. For her performance as Veda in the 1945 Michael Curtiz film ''Mildred Pierce'', Blyth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is one of ...

(born 1928), American actress *Sir Arthur Blyth (1823–1890), thrice Premier of South Australia * Benjamin Blyth (1819–1866), Scottish civil engineer *

Benjamin Blyth II Benjamin Hall Blyth FRSE (25 May 1849 – 13 May 1917), often called Benjamin Blyth II, was a Scottish civil engineer. Family Blyth, who was born at 36 Minto Street, Edinburgh, was the eldest of the nine children of Mary Dudgeon Wright a ...

(1849–1917), son of the above, also a civil engineer * Bob Blyth (1870–1941), Scottish football player and manager *

Chay Blyth Sir Charles Blyth (born 14 May 1940), known as Chay Blyth, is a Scottish yachtsman and rower. He was the first person to sail single-handed non-stop westwards around the world (1971), on a 59-foot boat called '' British Steel''. Early life B ...

(born 1940), Scottish yachtsman *

Edward Blyth Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873) was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the museum of the Asiatic Society of India in Calcutta. Blyth was born in London in 1810. In 1841 ...

(1810–1873), English zoologist *

Gavin Blyth Gavin John Blyth (27 October 1969 – 26 November 2010) was a British television producer and journalist. He was well known for being series producer of ''Emmerdale'' from January 2009 until his death. Beginning his career in 2002, he joined ''Em ...

(1969–2010), English television producer and journalist *

George Blyth George Francis Popham Blyth (25 April 1832 – 5 November 1914) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two of the twentieth. Life He was educated at St Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford, and o ...

(died 1914), Anglican Bishop * James Blyth (1839-1906), Scottish electrical engineer *

James Blyth, 1st Baron Blyth James Blyth, Baron Blyth ( ; 10 September 1841 – 8 September 1925), known as "Sir James Blyth, 1st Baronet" from 1895 to 1907, was a British businessman and liberal party supporter. Blyth was the son of James Blyth and his wife Caroline, daughte ...

(1841–1925), British businessman *Sir

James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington James Blyth, Baron Blyth of Rowington (born 8 May 1940) is a British businessman. Early life The son of Daniel Blyth and Jane Power Carlton, Blyth was educated at Spier's School, Beith, and the University of Glasgow, where he graduated w ...

(born 1940), British businessman *

Jim Blyth (footballer, born 1890) James Cameron Blyth (born 27 November 1890) was a Scottish footballer who played for Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven fl ...

, Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC) *

Jim Blyth (footballer, born 1911) James Banes Blyth (9 August 1911 – 1979) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Newtongrange, Arniston Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City, Heart of Midlothian, Falkirk and St Johnstone. Football career After spells w ...

, Scottish footballer (Tottenham Hotspur, Hull City, St Johnstone) *

Jim Blyth (footballer, born 1955) James Anton Blyth (born 2 February 1955) is a Scottish football goalkeeper and coach. He played for Preston North End, Coventry City, Hereford United, Birmingham City and Nuneaton Borough. Blyth also represented Scotland twice and was sel ...

, Scottish football goalkeeper (Coventry City, Scotland) * John Blyth (died 1499), Bishop of Salisbury *

Len Blyth Leonard Grist Blyth (20 November 1920 – 24 June 1995) was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Swansea. He captained Swansea and played in three international games for Wales which saw him become a Grand Slam w ...

, Wales international rugby player *

Mark Blyth Mark McGann Blyth (born 29 September 1967) is a Scottish-American political scientist. He is currently the William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics and Professor of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown ...

(born 1967), Scottish political scientist and professor at Brown University. *

Reginald Horace Blyth Reginald Horace Blyth (3 December 1898–28 October 1964) was an English writer and devotee of Japanese culture. He is most famous for his writings on Zen and on haiku poetry. Early life Blyth was born in Essex, England, the son of a railway c ...

(1898–1964), English translator of and writer about ''haiku'', and interpreter to the West of Asian culture *

Robert Henderson Blyth Robert Henderson Blyth (21 May 1919 – 18 May 1970) was a Scottish landscape painter and artist. Life and work Blyth was born in the Newlands area of Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1934 to 1939. Blyth joined the Royal ...

(1919-1970), Scottish landscape painter and artist *

Tom Blyth Tom Keir Blyth (born 2 February 1995) is an English actor. His films include '' Scott and Sid'' (2018) and ''Benediction'' (2021). He stars as the titular character of the Epix series ''Billy the Kid'' (2022), and will star in ''The Hunger Games ...

(born 1995), English actor

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