Sawyer is an

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 ** English national ide ...

surname originating in the occupation of

sawyer *A sawyer (occupation) is someone who saws wood. *Sawyer, a fallen tree stuck on the bottom of a river, where it constitutes a danger to boating. Places in the United States Communities *Sawyer, Kansas *Sawyer, Kentucky * Sawyer, Michigan * Saw ...

, who is someone who saws wood. Notable people with the surname include:

People

* Aaron W. Sawyer (1818–1882), Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court *

Ada Lewis Sawyer Ada Lewis Sawyer (1892–1985) was an American lawyer. She is remembered as the first woman to take and pass the bar exam in the state of Rhode Island. Biography Early years Ada Lewis Sawyer was born March 3, 1892, in Providence, Rhode Island ...

(1892–1985), American attorney * Alan Sawyer (1928–2012), American basketball player *

Amos Sawyer Amos Claudius Sawyer (15 June 1945 – 16 February 2022) was a Liberian politician and academic who served as interim president of Liberia from 22 November 1990 to 7 March 1994. He was voted into office by 35 leaders representing seven political ...

(1945-2022), President of Liberia 1990–1994 * Benair C. Sawyer (1822–1908), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Caleb Sawyer (1806-19881), American farmer and politician * Cami Sawyer, American and New Zealand mathematician *

Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer Caroline M. Sawyer (, Fisher; pen name, Mrs. C. M. Sawyer; December 10, 1812 – May 19, 1894) was a 19th-century American poet, writer, and editor. Her writings ranged through a wide variety of themes. Born in 1812, in Massachusetts, she began ...

(1812–1894), American writer * Celia Sawyer, British art dealer appearing in ''Four Rooms'' *

Charles L. Sawyer Charles Lincoln Sawyer (March 28, 1860 – March 5, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician. Sawyer was born in Lee, Strafford County, New Hampshire, and went to the New Hampshire public schools. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1888 ...

(1860-1918), American lawyer and politician *

Charles Sawyer (sportsman) Charles Montague Sawyer (20 March 1856 – 30 March 1921) was an English cricketer, and rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s and early 1890s. He played representative level cricket for Lancashire, Gentlemen of Lancashire, and at club l ...

(1856-1921), British rugby and cricketer player *

Chris Sawyer Christopher Sawyer is a Scottish video game designer and programmer. He is best known for creating ''Transport Tycoon'', which has been considered "one of the most important simulation games ever made", and the bestseller '' RollerCoaster Tyc ...

, Scottish computer game designer *

Connie Sawyer Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen; November 27, 1912 – January 21, 2018) was an American stage, film, and television actress, affectionately nicknamed "The Clown Princess of Comedy". She had over 140 film and television credits to her name, but ...

(1912–2018), American actress *

Diane Sawyer Lila Diane Sawyer (; born December 22, 1945) is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ''ABC World News Tonight'', '' Good Morning America'', ''20/20'', and '' Primetime'' newsmag ...

, American journalist and TV host * Fred Sawyer, American basketball player * Gary Sawyer, English football player * Gertrude Sawyer (1895–1996), American architect * Gordon E. Sawyer (1905–1980), American sound director *

Grant Sawyer Frank Grant Sawyer (December 14, 1918 – February 19, 1996) was an American politician. He was the List of Governors of Nevada, 21st Governor of Nevada from 1959 to 1967. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. ...

(1918–1996), Governor of Nevada *

Harry William Sawyer Harry William Sawyer (June 4, 1880 – May 2, 1962) was an American physician and politician. Sawyer was born in New York City, New York. He served in the United States Navy from 1902 to 1906. He went to the College of Osteopath in Kansas Ci ...

(1880–1962), American physician and politician *

Henry W. Sawyer Henry Washington Sawyer III (December 23, 1918 – July 31, 1999) was an American lawyer, civil rights activist and politician. Born in Philadelphia, he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, afterwards returning to the University of Pennsylvan ...

(1918–1999), American lawyer and politician * Herbert Sawyer (Royal Navy officer, died 1798), British Royal Navy admiral *

Herbert Sawyer Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer KCB ( fl. 1783–1833) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. He eventually rose to the rank of Admiral ...

(1783–1833), British Royal Navy admiral, son of the above * Hiram Sawyer (1814–1888), American farmer and politician in Wisconsin * Hiram Wilson Sawyer (1843–1922), American lawyer and politician in Wisconsin * Hugh E. Sawyer (born 1954/55), American businessman *

Ivy Sawyer Ivy Sawyer (February 13, 1897 – November 16, 1999) was a British-born American cabaret and ballroom dancer, singer, and stage actress. The London-born Sawyer danced professionally with John Jarrot until she met and married fellow dancer ...

(1898–1999), American singer, actress and dancer *

Jack Sawyer Jack Sawyer (born May 6, 2002) is an American college football defensive end for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Early life and high school career Sawyer grew up in Pickerington, Ohio Where he Attended St. Pius K-8 Catholic school. Attended Pickerington ...

(born 2002), American football player *

Joe Sawyer Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962, and was sometimes billed under his birth name. Early life Sawyer was born August 29, 1 ...

(1906–1982), Canadian actor *

Josh Sawyer Joshua Eric Sawyer (born October 18, 1975), known commonly as Josh Sawyer, J.E. Sawyer, or JSawyer, is an American video game designer, known for his work on role-playing video games. Early life and education Sawyer grew up in Fort Atkinson, Wisc ...

, American video game designer *

Lee Sawyer Lee Thomas Sawyer (born 10 September 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saffron Walden Town. A graduate of the Chelsea F.C. academy, he never made a first-team appearance for Chelsea, and, after leaving ...

, English footballer *

Lewis E. Sawyer Lewis Ernest Sawyer (June 24, 1867 – May 5, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Born in Shelby County, Alabama, Sawyer moved with his parents to Lee County, Mississippi. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the ...

