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* Basil Mott (1859–1938), British civil engineer *

Bitsy Mott Elisha Matthew Mott (June 12, 1918 – February 25, 2001), known as Bitsy Mott, was a backup infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed. Born in Arcadia, Florida, ...

(1918–2001), American baseball player

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* Charles James Mott (1880–1918), British baritone *

Charles Stewart Mott Charles Stewart Mott (June 2, 1875 – February 18, 1973) was an American industrialist and businessman, a co-founder of General Motors, philanthropist, and the 50th and 55th mayor of Flint, Michigan. Mott is the figure most responsible for foun ...

(1875–1973), American businessman *

Christopher Mott Christopher Mott is an American academic who was a National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete in 1978 and Pacific-10 Conference Medalist in 1979 for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He is currently a Senior Continuing Lecturer in ...

, American academic

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Dan Mott ''That's So Raven'' is an American television teen sitcom that was created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, and aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between January 2003 and November 2007. The series centers on Raven Baxter (Raven-Sym ...

( fl. 2000 – 2007), American actor

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Edward John Mott Edward John Mott VC DCM (4 July 1893 – 20 October 1967) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ...

(1893–1967), British soldier * Elias Bertram Mott (1897–1961), American politician

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Frank Luther Mott Frank Luther Mott (April 4, 1886 – October 23, 1964) was an American historian and journalist, who won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History for Volumes II and III of his series, ''A History of American Magazines''. Early life and education Mott w ...

(1886–1964), American historian *

Frederick Walker Mott Sir Frederick Walker Mott (23 October 1853 in Brighton, Sussex – 8 June 1926 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) was one of the pioneers of biochemistry in Britain. He is noted for his work in neuropathology and endocrine glands in relation to menta ...

(1853–1926), British biochemist

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Gershom Mott Gershom Mott (April 7, 1822 – November 29, 1884) was a United States Army officer and a General in the Union Army, a commander in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Early life General Mott was born in Lamberton, New Jersey, a to ...

(1822–1884), American army officer *

Gordon Newell Mott Gordon Newell Mott (October 21, 1812 – April 27, 1887) was the second and final delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Territory, serving from March 1863 until statehood.Patricia D. Cafferata,Nevada's Crooked Territ ...

(1812–1887), American Congressman from Nevada

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James Mott James Mott (20 June 1788 – 26 January 1868) was a Quaker leader, teacher, merchant, and anti-slavery activist. He was married to suffragist leader Lucretia Mott. Life and work James was born in Cow Neck in North Hempstead on Long Island, t ...

(1788–1868), American Quaker leader, husband of Lucretia *

James Mott (New Jersey politician) James Mott (January 18, 1739 – October 18, 1823) was a United States representative from New Jersey. Born near Middletown, Monmouth County, he was privately taught and became engaged in agricultural pursuits. He attained the rank of captain i ...

(1739–1823), American Congressman from New Jersey * James Wheaton Mott (1883–1945), American Congressman from Oregon *

Joe Mott Joe Mott (born October 5, 1965) is a former professional American football player. He played three seasons as linebacker for the New York Jets and the Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based i ...

(born 1956), American football player *

John De Mott John De Mott (October 7, 1790 – July 31, 1870) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1845 to 1847. Biography Born in Readington, New Jersey, De Mott moved to Herkimer Co ...

(1790–1870), American Congressman from New York *

John Raleigh Mott John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for hi ...

(1865–1955), American YMCA leader * Jordan Lawrence Mott (1799 – c. 1870), American industrialist *Jordan L. Mott Jr. (1829–1915), American industrialist, son of the above * Johnathen Michael Mott (born 1991) son of Carie Ryan (1967-2014) and Michael Mott (born 1961)

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Lawrence Mott Jordan Lawrence Mott IV (1881–1931), often referred to as Jordan Lawrence Mott III and better known as Lawrence Mott, was an American novelist and writer on the outdoor life. He was the great-grandson of Jordan L. Mott (born 1799), who fou ...

(1881–1931), American novelist, grandson of Jordan L. Mott Jr. *

Lewis Freeman Mott Lewis Freeman Mott (1863 – November 20, 1941) was an American English scholar, born in New York and educated at the City College (S.B., 1883) and at Columbia (Ph.D., 1896). He taught at City College where he became professor in 1897 and from w ...

(1863–1941), American academic *

Lucretia Mott Lucretia Mott (''née'' Coffin; January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She had formed the idea of reforming the position of women in society when she was amongs ...

(1793–1880), American Quaker leader, wife of James *

Luiz Mott Luiz Roberto de Barros Mott or Luiz Mott (born 6 May 1946) in São Paulo (city), São Paulo, is an anthropologist and a gay rights activist in Brazil. Early life Luiz Mott graduated in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP) du ...

(born 1946), Brazilian civil rights activist *

Luther W. Mott Luther Wright Mott (November 30, 1874 – July 10, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from New York. Born in Oswego, New York, Oswego, he attended the public schools and graduated from Harvard Univer ...

(1874–1923), American Congressman from New York

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Marion Mott-McGrath Marion Mott-McGrath (born 6 February 1940), née McGrath, is an Australian chess player. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1969, 1976, 1980). Biography From the 1960s to the 1980s Marion Mott-McGrath ...

