English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
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Abner Pratt
Abner Pratt (May 22, 1801 – March 27, 1863) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and jurist.
Born in Springfield, Otsego County, New York, Pratt studied law and was admitted to the New York bar. Pratt served as district attorney in ...
(1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer
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Al Pratt (baseball)
Albert G. Pratt (November 19, 1847 – November 21, 1937),"Al Pratt Statistic ...
(1847–1937), American baseball player
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Andy Pratt (baseball)
Andrew Elias Pratt (born August 27, 1979) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. Pratt was selected by the Texas Rangers in the 9th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft and had a ca ...
(born 1979), American baseball player
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Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)
Andy Pratt (born January 25, 1947) is an American rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records, of which "Avenging Annie" was a commercial hit.
Career
Pratt's demo recording of ''Aven ...
(born 1947), American singer-songwriter and musician
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Antwerp Edgar Pratt
Antwerp Edgar Pratt FRGS (6 March 1852 - 4 January 1924) was a Victorian naturalist, explorer, author, and renowned collector of plants, insects, and other animals. Species named for Pratt include three mammals and two reptiles. Two of his sons an ...
(1852-1924), British naturalist, explorer, collector of plants and animals
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Awadagin Pratt
Awadagin Pratt (; born March 6, 1966) is a concert pianist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Life
Awadagin Pratt began piano lessons at six with Leslie Sompong and violin lessons at age nine, having moved to Normal, Illinois. With a violin s ...
(born 1966), American concert pianist
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Babe Pratt
Walter Peter "Babe" Pratt (January 7, 1916 – December 16, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman/left winger who played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League between ...
(Walter Peter Pratt, 1916–1988), Canadian ice hockey player
* Betty Rosenquest Pratt, (1925–2016), American tennis player
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Bob Pratt
Harold Robert Pratt Sr. (31 August 1912 – 6 January 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Asso ...
(1912–2001), Australian rules footballer
* Caleb S. Pratt (1832–1861), Union Officer
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Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, PC (baptised 21 March 1714 – 18 April 1794) was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil liberti ...
(1713–1794), British lawyer
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Charles Pratt
Charles Pratt (October 2, 1830 – May 4, 1891) was an American businessman. Pratt was a pioneer of the U.S. petroleum industry, and he established his kerosene refinery Astral Oil Works in Brooklyn, New York. He then lived with his growing fam ...
(1830–1891), American businessman and philanthropist
* Chris Pratt (born 1979), American actor
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Christopher Pratt
John Christopher Pratt (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022) was a Canadian painter and printmaker.Daniel Pratt (eccentric) (1809–1887), American speaker, author, performance artist, eccentric, and poet
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Daniel Pratt (industrialist)
Daniel Pratt (July 20, 1799 – May 13, 1873) was an American industrialist who pioneered ventures that opened the door for industry in the U.S. state of Alabama. Prattville in Autauga County, and Birmingham's Pratt City in Jefferson County ( ...
(1799–1873), American industrialist
* David Pratt (Canadian broadcaster) (late 20th/early 21st c.), Canadian sports radio personality and columnist
* David Pratt (assassin) (1908–1961), attempted assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
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David Pratt (cricketer)
David Pratt (born 20 July 1938) is a former English first-class cricketer who played between 1959 and 1962 for three different teams. He also played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire. He was a specialist bowler, and his batting at numb ...
(born 1938), English cricketer
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David Pratt (footballer)
David Pratt (5 March 1896 – 28 July 1967) was a Scottish football player and manager. His career encompassed time spent in both England and Scotland, as well as a spell in Wales.
As a player, he was used both as a defender and as a midfield ...
(1896–1967), Scottish football player and manager
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David Pratt (politician)
David Pratt (born January 3, 1955) is a Canadian former politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Nepean—Carleton from 1997 until 2004.
Early political career
Before Pratt was elected federally, he served in public office municipally ...
(born 1955), Canadian politician
* Denis Charles Pratt (1908–1999), British writer, illustrator, actor, and artist's model, commonly known as
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; – ) was an English raconteur, whose work in the public eye included a memoir of his life and various media appearances. Before becoming well-known, he was an artist's model, hence the title of ...
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Don Pratt
Brigadier General Don Forrester Pratt (July 12, 1892 – June 6, 1944) was a United States Army officer. He was the assistant division commander (ADC) of the 101st Airborne Division and was the highest-ranking Allied officer killed on D-Day.
Bi ...
(1892–1944), United States Army officer
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Dudley Pratt
Dudley Pratt (June 14, 1897 – November 18, 1975) was an American sculptor. He was born in Paris, France to Boston sculptors Bela and Helen Pratt. His sculptural education included study under Charles Grafly, Antoine Bourdelle, and Alexander ...