(1867–1923), American congressman *

Miranda Sawyer Miranda Caroline Sawyer (born January 1967) is an English author, journalist and broadcaster. Education and early life Sawyer was born in Bristol and grew up in Wilmslow, Cheshire with her brother Toby, who is an actor. Sawyer was educated at ...

, English journalist *

Natalie Sawyer Natalie Lorraine Sawyer (born 23 October 1979) is an English television and podcast presenter and Talksport radio presenter. Sawyer parted company with Sky Sports News in March 2018, after eighteen years of service having initially joined the ...

, English sports presenter * Noah W. Sawyer (1877-1957), American educator, farmer, and politician *

Peter Sawyer (historian) Peter Hayes Sawyer (25 June 1928 – 7 July 2018) was a British historian. His work on the Vikings was highly influential, as was his scholarship on Medieval England. Sawyer's early work ''The Age of the Vikings'' argued that the Vikings were "t ...

(1928–2018), English professor of medieval history *

Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was a United States senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893). He also represented Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives (1865–1875), and he ...

(1816–1900), American politician *

Ray Sawyer Ray Sawyer (February 1, 1937 – December 31, 2018) was an American percussionist and vocalist with the 1970s rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. Though primarily a backing vocalist and occasional percussionist on congas or maracas, he sang ...

(1937–2018), singer from the band Dr. Hook * Regine Sawyer, American comics writer and editor *

Reuben H. Sawyer Reuben H. Sawyer or Reuben Herbert Sawyer (1866–1962) was an American clergyman and a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon. As an important advocate of Anglo Israelism (also known as British Israelism), he associated religious beliefs with ultra ...

(1866–1962), Oregon clergyman, advocate of British Israelism and Ku Klux Klan leader *

Robert J. Sawyer Robert James Sawyer (born April 29, 1960) is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 24 novels published and his short fiction has appeared in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'', ''Amazing Stories'', '' On Spec'', ''Nature'', and numerou ...

, Canadian science fiction author * Roland D. Sawyer (1874–1969), Massachusetts clergyman and politician * Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater *

Stephen S. Sawyer Stephen Shelby Sawyer (born August 30, 1952, in Paris, KY, U.S.) is an American commercial artist known for his Christianist depictions of Jesus Christ, as well as for his business, Art 4 God. His work has been featured in many magazines, over 40 ...

, American painter *

Sylvanus Sawyer Sylvanus Sawyer (15 April 1822 in Templeton, Massachusetts – 13 October 1895, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts) was a United States inventor. Biography John Sawyer, his father, was a farmer, mill owner and lumberman. His mother was Lucy Balcolm Sa ...

(1822–1895), Massachusetts inventor and manufacturer *

Thomas C. Sawyer Thomas Charles Sawyer (born August 15, 1945) is an American politician who represented his hometown of Akron, Ohio on all levels of government for nearly fifty years. Previously, he served in the United States Congress, in the Ohio Senate, in th ...

, American politician *

Tim Sawyer Timothy Charles Sawyer is the CEO of Bank of Maldives. Formerly he was the Chief Investment Officer of Innovate UK, the investment arm of UK Government. This role sees him head up the newly-formed innovation lending directorate, with responsibilit ...

, British businessperson *

Walter Warwick Sawyer Walter Warwick Sawyer (or W. W. Sawyer) (April 5, 1911– February 15, 2008) was a mathematician, mathematics educator and author, who taught on several continents. Life and career Walter Warwick Sawyer was born in St. Ives, Hunts, England on A ...

(1911–2008), English mathematician * Webb D. Sawyer (1918–1995), American Marine general, Navy Cross recipient * William Sawyer (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

Annie Sawyer Anna Clare "Annie" Sawyer is a fictional character in the comedy-drama television series '' Being Human'', portrayed by Lenora Crichlow. The female lead for the duration of the show's first four series, Crichlow appears as Annie in thirty-one epi ...

, one of the three main protagonists of the television series ''Being Human'' *Bubba "

Leatherface Leatherface is a fictional character in ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' film series created by Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper. He first appears in ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' as a disfigured, cannibalistic and mentally unstable mass murderer ...

" Sawyer, a fictional character in the horror movie ''

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ''The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'' is a 1974 American horror film produced and directed by Tobe Hooper from a story and screenplay by Hooper and Kim Henkel. It stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow and Gunnar Hansen, w ...

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Buz Sawyer ''Buz Sawyer'' is a comic strip created by Roy Crane.Ron Goulart, ''The Funnies : 100 Years of American Comic Strips''. Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Pub, 1995. (pp. 149-50) Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a run from November 1, 1943 to ...

, title character of a long-running comic strip *Lila Sawyer, a character in ''

Hey Arnold! ''Hey Arnold!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Craig Bartlett. It originally aired on Nickelodeon from October 7, 1996, to June 8, 2004. The show centers on fourth grader Arnold Shortman, who lives with his grandpare ...

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Peyton Sawyer Peyton Sawyer is a fictional character from The WB/ CW television series ''One Tree Hill'', portrayed by Hilarie Burton. A talented visual and musical artist, Peyton has a heavily guarded heart due to the number of lost loved ones in her life. S ...

, a fictional character on the hit television show ''One Tree Hill'' *

Tom Sawyer Thomas Sawyer () is the titular character of the Mark Twain novel ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), ''Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and ''Tom Sawyer, Dete ...

, Mark Twain's famous literary character in multiple books *Veronica Sawyer, the protagonist of the 1988 film ''

Heathers ''Heathers'' is a 1989 American black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts. The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, and ...

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musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

and TV adaptations *Will Sawyer, the protagonist in ''

Skyscraper A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...

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