Emmett is a given name, also used as a surname. It may be connected to the given name

Emma Emma may refer to: * Emma (given name) Film * Emma (1932 film), ''Emma'' (1932 film), a comedy-drama film by Clarence Brown * Emma (1996 theatrical film), ''Emma'' (1996 theatrical film), a film starring Gwyneth Paltrow * Emma (1996 TV film), '' ...

, or the place of Emmott, Lancashire (now known as Laneshawbridge, but still containing

Emmott Hall Emmott Hall was a country house in the village of Laneshawbridge, Colne, Lancashire, England. It stood on high ground two and a half miles east of Colne near the junction of the River Laneshaw and the Hullown Beck, facing south towards the Wyco ...

), or it is connected to the Hebrew word ( emét), "Truth". It could, however, also come from the old English word for an

ant Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...

, as still used in Cornwall. People with this name include:

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* Arthur Emmett (judge), judge and lecturer in Roman law *

Chris Emmett Christopher Roderick Emmett (born 13 December 1938 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire) is a British actor and comedian best known for his work in the late 1970s on the BBC Radio 4 comedies ''The Burkiss Way'' and '' Alison and Maud''. He was a regular o ...

, British actor *

Dan Emmett Daniel Decatur Emmett (October 29, 1815June 28, 1904) was an American songwriter, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song "Dixie ...

, American composer *

Dan W. Emmett Dan Webster Emmett (March 8, 1886 - September 7, 1966) served in the California State Assembly for the 60th district from 1929 to 1931 and 50th district from 1931 to 1933. During World War I he served in the United States Army. References

, Californian politician *

Edward Nucella Emmett Edward Nucella Emmett (18 February 1817 – 18 March 1874) was an English born Australian entrepreneur and politician, briefly a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Career Emmett worked as an auctioneer in Adelaide, South Australia. H ...

19th-century Australian entrepreneur *

Evelyn Temple Emmett Evelyn Temple Emmett OBE (1871–1970) was the first Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau and a founder of the Hobart Walking Club He actively promoted skiing and bushwalking in the state and served on several National Park boa ...

, Tasmanian *

Henry James Emmett Henry James Emmett (1782–1848) was an English born public servant. He was in the War Office in England for seven years before emigrating to Van Diemen's Land in 1819 where he filled a number of roles in government. He and his family travelled ...

19th-century Tasmanian public servant *

Herbert Emmett Herbert Emmett was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Rotherham County and Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, ...

, English footballer *

Josh Emmett Joshua James Emmett (born March 4, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. Emmett currently competes in the featherweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, Emmett has also ...

, American mixed martial artist * M. L. Emmett, poet *

Rik Emmett Richard Gordon Emmett (born July 10, 1953) is a vocalist, guitarist, and member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Career Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, '' Absolutely'', was released in 1990 and beca ...

, musician, founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph *

Robert Emmet Robert Emmet (4 March 177820 September 1803) was an Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader. Following the suppression of the United Irish uprising in 1798, he sought to organise a renewed attempt to overthrow the British Crown and Protes ...

, Irish Revolutionary *

Rowland Emett Frederick Rowland Emett OBE (22 October 190613 November 1990), known as Rowland Emett (with the forename sometimes spelled "Roland" s his middle name appears on his birth certificateand the surname frequently misspelled "Emmett"), was an Engl ...

, English sculptor and cartoonist. *

Sean Emmett Sean Emmett (born 4 February 1970) is an English former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Racing career Born in Walton on Thames, Sean Emmett began his career in 1989 at Brands Hatch. In 1989, he won the 350cc Production Champion ...

, British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer *

Tom Emmett Thomas Emmett (3 September 1841 – 29 June 1904) was an English cricket bowler in the late 1860s, the 1870s and the early 1880s. Cricket career Born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, Emmett first joined Yorkshire when almost 25 as a pro ...