(1897–1975), American sculptor
* E. J. Pratt (1882–1964), Canadian poet
* Edmund T. Pratt Jr. (1927–2002), American CEO
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Eliza Jane Pratt
Eliza Jane Pratt (March 5, 1902 – May 13, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, the first woman to represent her state in the U.S. Congress.
She was the only woman elected to the U.S. House from North Carolina until the 1992 e ...
(1902–1981), American politician
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Enoch Pratt
Enoch Pratt (September 10, 1808 – September 17, 1896) was an American businessman in Baltimore, Maryland. Pratt was also a committed active Unitarian, and a philanthropist. He is best known for his donations to establish the Enoch Pratt Free ...
(1808–1896), American businessman
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Fletcher Pratt
Murray Fletcher Pratt (25 April 1897 – 10 June 1956) was an American writer of history, science fiction, and fantasy. He is best known for his works on naval history and the American Civil War and for fiction written with L. Sprague de Camp.
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(1897–1956), historian and science fiction/fantasy author
* Francis A. Pratt (1827–1902), American engineer, of the Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine company
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Frederick Haven Pratt Frederick Haven Pratt (19 July 1873 – 11 July 1958) was an American physiologist and served as a professor at Boston University from 1921 to his retirement. He contributed to early experimental studies on the electrical stimulation of muscles, dev ...
George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden
George Charles Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden, KG (2 May 1799 – 6 August 1866) was a British peer and Tory politician, styled Viscount Bayham from 1794 to 1812 and Earl of Brecknock in 1812–1840.
Pratt's father was John Pratt, Viscount Bayham ...
(1799–1866), British peer and Tory politician
* Germaine Pratt (born 1998), American football player
* Greta Pratt (born 1960), American photographer
* Harold Douglas Pratt Jr. (born 1944), American ornithologist, bio acoustician, wildlife photographer, bird illustrator, and musician
* Henry Cheever Pratt (1803–1880), American artist and explorer
* Henry Otis Pratt (1838–1931), American lawyer, minister, and Iowa Republican U.S. Representative
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Herbert L. Pratt
Herbert Lee Pratt (November 21, 1871 – February 3, 1945) was an American businessman and a leading figure in the United States oil industry. In 1923, he became head of Standard Oil of New York; his father Charles Pratt was a founder of Astr ...
(1871–1945), American oil industrialist
* Hiram Pratt (1800–1840), American politician from Buffalo, New York
* Hodgson Pratt (1824–1907), British pacifist
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Hugo Pratt
Ugo Eugenio Prat, better known as Hugo Pratt (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as ''Corto Maltese''. He was ind ...
(1927–1995), Italian cartoonist
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Jane Pratt
Jane Pratt (born November 11, 1962) is the founding editor of '' Sassy'', ''Jane and'' xoJane. She is the host of the talk show ''Jane Radio'' on Sirius XM Radio.
Early life
Jane Pratt was born in San Francisco, California, to Sheila Marks Blake ...
(born 1962), American magazine editor
* Jerome Pratt (1926–1984), American politician
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Jessica Pratt (musician)
Jessica Pratt (born 24 April 1987) is an American musician and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Her self-titled debut album was released in 2011 via Birth Records, a record label founded by Darker My Love and White Fence son ...
(born 1987), American singer-songwriter
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Jessica Pratt (soprano)
Jessica Pratt (born 20 June 1979) is an English-born Australian operatic soprano. Born in Bristol, she has lived in Australia since 1991 and is the daughter of a tenor. She began by studying the trumpet for ten years before concentrating her st ...
John Pratt (judge)
Sir John Pratt (1657–1725) was an English judge and politician. He was Lord Chief Justice of England from 15 May 1718 until 2 March 1725. He was appointed as an interim Chancellor of the Exchequer on 2 February 1721 until 3 April 1721.
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(1657–1725), Lord Chief Justice of England and interim Chancellor of the Exchequer
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John Pratt (soldier)
John Pratt (October 12, 1753 – December 27, 1824) was an officer in the United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and i ...
(1753–1824), United States Army officer
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John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, (11 February 17598 October 1840), styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The 2nd Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the r ...
(1759–1840), British politician
** John Teele Pratt (1873–1927), American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier
** John Pratt (1931–2001), birth name of author
John Winton
John Pratt, pen name John Winton (3 May 1931 in London – 27 April 2001) was an English author and obituarist, following a career in the Royal Navy in which he rose to Lieutenant-Commander. He was born in London and served in the Korean War and ...
