Pratt is an English

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. Notable people with the surname include:

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* Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer * Al Pratt (baseball) (1847–1937), American baseball player * Andy Pratt (baseball) (born 1979), American baseball player * Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter) (born 1947), American singer-songwriter and musician * Antwerp Edgar Pratt (1852-1924), British naturalist, explorer, collector of plants and animals * Awadagin Pratt (born 1966), American concert pianist * Babe Pratt (Walter Peter Pratt, 1916–1988), Canadian ice hockey player * Betty Rosenquest Pratt, (1925–2016), American tennis player * Bob Pratt (1912–2001), Australian rules footballer *

Caleb S. Pratt Caleb S. Pratt was a primary person involved in Bleeding Kansas. He testified before the Committee of Elections regarding the Troubles in Kansas, 1856 specific to voting irregularities in the Election of March 30, 1855 Lawrence, Kansas. On August ...

(1832–1861), Union Officer * Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1713–1794), British lawyer * Charles Pratt (1830–1891), American businessman and philanthropist *

Chris Pratt Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for playing Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom '' Parks and Recreation'' (2009–2015). He also appeared in The WB drama series ''Everwood'' (2002–2006) an ...

(born 1979), American actor * Christopher Pratt (born 1935), Canadian artist * Daniel Pratt (eccentric) (1809–1887), American speaker, author, performance artist, eccentric, and poet * Daniel Pratt (industrialist) (1799–1873), American industrialist *

David Pratt (Canadian broadcaster) David Pratt is a former Canadian sports radio personality who co-hosted Vancouver's CKST TSN 1040 morning show from 2013 to 2019. With Don Taylor, he hosted the weekday afternoon talk show '' Pratt and Taylor'' from 2001 to 2011. Pratt was quote ...

(late 20th/early 21st c.), Canadian sports radio personality and columnist *

David Pratt (assassin) David Beresford Pratt (1 October 1908 – 1 October 1961) was a South African businessman and anti-apartheid activist who shot South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1960. Verwoerd survived, but was killed six years later by Dimitri Ts ...

(1908–1961), attempted assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd * David Pratt (cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer * David Pratt (footballer) (1896–1967), Scottish football player and manager * David Pratt (politician) (born 1955), Canadian politician * Denis Charles Pratt (1908–1999), British writer, illustrator, actor, and artist's model, commonly known as Quentin Crisp * Don Pratt (1892–1944), United States Army officer * Dudley Pratt (1897–1975), American sculptor *

E. J. Pratt Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time."

(1882–1964), Canadian poet *

Edmund T. Pratt Jr. Edmund T. Pratt Jr. (1927 - September 5, 2002) was the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc. He served as President from 1971 to 1972, CEO from 1972 to 1991, and Chairman from 1972 to 1992. He is the namesake of Duke University's Engineering Scho ...

(1927–2002), American CEO * Eliza Jane Pratt (1902–1981), American politician * Enoch Pratt (1808–1896), American businessman * Fletcher Pratt (1897–1956), historian and science fiction/fantasy author *

Francis A. Pratt Francis Ashbury Pratt (February 15, 1827 – February 10, 1902) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and co-founder of Pratt & Whitney. Biography Pratt was born in Peru, New York. His parents moved the family to Lowell, Massachusetts, w ...

(1827–1902), American engineer, of the Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine company * Frederick Haven Pratt (1873–1958), American professor of physiology

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Gary Pratt Gary Joseph Pratt (born 22 December 1981) is an English cricketer and footballer, best known for running out the Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting during the England 2–1 win in the 2005 Ashes series. Pratt is primarily a left-handed ba ...

(born 1981), English cricketer *

George C. Pratt George Cheney Pratt (born May 22, 1928) is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and in 2013 was listed as a NAFTA adjudicator.https://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/Default.aspx?tabid=96&lang ...

(born 1928), U.S. federal appellate judge *

George Dupont Pratt George Dupont Pratt (August 16, 1869 – January 20, 1935) was an American conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities. Early life Pratt was born on August 16, 1869, and raised ...

(1869–1935), environmentalist *

George Pratt (disambiguation) George Pratt may refer to: Arts and sciences *George Pratt (artist) (born 1960), American painter and graphic novelist *George Pratt (missionary) (1817–1894), author of the first Samoan language grammar and dictionary * George Dupont Pratt (1869� ...

, several people ** George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden (1799–1866), British peer and Tory politician * Germaine Pratt (born 1998), American football player *

Greta Pratt Greta Pratt (born 1960) is an American photographer whose primary interests are American identity, history and myth. She is the author of two books of photographs, ''Using History'' (Steidl, 2005) and ''In Search of the Corn Queen'' (Smithsonian ...

