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Adam Foote Adam Foote (born July 10, 1971) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, the current Assistant Coach of the Vancouver Canucks of National Hockey League, and the former head coach of the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League ...
(born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player *
Albert E. Foote Albert E. Foote (1846–1895) was an American mineralogist and physician. Early life On February 4, 1846, Foote was born in Hamilton, New York. Foote's father was Edward Warren Foote. Foote's mother was Phoebe Steere. Education Foote attend ...
(1846–1895) American mineralogist * Alexander Foote (1905-1956) British born Soviet agent * Andrew Hull Foote (1806–1863), American naval officer, a Union admiral * Arthur Foote (1853–1937), American composer *
Arthur De Wint Foote Arthur De Wint Foote (1849–1933) was an American civil engineer and mining engineer who impacted the development of the American West with his innovative engineering works and entrepreneurial ventures. In Northern California in the late 189 ...
(1849–1933), American engineer * Barry Foote (born 1952), American baseball player * Callan Foote (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player *
Christopher Spencer Foote Christopher Spencer Foote (June 5, 1935 – June 13, 2005) was a professor of chemistry at UCLA and an expert in reactive oxygen species, in particular, singlet oxygen. He published 259 articles, editorials, and notes. He was cited over 14,000 ...
(1935–2005), American chemist * Diane Foote (born 1954), New Zealand Olympic gymnast. *
Edward Bliss Foote Edward Bliss Foote (February 20, 1829 – October 5, 1906) was an American doctor, author, and advocate for birth control. Biography Edward Bliss Foote was born in Cleveland on February 20, 1829. In 1858, he published '' Medical Common S ...
(1829–1906) American physicist *
Elisha Foote Elisha Foote (August 1, 1809 – October 22, 1883) was an American judge, inventor, and mathematician. He served as the eleventh United States Commissioner of Patents from 1868 to 1869 and was responsible for launching an investigation into pre ...
(1809–1883), American judge, inventor, and mathematician *
Elizabeth Erny Foote Elizabeth Frances Erny Foote (born January 21, 1953) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Early life and education Born Elizabeth Frances Erny in Lafayette, Louisia ...
(born 1953), Judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (in case citations, W.D. La.) is a United States federal court with jurisdiction over approximately two thirds of the state of Louisiana, with courts in Alexandria, Lafayette, ...
since 2010 *
Eunice Newton Foote Eunice Newton Foote (July 17, 1819 – September 30, 1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist to conclude that certain gases warmed when exposed to sunlight, and that rising carbo ...
(1819–1888), American scientist, inventor and feminist * Francis Onslow Barrington Foote (1850–1911), British army officer and musician *
George William Foote George William Foote (11 January 1850 – 17 October 1915) was an English secularist, freethinker, republican, writer and journal editor. Early life George William Foote was born in Plymouth, the son of William Thomas Foot (a customs officer) ...
(1850–1915), British founder of the secularist journal ''The Freethinker'' *
Georgia May Foote Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series ''Grange Hill'' from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ...
(born 1991), English actress and model *
Henry Bowreman Foote Major General Henry Robert Bowreman Foote, (5 December 1904 – 11 November 1993) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commo ...
(1904–1993), British recipient of the Victoria Cross, Director of Royal Armoured Corps *
Henry S. Foote Henry Stuart Foote (February 28, 1804May 19, 1880) was a United States Senator from Mississippi and the chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1847 to 1852. He was a Unionist Governor of Mississippi from 1852 to ...
(1804–1880), US Senator and Governor of Mississippi (1852–1854) *
Hezekiah William Foote Hezekiah William Foote (a.k.a. Henry Foote) (1813–1899) was an American Confederate veteran, attorney, planter, slaveholder, and state politician from Mississippi. Early life Hezekiah William Foote was born on December 17, 1813, in Chester ...
(1813–1899), American Confederate veteran, attorney, planter and state politician from
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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Huger Lee Foote Huger Lee Foote (1854–1915) was an American planter and politician. He served in the Mississippi Senate. He later sold his plantations to pay for his gambling debts. Early life Huger Lee Foote was born on April 24, 1854, in Macon, Mississippi. ...