** John H. Pratt (1910–1995), U.S. court of appeals judge
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John Henry Pratt
John Henry Pratt FRS (4 June 1809 – 28 December 1871) was a British clergyman, astronomer and mathematician. A Cambridge Apostle, he joined the British East India Company in 1838 as a chaplain and later became Archdeacon of Calcutta. Although ...
(1809–1871), British clergyman and mathematician
** John Lee Pratt (1879–1975), American businessman who served on GM's Board of Directors
** John Pratt (Canadian politician) (1894–1973), Manitoban politician
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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 ...
Judson Pratt
Judson Pratt (December 6, 1916 – February 9, 2002) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was known for playing Billy Kinkaid in the American western television series ''Union Pacific''.
Early life
Pratt was born in Hingh ...
Keri Lynn Pratt
Keri Lynn Pratt (born September 23, 1978) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Missy Belknap in ''Jack & Bobby'' and as Dee Vine in the film, ''Drive Me Crazy''; which was her debut role.
Personal life
Pr ...
(born 1978), American actress
* Khevin Pratt (born 1970), American football player
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Kyla Pratt
Kyla Amore Pratt (born September 16, 1986) is an American actress. She provided the voice of Penny Proud in the first animated series for Disney Channel called ''The Proud Family'', and Breanna Latrice Barnes in UPN's '' One on One''. After play ...
(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 Col ...
Louise Pratt
Louise Clare Pratt (born 18 April 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016, and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party, and served as a member of the Western Australian ...
(born 1972), Australian politician
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Marvin Pratt
Marvin E. Pratt (born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who served as acting mayor of Milwaukee in 2004 and as interim Milwaukee County Executive in 2011. He was the first African-American to serve as mayor of Milwaukee.
Early life
Pratt ...
Mary Pratt (painter)
Mary Frances Pratt, LL. D. D.Litt. (née West) (March 15, 1935 – August 14, 2018) was a Canadian painter known for photo-realist still life paintings. Pratt never thought of her work as being focused on one subject matter: her early work is o ...
(born 1935), Canadian painter
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Matthew Pratt
Matthew Pratt (September 23, 1734 – January 9, 1805) was an American "Colonial Era" artist famous for his portraits of American men and women. He was born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania to goldsmith Henry Pratt, (1708–1748) and R ...
Lord Michael Pratt
Lord Michael John Henry Pratt (15 August 1946 – 3 September 2007) was a scion of the British aristocracy. An eccentric, he is best known as the author of several historical books.
Birth and ancestors
Michael Pratt was born at Bayham, near Lambe ...
Michael Kenneth Pratt
Michael Kenneth Pratt GC (born 15 November 1954) is a former constable of the Victoria Police Force in Melbourne, Australia, who received the George Cross for outstanding bravery in his efforts to thwart the armed robbery of a bank in 1976.
In ...
(born 1954), Australian policeman
* Mike Pratt (actor) (1931–1976), British actor
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Mike Pratt (basketball)
Michael P. Pratt (August 4, 1948 – June 16, 2022) was an American basketball player and coach. He was a 6'4" (1.93 m), 195 lb (88.5 kg) guard.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Pratt attended Meadowdale High School, graduating in 1966. He then ...
(1948–2022), American basketball player, coach, and broadcaster
* Mike Pratt (politician) (born 1948), Australian politician as the Member for Adelaide
* Neisha Pratt (born 1973), Hong Kong cricketer
* Nicole Pratt (born 1973), Australian tennis player
* Nolan Pratt (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player and assistant coach
* Orson Pratt (1811–1881), Latter Day Saint leader, brother of Parley P. Pratt
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Parley P. Pratt
Parley Parker Pratt Sr. (April 12, 1807 – May 13, 1857) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement whose writings became a significant early nineteenth-century exposition of the Latter Day Saint faith. Named in 1835 as one of the first ...
(1807–1857), Latter Day Saint writer, brother of Orson Pratt
* Percy Pratt (1874–1961), New Zealand cricketer
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Peter Pratt
Peter Pratt (21 March 1923 – 11 January 1995) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his comic roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
Pratt started his career in the chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1945, ...
(1923–1995), British actor
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Phil Pratt
Phil Pratt, born George Phillips (born 1942 in Kingston, Jamaica)Thompson, Dave (2002), ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', Backbeat Books, , p. 316. is a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer.
Career
Phil Pratt worked at Studio One for Coxsone ...
(born 1942), Jamaican singer and record producer
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Renée Gill Pratt
Renée Gill Pratt (born 1954) is an American politician from New Orleans, Louisiana. She was also Director of the Center for Student Retention and Success in Southern University at New Orleans. On July 25, 2011, she was found guilty of racketeering ...