(born 1960), American photographer *

Harold Douglas Pratt Jr. Harold Douglas Pratt Jr. (born July 23, 1944, in Charlotte, North Carolina), often credited in the short form H. Douglas Pratt or as Doug Pratt, is an American ornithologist, bio acoustican, wildlife photographer, bird illustrator, and musician. His ...

(born 1944), American ornithologist, bio acoustician, wildlife photographer, bird illustrator, and musician *

Henry Cheever Pratt Henry Cheever Pratt (1803–1880) was an American artist and explorer. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts. Biography Born in Orford, New Hampshire, and trained by Samuel F.B. Morse, Pratt painted landscapes of Maine on painting trips with Thoma ...

(1803–1880), American artist and explorer *

Henry Otis Pratt Henry Otis Pratt (February 11, 1838 – May 22, 1931) was an American lawyer, Methodist Episcopal minister, and two-term Republican U.S. representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district. Early life and education Born in Dover-Foxcroft, M ...

(1838–1931), American lawyer, minister, and Iowa Republican U.S. Representative * Herbert L. Pratt (1871–1945), American oil industrialist *

Hiram Pratt Hiram Pratt (June 28, 1800 – April 27, 1840) was an American politician and mayor of Buffalo, New York, serving 1835–1836 and 1839–1840. Early life Pratt was born in Westminster, Vermont on June 28, 1800, and moved to Buffalo as a child wit ...

(1800–1840), American politician from Buffalo, New York *

Hodgson Pratt Hodgson Pratt (10 January 1824 – 26 February 1907) was an English pacifist who is credited with founding the International Arbitration and Peace Association in 1880. Early life Born at Bath, Somerset on 10 January 1824, he was the eldest of fi ...

(1824–1907), British pacifist * Hugo Pratt (1927–1995), Italian cartoonist * Jane Pratt (born 1962), American magazine editor *

Jerome Pratt Charles Jerome Pratt (March 3, 1926 – August 28, 1984) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member for the 115th district of the Florida House of Representatives from 1967 to 1970. Pratt was ...

(1926–1984), American politician * Jessica Pratt (musician) (born 1987), American singer-songwriter * Jessica Pratt (soprano) (born 1979), Australian operatic soprano *

John Pratt (disambiguation) John Pratt may refer to: *John Pratt (judge) (1657–1725), Lord Chief Justice of England and interim Chancellor of the Exchequer *John Pratt (soldier) (1753–1824), United States Army officer *John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759–1840), Britis ...

, several people **

John Pratt (footballer) John Pratt (born 26 June 1948) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent much of his career at Tottenham Hotspur. Tottenham Hotspur career Pratt was born in Hackney, London. He signed for the club as ...

(born 1948), English footballer ** John Pratt (judge) (1657–1725), Lord Chief Justice of England and interim Chancellor of the Exchequer ** John Pratt (soldier) (1753–1824), United States Army officer ** John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759–1840), British politician **

John Teele Pratt John Teele Pratt (December 25, 1873 – June 17, 1927) was an American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier. Early life Pratt was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 25, 1873. He was one of six children born ...

(1873–1927), American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier ** John Pratt (1931–2001), birth name of author John Winton **

John H. Pratt John Helm Pratt (November 17, 1910 – August 11, 1995) was an American lawyer and judge. Born in New Hampshire, Pratt spent most of his life in the Washington, D.C. area, where he practiced law for 34 years before being appointed as a United S ...

(1910–1995), U.S. court of appeals judge ** John Henry Pratt (1809–1871), British clergyman and mathematician **

John Lee Pratt John Lee Pratt (October 22, 1879 – December 22, 1975) was an American industrialist born on the county line of Stafford and King George County, Virginia. He received an engineering degree from the University of Virginia, entered the ranks of ...

(1879–1975), American businessman who served on GM's Board of Directors **

John Pratt (Canadian politician) John William Pratt, (October 22, 1894—November 29, 1973) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1936. Pratt was born at Hempton, Oxfordshire, England, the son of John W. Pratt an ...

(1894–1973), Manitoban politician **

John Pratt (Liberal politician) Sir John William Pratt (9 September 1873 – 27 October 1952), was a Scottish Liberal politician. Pratt was Warden of Glasgow University Settlement, 1902–12 and was a Member of Glasgow Town Council, 1906. At the start of his political caree ...

(1873–1952), Scottish Liberal politician **

John Pratt (cricketer) John Pratt (4 February 1834 — 6 June 1886) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm roundarm medium-pace bowler. He was born in Stratford, Essex, and died in Phipps Bridge, Surrey, aged 52. Pratt made a si ...

(1834–1886), English cricketer *

Joseph Marmaduke Pratt Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (September 4, 1891 – July 19, 1946) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Joseph M. Pratt was born in Paterson, New Jersey, but ...