, English cricket player

Given name

Emmett Barrett Emmett Edward Barrett (November 7, 1916 – May 2, 2005) was an American football center who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He played college football at University of Portland and attended Trinity Hi ...

, American football player *

Emmett Dalton Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 – July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Part of a gang that attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, on October 5, 1892, he was the ...

, member of the

Dalton Gang The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. During an attempted double ...

*William

Emmett Forrest William Emmett Forrest, Jr. (September 3, 1927 – January 12, 2013) was an American pop culture collector, museum founder, and longtime friend of actor Andy Griffith. Forrest was an extensive collector of memorabilia spanning Griffith's career. H ...

Jr, American pop culture collector *

Emmett J. Hull Emmett J. Hull (September 9, 1882 - October 20, 1957) was an American architect. He designed many buildings in Mississippi, especially houses in his hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson, many of which are listed on the National Register of H ...

(1882–1957), American architect *

Emmett Kelly Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the clown figure "Weary Willie," based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s. According to Charles W. Carey, Jr.: :Kelly’s creation of ...

(1898–1979), American circus performer, who created the clown figure "Weary Willie" *

Emmett Leith Emmett Norman Leith (March 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of the University of Michigan, the co-inventor ...

, 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 Emmett John Scanlan (born 31 January 1979) is an Irish actor. He is best known for playing Brendan Brady in '' Hollyoaks''. He appeared in the BBC Two drama ''The Fall'' in 2013 and 2014, Peaky Blinders Series 5 and Series 6, and '' Breakdown' ...

, Irish actor who plays

Brendan Brady Brendan Brady is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Emmett J. Scanlan. The character was introduced on 5 August 2010 by series producer Paul Mar ...

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

soap opera ''

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...

'' *

Emmett Skilton Emmett Skilton (born 23 September 1987) is a New Zealand actor and director. He played the lead character, Axl Johnson, in the comedy-drama, The Almighty Johnsons, and most recently had roles in Avatar: The Way of Water and American comedy s ...

, New Zealand actor *

Emmett Till Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery ...

, African-American youth whose lynching was a key event leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement

Fictional

*Emmett, a mailbox from the TV show ''

The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' is an American direct-to-video musical puppet series produced by Bomp Productions and MCA/Universal Home Video. The episodes were released from 1994 to 1996. Production The series was created by puppeteers ...

'' *Emmett Bledsoe, a character from ''Switched at Birth'' (TV series) *Dr.

Emmett Brown Emmett Lathrop Brown, Ph.D., commonly referred to as Doc Brown, is a fictional scientist character in the ''Back to the Future'' franchise. In the world of the franchise, he is the inventor of the world's first and second time machines, the fi ...

, a character in the ''Back to the Future'' franchise *

Emmett Cullen The following is a list of characters in the ''Twilight'' novel series by Stephenie Meyer, comprising the books ''Twilight'', '' New Moon'', '' Eclipse'' and ''Breaking Dawn'', as well as ''The Twilight Saga'' film series adaptations. Major ...

, a character from the ''Twilight'' series *Emmett Graves, a protagonist from ''Starhawk'' (2012 video game) *

Emmett Honeycutt This is a list of characters in the Showtime series '' Queer as Folk''. The characters are listed alphabetically by their last name or by the name which appears in the episode credits. Drew Boyd Drew Boyd is the quarterback of the fictional Pitt ...

, a character in ''Queer as Folk'' (US version) *Emmett Richmond, a character from the film ''

Legally Blonde ''Legally Blonde'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Robert Luketic in his List of directorial debuts, feature-length directorial debut, and scripted by Karen McCullah, Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith (writer), Kirsten Smith from ...

'' **Emmett Forrest, a character from the play ''Legally Blonde'' (musical) *Emmett Yawners, a Deputy for the Banshee County Sheriff's Department from ''Banshee'' (TV series) *Emmett Clayton, a Chess Grandmaster and Murderer in ''

Columbo ''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC f ...

'', season 2, episode 7 - '' The Most Dangerous Match''

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