(born 1940), Australian chess player *

Matthew Mott Matthew Peter Mott (born 3 October 1973) is an Australian cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. He is the former coach of the Australian Women's Cricket Team. He currently coaches the England men's white-ball cricket team. Playing c ...

(born 1973), Australian cricketer *

Michael Mott Michael Charles Alston Mott (8 December 1930 – 11 October 2019) was a British-born American author. He produced eleven poetry collections, four novels and a renowned biography of Thomas Merton. Life and career Mott was born in London in Decem ...

(born 1943), British-American author *

Mildred Mott Wedel Mildred Mott Wedel (née Mildred Ingram Mott; – ) was an American scholar of Great Plains archaeology and ethnohistory. She was one of the first professionally trained female archaeologists and was distinguished in her field. Many of her publi ...

(1912–1995), American scholar of

Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad expanse of flatland in North America. It is located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, an ...

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

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ethnohistory Ethnohistory is the study of cultures and indigenous peoples customs by examining historical records as well as other sources of information on their lives and history. It is also the study of the history of various ethnic groups that may or may n ...

Morris Mott Morris Kenneth Mott (born May 25, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 199 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association and the California Golden Seals ...

(born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player

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Nevill Francis Mott Sir Nevill Francis Mott (30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, especially amorphous semiconductors. ...

(1905–1996), British physicist

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* Peter De Mott (1947–2009), American peace activist

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Richard Mott (politician) Richard Mott (July 21, 1804 – January 22, 1888) was mayor of Toledo, Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1855 to 1859. Biography Born to Quaker parents in Mamaroneck, New York, Mott attended a Quaker boarding school and semi ...

(1804–1888), American Congressman from Ohio *

Ricky Mott Ricky Mott (born 21 April 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Originally from country Western Australia, he played for the Kukerin/ Dumbleyung Cougars and worked on a farm as a young man, following ...

(born 1981), Australian AFL footballer *

Rodney Mott Rodney Mott is a referee in the National Basketball Association, where he has worked since 1998. Career On January 12, 2007, Mott was suspended for three games after making obscene gestures and using obscenities toward fans during a game. Mot ...

( fl. 1998 – 2007), American basketball referee *

Ruth Mott Ruth Mott (5 February 1917 – 28 July 2012) was an English domestic servant who became a television cook and personality. Mott spent most of her life working in country houses with her television work not beginning until the age of 70, when her kn ...

(1917–2012), British television cook

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* Stephen Charles Mott (born 1940), American academic * Steve Mott (born 1961), American footballer *

Stewart Rawlings Mott Stewart Rawlings Mott (December 4, 1937 – June 12, 2008) was an American philanthropist who founded the Stewart R. Mott Foundation. He was the son of Charles Stewart Mott, and appeared on Nixon's Enemies List for his support of liberal causes. ...

(1937–2008), American philanthropist

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Valentine Mott Valentine Mott (August 20, 1785April 26, 1865) was an American surgeon. Life Valentine Mott was born at Glen Cove, New York. He graduated at Columbia College, studied under Sir Astley Cooper in London, and also spent a winter in Edinburgh. A ...

(1785–1865), American surgeon

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* William Albert Mott (1864–1911), Canadian politician from New Brunswick *

William I. Mott William I. "Bill" Mott (born July 29, 1953, in Mobridge, South Dakota) is an American horse trainer, most notable for his work with Cigar. Mott earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1995 and 1996. He was inducted into the National ...

(born 1953), American horse trainer * William Malcolm Mott (1894–1961), Canadian politician from British Columbia * William Penn Mott Jr. (1909–1992), American landscape architect

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Mott T. Greene Mott T. Greene (born 1945) is an American historian of science, and is John B. Magee Professor of Science and Values Emeritus, at the University of Puget Sound, from which he retired in 2012. He is currently Affiliate Professor of Earth & Space S ...

, American historian of science and professor *

Mott B. Schmidt Mott Brooshovft Schmidt (September 2, 1889 – July 22, 1977) was an American architect best known for his buildings in the American Georgian Classical style. Early life Schmidt was born in Middletown, New York, on September 2, 1889, and was na ...

(1889–1977), American architect *

Morrison Waite Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio. He served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenur ...

(1816-1888), nicknamed "Mott", American attorney, politician and seventh Chief Justice of the United States

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*Ernie Mott, protagonist of the 1944 film '' None but the Lonely Heart'', played by Cary Grant *

Wilfred Mott Wilfred "Wilf" Mott is a recurring fictional character in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', played by Bernard Cribbins. He is the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble, and father of her mother, Sylv ...

, a recurring Doctor Who character *

Dandy Mott The fourth season of the American horror anthology television series ''American Horror Story'', subtitled ''Freak Show'', is set in 1952 Jupiter, Florida, telling the story of one of the last remaining freak shows in the United States and their ...

, one of the main characters and center antagonist in American Horror Story: Freakshow, portrayed by

Finn Wittrock Peter L. Wittrock Jr. (born October 28, 1984), known as Finn Wittrock, is an US actor and screenwriter who began his career in guest roles on several television shows. He made his film debut in 2004, in '' Halloweentown High'' before returning to ...

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