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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 *

Al Pratt (baseball) Albert G. Pratt (November 19, 1847 – November 21, 1937),"Al Pratt Statistic ...

(1847–1937), American baseball player *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 1 ...

(Walter Peter Pratt, 1916–1988), Canadian ice hockey player *

Betty Rosenquest Pratt Betty Rosenquest Pratt (April 15, 1925 – January 31, 2016) was an American amateur tennis player who competed in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Pratt was a student at Florida's Rollins College where she played collegiate tennis, graduating in 1 ...

, (1925–2016), American tennis player *

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 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 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 liberties, ...

(1713–1794), British lawyer *

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 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 John Christopher Pratt (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022) was a Canadian painter and printmaker.Daniel Pratt (eccentric) "General" Daniel Pratt, Jr. (born April 11, 1809 in Prattville, Chelsea, Massachusetts; died June 21, 1887 in Boston) was an American itinerant speaker, author, performance artist, eccentric, and poet. Life and work Pratt trained as a carpente ...

(1809–1887), American speaker, author, performance artist, eccentric, and poet *

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) 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) 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 numbe ...

(born 1938), English cricketer *

David Pratt (footballer) David Pratt (5 March 1896 – 28 July 1967) was a Scottish Association football, 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 Defen ...

(1896–1967), Scottish football player and manager *

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 municipall ...

(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 ...

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 *

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 A ...

(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 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 ele ...

(1902–1981), American politician *

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 *

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. ...

(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 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 ...

(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 (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 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 Bayha ...

(1799–1866), British peer and Tory politician *

Germaine Pratt Germaine Pratt (born May 21, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at NC State, and was drafted by the Bengals in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft ...

(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 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 Astra ...

(1871–1945), American oil industrialist * Hiram Pratt (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 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 indu ...

(1927–1995), Italian cartoonist *

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 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) Jessica Pratt (born 24 April 1987) is an American musician and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Her Jessica Pratt (album), self-titled debut album was released in 2011 via Birth Records, a record label founded by Darker My Lo ...

(born 1987), American singer-songwriter *

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 ...

(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) 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. Lif ...

(1657–1725), Lord Chief Justice of England and interim Chancellor of the Exchequer **

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 is ...

(1753–1824), United States Army officer **

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 re ...

(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 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 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 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 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 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 ...

(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 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 Khevin Pratt (born May 16, 1970) is a former American football wide receiver who played five seasons in the Arena Football League with the Charlotte Rage, Nashville Kats, Milwaukee Mustangs, New York CityHawks and Portland Forest Dragons. He p ...

(born 1970), American football player *

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 Colleg ...

Larry Pratt (baseball) Lester John Pratt (October 8, 1887 – January 8, 1969) was a catcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed ...

(1887–1969), American baseball player *

Larry Pratt Lawrence D. Pratt (born November 13, 1942) is the executive director emeritus of Gun Owners of America, a United States-based firearms lobbying group, and a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Early life Pratt was born in Cam ...

(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 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 *

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 ...

(born 1944), American politician *

Mary Louise Pratt Mary Louise Pratt (born 1948) is a Silver Professor and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures at New York University. She received her B.A. in Modern Languages and Literatures from the University of Toronto in 1970, her M.A. ...

(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) 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 *

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 ...

(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 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 ...

(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 Michael Kenneth Pratt George Cross, GC (born 15 November 1954) is a former constable of the Victoria Police, Victoria Police Force in Melbourne, Australia, who received the George Cross for outstanding bravery in his efforts to thwart the armed r ...

(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) 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) 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 Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia. Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ...

(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 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 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 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 *

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 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 Brigadier General Richard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 – March 15, 1924) was an American military officer who founded and was longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian Industrial School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is associa ...

(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) 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 ...

(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 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 *

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 *

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 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 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) 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 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. P ...

(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 Vaughan Pratt (born April 12, 1944) is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, who was an early pioneer in the field of computer science. Since 1969, Pratt has made several contributions to foundational areas such as search algorithms, sorti ...

(born 1944), computer scientist *

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 *

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, March ...

(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 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 h ...

William V. Pratt William Veazie Pratt (28 February 1869 – 25 November 1957) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the President of the Naval War College from 1925 to 1927, and as the 5th Chief of Naval Operations from 1930 to 1933. Early l ...

(1869–1957), American admiral *

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

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 as ...

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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 nin ...

, 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 ...

'' * 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, Le ...

'' * 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, a la ...

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