(1891–1946), American politician * Judson Pratt (1916–2002), American actor

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Keith Pratt Keith Leslie Pratt (born 27 January 1938) is a British academic, author, historian, Koreanist, Sinologist and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Studies at Durham University in the United Kingdom.University of Chicago Press author b ...

* Keri Lynn Pratt (born 1978), American actress * Khevin Pratt (born 1970), American football player * Kyla Pratt (born c. 1985), American actress * Kyle Pratt, a player on the

2008 Florida Gators football team The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Colleg ...

* Larry Pratt (baseball) (1887–1969), American baseball player * Larry Pratt (born 1942), American lobbyist *

Lorus Pratt Lorus Bishop Pratt (November 27, 1855, Tooele, Utah – December 29, 1923, Salt Lake City) was an American landscape painter and missionary. In 1890, he was one of a group of painters who studied in Paris under the sponsorship of the Church of Jesu ...

(1855–1923), American artist * Louise Pratt (born 1972), Australian politician * Marvin Pratt (born 1944), American politician * Mary Louise Pratt (20th c.), professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and literature *

Mary Pratt (disambiguation) Mary Pratt may refer to: * Mary Pratt (painter) (1935–2018), Canadian painter * Mary Pratt (baseball) (1918−2020), former pitcher * Mary Louise Pratt Mary Louise Pratt (born 1948) is a Silver Professor and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese La ...

, several people **

Mary Pratt (baseball) Mary Pratt (November 30, 1918 – May 6, 2020) was a pitcher who played from 1943 through 1947 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. She batted and threw left-handed. Pratt turned 100 in November 2018. Early life Pratt was bo ...

(born 1918), American baseball player ** Mary Pratt (painter) (born 1935), Canadian painter * Matthew Pratt (1734–1805), American painter *

Michael Pratt (disambiguation) Michael or Mike Pratt may refer to: * Mike Pratt (actor) (1931–1976), British actor and songwriter *Lord Michael Pratt (1946–2007), British author *Mike Pratt (basketball) Michael P. Pratt (August 4, 1948 – June 16, 2022) was an American b ...

, several people * Lord Michael Pratt (1946–2007), British author *

Michael Pratt (American football) Michael Pratt (born September 30, 2001) is an American football quarterback who currently plays for the Tulane Green Wave. Early life and high school Pratt grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and was home schooled until the ninth grade. He initially ...

(born c. 2002), American football quarterback * Michael Kenneth Pratt (born 1954), Australian policeman *

Mike Pratt (actor) Michael John Pratt (7 June 1931 – 10 July 1976) was an English actor, musician, songwriter and screenwriter, known for his work on British television in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life and musical career Early in his career, Mike Pratt worked ...

(1931–1976), British actor * Mike Pratt (basketball) (1948–2022), American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster *

Mike Pratt (politician) Michael Philip Pratt (born 10 February 1948) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1988 Adelaide by-election. He served until his defeat at the 1990 federal elect ...

(born 1948), Australian politician as the Member for Adelaide *

Neisha Pratt Neisha Anne Pratt (born 21 March 1973) is a cricket player, born in New Zealand, who played international cricket for both Hong Kong and Singapore and also NZ domestic cricket for Northern Districts Spirit. She represented Hong Kong between 20 ...

(born 1973), Hong Kong cricketer * Nicole Pratt (born 1973), Australian tennis player *

Nolan Pratt Nolan William Pratt (born August 14, 1975) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently an assistant coach for his former club, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Pratt was select ...

(born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player and assistant coach *

Orson Pratt Orson Pratt Sr. (September 19, 1811 – October 3, 1881) was an American mathematician and religious leader who was an original member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints). He became a member of the ...

(1811–1881), Latter Day Saint leader, brother of Parley P. Pratt * Parley P. Pratt (1807–1857), Latter Day Saint writer, brother of Orson Pratt *

Percy Pratt Percy Mackenzie Pratt (12 January 1874 – 20 July 1961) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Taranaki cricket team, Taranaki from 1895 to 1898. His highest score was 85, in Taranaki's only first-class victory, agai ...

(1874–1961), New Zealand cricketer * Peter Pratt (1923–1995), British actor * Phil Pratt (born 1942), Jamaican singer and record producer

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* Renée Gill Pratt (born 1954), American politician and convicted felon *

Reverend George Pratt George Pratt (1817–1894) was a missionary with the London Missionary Society who lived in Samoa for forty years from 1839 to 1879, mostly on the island of Savai'i. Pratt was from Portsea, Portsmouth in England. He also served in Niue, the Loyalt ...

(1817–1894), missionary, author of the first Samoan language grammar and dictionary *

Rey Pratt Rey Lucero Pratt (October 11, 1878 – April 14, 1931) served the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) for 23 years as president of its Mexican Missions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mission and for si ...