(1854–1915), American planter and state senator from Mississippi * Horton Foote (1916–2009), American author and playwright *
Jeff Foote Jeffrey Bernard Foote (born July 14, 1987) is an American professional basketball player. College career Foote began his college basketball career at St. Bonaventure University. He redshirted his freshman season before he transferred to Cornell ...
(born 1987), American professional basketball player *
John J. Foote John Johnson Foote (February 11, 1816 – April 15, 1905) was an American merchant and politician from New York. Life John J. Foote was born in Hamilton, New York, the son of John Foote (1786–1884) and Mary B. (Johnson) Foote, and the grandso ...
(1816–1905), New York politician * Reverend
John Weir Foote John Weir Foote, (May 5, 1904 – May 2, 1988) was a Canadian military chaplain and politician. He received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Foote is the only Canadian chaplain to be awarded the Victoria C ...
(1904–1988), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War *
Judy Foote Judy May Foote ( Crowley; born June 23, 1952) is a Canadian former politician, 14th and current lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the first woman to hold the position. Prior to her appointment as viceregal representative ...
(born 1952), Canadian politician and 14th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador *
Kenneth Foote Kenneth Foote (born August 2, 1948) from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for ''contributions to quantification of underwater sound ...
(born 1948), American engineer * Larry Foote (born 1980), American football player * L.B. Foote (1873–1957) Canadian photographer * Lucinda Foote (1770/71–?), American teen who attempted to enroll at Yale College, but was rejected for her gender *
Mary Foote Mary Foote (1872–1968) was an American painter and producer of notes of Carl Jung's seminars. As an artist, she lived and worked in New York's Washington Square Park, Washington Square, Paris and Peking. From 1928 to the 1950s she lived i ...
(1872–1968), American painter; Carl Jung associate *
Mary Hallock Foote Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938) was an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American West. Biography Overview Mar ...
(1847–1938), American writer and illustrator *
Nathaniel Foote Nathaniel Foote (21 September 1592 – 20 November 1644), was an early English immigrant and surveyor to Connecticut who was born in Colchester, England. He was part of the settlement party that founded Wethersfield, Connecticut, the oldest town i ...
(1592–1644), founder of
Wethersfield, Connecticut Wethersfield is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut. It is located immediately south of Hartford along the Connecticut River. Its population was 27,298 at the time of the 2020 census. Many records from colonial times spell the name ...
* Percy Wright Foote (1879–1961), American naval officer *
Richard H. Foote Richard Herbert Foote (2 May 1918 – 9 February 2002) was an American entomologist who specialized in the taxonomy of fruit flies. The ''Handbook of the Fruit Flies of America North of Mexico'' published in 1993 was a major work. He was a promoter ...
(1918–2002), American entomologist * Robert Bruce Foote (1834–1912), British geologist who is considered the "Father of Indian Prehistory" *
Samuel Foote Samuel Foote (January 1720 – 21 October 1777) was a British dramatist, actor and theatre manager. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic opportunity. Early l ...
(1720–1777), Cornish dramatist and actor *
Selina Foote Selina Foote (born 1985) is a visual artist from New Zealand. Pieces by Foote are included in the collections of the Chartwell Trust and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Education Foote graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam S ...
, (born 1985), New Zealand visual artist * Shelby Foote (1916–2005), American historian * Thomas Foote (1598–1687), English grocer and baronet * Thomas M. Foote (1808–1858), American diplomat *
William Henry Foote William Henry Foote (December 20, 1794 – November 22, 1869) was an American Presbyterian minister in Virginia and North Carolina. He served as a Confederate States Army, Confederate chaplain during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. He wrote ...
(1794–1869), American Presbyterian minister in the
Antebellum South In History of the Southern United States, the history of the Southern United States, the Antebellum Period (from la, ante bellum, lit=Status quo ante bellum, before the war) spanned the Treaty of Ghent, end of the War of 1812 to the start of ...
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