Butts is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alan Butts (born 1940), British Olympic wrestler * Alfred Butts (disambiguation), multiple people * Anthony Butts (born 1969), American poet * Arthur C. Butts (1848–1913), American lawyer, judge, and politician * Augustus De Butts (1770–1853), officer in the Royal Engineers * Calvin O. Butts (born 1949), Pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the City of New York * Cassandra Butts (1965–2016), American lawyer * Cassius F. Butts (born 1971), American business executive * Charles Butts (disambiguation), multiple people * Colin Butts (1959–2018), English writer *

Clyde Butts Clyde Godfrey Butts (born 8 July 1957) is a former West Indies cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled off breaks. Later, he became a team selector. In a career spanning 14 seasons, he played 87 first class games, including seven Test mat ...

(born 1957), West Indies cricketer * George Butts (1838–1902), American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient * Gerald Butts (born 1971), Canadian political adviser *

Gerard Butts Gerard Butts (born 19 November 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After playing three games in two years with the Blues, Butts was delisted and moved to Tasmania to pla ...

(born 1966), Australian rules footballer * Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924–1993), American civil rights activist *

Henry Butts Henry Butts, D.D. (1573–1632) was a priest and academic in the second half of the sixteenth century and the first decades of the seventeenth. Butts was born in Northamptonshire. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduati ...

, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1629–1631) *

Henry De Butts Henry De Butts was an officer in the United States Army who served as acting Adjutant General and acting Inspector General of the U.S. Army from 1792 to 1793. De Butts entered the Army from Maryland as a lieutenant in the levies of 1791. He was w ...

, United States Army officer, acting Adjutant General and acting Inspector General (1792–1793) * Ingrid Butts (born 1963), American Olympic cross-country skier * Isaac Butts (born 1989), American basketball player *

James Butts James Aaron Butts (born May 9, 1950) is a retired American triple jumper. He won a silver medal at the 1976 Olympics and a bronze at the 1979 Pan American Games. He was inducted into the UCLA Bruins#UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame, UCLA Athletics H ...

(born 1950), American triple jumper *

James T. Butts Jr. James Thurman Butts Jr. (born August 1, 1953) is an American politician, currently serving as the mayor of Inglewood, California. He rose through the ranks of law enforcement in Inglewood during the 1970s and 1980s, eventually becoming a Deputy ...

(born 1953), American politician, mayor of Inglewood, California (since 2011) * Jimmy Butts (1917–1998), American jazz double-bassist * John Butts (disambiguation), multiple people * Lisa Butts (born 1982), American rugby union player *

Mr. Butts Mr. Butts is a character in Garry Trudeau's comic strip ''Doonesbury''. When Mike Doonesbury was asked to create an ad campaign aimed at teenage smokers, he suffered a morality crisis, and the hallucinatory Mr. Butts was the result. An eight- ...

, fictional character in Garry Trudeau's ''Doonesbury'' * Marie Butts (1870–1953), French educator, translator, and children's book author; first General Secretary of the International Bureau of Education (1926–1953) * Marion Butts (born 1966), American football running back *

Mary Butts Mary Francis Butts, (13 December 1890 – 5 March 1937) also Mary Rodker by marriage, was an English modernist writer. Her work found recognition in literary magazines such as '' The Bookman'' and ''The Little Review'', as well as from fellow mo ...

(1890–1937), British modernist writer * Niya Butts (born 1978), American women's college basketball coach * Pee Wee Butts (''Thomas Lee Butts''; 1919–1972), American baseball player * Peggy Butts (1924–2004), Canadian Senator *

Ray Butts Joseph Raymond Butts (September 22, 1919 – April 20, 2003) was an American inventor and engineer best known for designing several devices that influenced the evolution of electrified music, in particular those used with the electric guitar. Mos ...

(''Joseph Raymond Butts''; 1919–2003), American inventor and engineer * Robert Butts (disambiguation), multiple people *

Samuel Butts Captain Samuel Butts (November 24, 1777 – January 27, 1814) was a militia officer in the Creek War. Butts was born at his family's farm in Southampton County, Virginia, to parents Martha and Simmons. His ancestors included many veterans of the Am ...

(1777–1814), American militia officer in the Creek War *

Seymore Butts Adam Glasser (born March 18, 1964), known professionally as Seymore Butts, is an American pornographic film director, producer, and occasional performer who has produced hundreds of films in the gonzo genre of pornography (faux reality-based adul ...

(born 1964), American pornographic film director, producer, and actor * Skyler Butts (born 1993), Hong Kong tennis player *

Tasha Butts Tasha Butts (March 10, 1982 – October 23, 2023) was an American women's basketball, basketball player. She played for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was an assistant coach at several NCAA schools ...

(born 1982), American women's basketball player and coach * Thomas Butts (1757-1845), British senior civil servant, and patron to the artist and poet William Blake * Vibert Butts, Guyanese soccer player * Vernon Butts, American serial killer and accomplice of

William Bonin William George Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996), also known as the Freeway Killer, was an American serial killer and twice-paroled sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of twenty-one young men and boys ...

* W. E. Butts (''Walter E. Butts''; 1944–2013), American poet *

Wally Butts James Wallace Butts Jr. (February 7, 1905 – December 17, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia from 1939 to 1960, compiling a record of 140– ...

(1905–1973), University of Georgia football head coach and athletic director * Wanda Butts, American swimming activist *

William Butts Sir William Butts (c. 1486 – 22 November 1545) was a member of King Henry VIII of England's court and was the King's physician. His portrait was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1543, and he was knighted in the following year. His grand ...

( – 1545), member of King Henry VIII of England's court

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