(1878–1931), Latter Day Saint leader in Mexico * Richard Henry Pratt (1840–1924), American soldier and educator, founder of Carlisle Indian School *

Richard L. Pratt Jr. Richard Linwood Pratt Jr. (born October 17, 1953) is an American theology, theologian, author, and founder and President of Third Millennium Ministries. Third Millennium was launched in response to the lack of training of Christian leaders aroun ...

(born 1953), American Calvinist theologian and author * Richard Pratt (Australian businessman) (1934–2009), Australian businessman * Robert (1870–1935) and Henry (1863–1943) Pratt, Canadian settlers *

Rodney Pratt Rodney Lynes Pratt (born 15 November 1938) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire between 1955 and 1964. He was a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm mediu ...

(born 1938), English cricketer *

Roger Pratt (architect) Sir Roger Pratt (1620 – 20 February 1684) was an English gentleman-architect of the 17th century. He designed only five known buildings, but was highly influential, establishing a particularly English type of house, which was widely imitated. ...

(1620–1684), English architect * Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749–1814), English writer *

Samuel Pratt Samuel Pratt (October 6, 1807March 24, 1877) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was an early settler at Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, and represented his region in the Wisconsin State Assembly and State Senate ...

(1807 – c. 1875), American farmer and politician * Sharon Pratt Kelly (born 1944), American politician * Spencer Pratt (born 1983), American television personality *

Susan May Pratt Susan May Pratt (born February 8, 1974) is an American actress. She played Mandella in ''10 Things I Hate About You'', Alicia in ''Drive Me Crazy'', and Maureen Cummings in '' Center Stage''. Personal life , Pratt was finishing her bachelor's d ...

(born 1974), American actress *

Susan Pratt Susan Pratt (born April 29, 1956) is an American actress. Pratt is best known for her roles in daytime television as Anne Logan on ''General Hospital'' (1978–1982), Claire Ramsey on ''Guiding Light'' (1983–1986, 2000–2002), and Barbara M ...

(born 1956), American actress * Theodore Pratt (1901–1969), American novelist *

Thomas Pratt (Maryland politician) Thomas George Pratt (February 18, 1804November 9, 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the List of Governors of Maryland, 27th governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from 1850 ...

(1804–1869), American lawyer and politician *

Thomas Willis Pratt Thomas Willis Pratt, (born 1812, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American engineer. He is best known for his 1844 patent for the Pratt truss, which he designed with his father, Caleb Pratt. Pratt also surveyed the route of the Providence and Worces ...

(1812–1875), American engineer and inventor *

Tim Pratt Tim Pratt (born December 12, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He won a Hugo Award in 2007 for his short story " Impossible Dreams". He has written over 20 books, including the Marla Mason series and several Path ...

(born 1976), American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet * Todd Pratt (born 1967), American baseball player, manager, and coach *

Tom Pratt (American football) Thomas Samuel Pratt (born June 21, 1935) is an American football coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Miami and attended Beloit Memorial High School in Beloit, Wisconsin. He has been a coac ...

(born 1935), American football player and coach *

Travis Pratt Travis Cameron Pratt is an American criminologist and fellow at the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers on topics such as prison policy and theoretical criminology. ...

, American criminologist * Vaughan Pratt (born 1944), computer scientist * Victoria Pratt (born 1970), Canadian actress * Wallace Pratt (1885–1981), American geologist *

Walter F. Pratt Walter Floyd ("Jack") Pratt Jr. (born 1946) was the Educational Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he served as dean from 2006 to 2011. Pratt's research focus is legal history, contracts and ...

(born 1946), American legal scholar *

Walter L. Pratt Walter L. Pratt (1868 – April 3, 1934) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was born in 1868 in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips Academy. In 1889, he went to Adams, Jefferson County, ...

(1868–1934), New York politician * William Henry Pratt (1887–1969), birth name of actor Boris Karloff * William V. Pratt (1869–1957), American admiral * Zadock Pratt (1790–1871), US congressman and founder of Prattsville, New York

Fictional characters

* Atom (Al Pratt), comics character * George Pratt, character in Philip Van Doren Stern's short story " The Greatest Gift" *

Greg Pratt Gregory Pratt, M.D. is a fictional character from the medical drama series '' ER'', portrayed by Mekhi Phifer. He first appears as a recurring character towards the end of the eight season, becoming the main character from the start of the nint ...

, character from ''ER'' * Kyle Pratt, a character in '' Flightplan'' * Upson Pratt in the movie '' Creepshow'' * William Pratt or Spike, a character from ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Michaela Pratt, fictional character played by Aja Naomi King ( List of How to Get Away with Murder characters)

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