(born 1954), American politician and convicted felon
* Reverend George Pratt (1817–1894), missionary, author of the first Samoan language grammar and dictionary
* Rey Pratt (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. (born 1953), American Calvinist theologian and author
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Richard Pratt (Australian businessman)
Richard J. Pratt (born Ryszard Przecicki; 10 December 193428 April 2009) was an Australian businessman, chairman of the privately owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Au ...
Samuel Jackson Pratt
Samuel Jackson Pratt (25 December 1749 – 4 October 1814) was a prolific English poet, dramatist and novelist, writing under the pseudonym of "Courtney Melmoth" as well as under his own name. He authored around 40 publications between 1770 a ...
(1749–1814), English writer
* Samuel Pratt (1807 – c. 1875), American farmer and politician
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Sharon Pratt Kelly
Sharon Pratt (born January 30, 1944), formerly Sharon Pratt Dixon and Sharon Pratt Kelly, is an American attorney and politician who was the third mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995, the first mayor born in the District of Colum ...
(born 1944), American politician
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Spencer Pratt
Spencer William Pratt (born August 14, 1983) is an American reality television personality. In 2007, he began dating Heidi Montag, a primary cast member of the reality television series '' The Hills''. Subsequently, he came to prominence after be ...
(born 1983), American television personality
* Susan May Pratt (born 1974), American actress
* Susan Pratt (born 1956), American actress
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Theodore Pratt
Theodore Pratt (1901–1969) was an American writer who is best known for his novels set in Florida. He wrote more than 30 novels, which were adapted into films five times.
Biography
Pratt was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1901 to Thomas A. ...
(1901–1969), American novelist
* Thomas Pratt (Maryland politician) (1804–1869), American lawyer and politician
* Thomas Willis Pratt (1812–1875), American engineer and inventor
* Tim Pratt (born 1976), American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet
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Todd Pratt
Todd Alan Pratt (born February 9, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher, playing from 1992 to 2006 and is the current manager for the Jupiter Hammerheads. He primarily served as a back-up catcher for most of his career.
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(born 1967), American baseball player, manager, and coach
* Tom Pratt (American football) (born 1935), American football player and coach
* Travis Pratt, American criminologist
* Vaughan Pratt (born 1944), computer scientist
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Victoria Pratt
Victoria Ainslie Pratt (born December 18, 1970) is a Canadian actress, author, and fitness model.
Early life
Pratt grew up in Chesley, Ontario, a self described "tomboy at heart." She attended the kinesiology program at York University in Tor ...
(born 1970), Canadian actress
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Wallace Pratt
Wallace Everette Pratt (1885–1981) was a pioneer American petroleum geologist. He is also notable for helping establish Guadalupe Mountains National Park through his donation of McKittrick Canyon.
Biography
Born in Phillipsburg, Kansas, M ...
(1885–1981), American geologist
* Walter F. Pratt (born 1946), American legal scholar
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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 Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff (), was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film '' Frankenstein'' (1931) (his 82nd film) established ...
Zadock Pratt
Zadock Pratt Jr. (October 30, 1790 – April 5, 1871) was a tanner, banker, soldier, and member of the United States House of Representatives. Pratt served in the New York militia from 1819–1826, and was Colonel of the 116th regiment ...
(1790–1871), US congressman and founder of Prattsville, New York
Fictional characters
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Atom (Al Pratt)
Al Pratt is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the first character to use the name Atom. He initially had no superpowers and was originally a diminutive college student and later a physicist, usua ...
, comics character
* George Pratt, character in Philip Van Doren Stern's short story "
The Greatest Gift
"The Greatest Gift" is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella '' A Christmas Carol'', which became the basis for the film ''It's a Wonderful Life'' (1946). It was self-published a ...
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* Greg Pratt, character from ''ER''
* Kyle Pratt, a character in ''
Flightplan
''Flightplan'' is a 2005 mystery psychological thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay written by Peter A. Dowling and Billy Ray. It stars Jodie Foster as Kyle Pratt, a recently-widowed American aircraft engineer living ...
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* Upson Pratt in the movie ''
Creepshow
''Creepshow'' is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film's ensemble cast includes Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver ...
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* William Pratt or
Spike
Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Books
* ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave
* ''The Spike'' (book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick
* ''The Spike'', a starship in Peter F. Hamilto ...
, 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
'' How to Get Away with Murder'' is an American drama television series that premiered on ABC on September 25, 2014. The series was created by Peter Nowalk, and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios. Viola Davis stars as Annalise Keating, ...