Tillett (surname)

Tillett or Tillet is a French surname that may refer to *

Barbara Tillett Barbara Ann Barnett Tillett (born 1946) is a librarian and library scholar known for her work on authority control and bibliographic data modeling. Library of Congress Tillett began working at the Library of Congress in 1994. As director of the ...

(born 1946), American librarian and library scholar *

Ben Tillett Benjamin Tillett (11 September 1860 – 27 January 1943) was a British socialist, trade union leader and politician. He was a leader of the "new unionism" of 1889 that focused on organizing unskilled workers. He played a major role in founding ...

(1860–1943), British politician and trade unionist *

Évrard Titon du Tillet Évrard Titon du Tillet (January 1677 – 26 December 1762) is best known for his important biographical chronicle, ''Le Parnasse françois'', composed of brief anecdotal ''vite'' of famous French poets and musicians of his time, under the reign of ...

(1677–1762), French biographer *

Gladys Avery Tillett Gladys Love Avery Tillett (March 19, 1891 – September 21, 1984) was an American political organizer and activist, based in North Carolina. She supported women's suffrage when she was a college student, and was working for passage of the Equal Rig ...

(1891–1984), American political organizer *

iO Tillett Wright iO Tillett Wright (born September 2, 1985) is an American author, photographer, actor, TV and podcast host, and activist. After growing up in New York City, he founded street art magazine ''Overspray'' and served as its editor-in-chief until 20 ...

, American author, photographer, TV host, and activist *

Jacob Henry Tillett Jacob Henry Tillett (1 November 1818 – 30 January 1892 ) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1870 and 1885. Tillet was born in Norwich, the son of Jacob Tillett and his wife Elizabeth Towle ...

(1818–1892), English politician * Jacques du Tillet (1857–1942), French author and critic *

Jeanette Tillett Jeanette Laura Tillett (August 8, 1888 – July 22, 1965) was an American composer and music educator based in Texas. Tillett was born in Abilene to Henry Augustus and Mary Benjamin Smith Tillett. Her father was an attorney who represented his dis ...

(1888-1965) American composer and music educator *

John Tillett (British Army officer) Colonel John Maurice Arthur Tillett (4 November 1919 – 14 December 2014) was a British Army officer who had a critical role in the planning of the capture of the Caen canal and Orne river bridges on D-Day, 6 June 1944, during the Second Worl ...

(1919–2014), British Army officer *

Louis Tillett Louis Rohan Tillett (13 March 1959 – 6 August 2023) was an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, keyboardist and saxophonist. Tillett was the front man in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green and The Aspersion Caste. He also worked ...

(1959–2023), Australian rock music singer-songwriter, keyboardist and saxophonist *

Louis Tillett (politician) Louis John Tillett (13 June 1865 in Sprowston, Norfolk – 24 November 1929 in Buxton, Norfolk) was a Liberal Party politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich at the 1904 by-election on 15 January 1904. He was re-elec ...

(1865–1929), British politician *

Mathieu Tillet Mathieu Tillet (10 November 1714 Bordeaux - 13 December 1791) was a French botanist, agronomist, metallurgist and administrator. Life He was the son of the goldsmith Gabriel Tillet and began studying metals at his father's workshop. In 1740 he was ...

(1714–1791), French scientist and administrator *

Maurice Tillet Maurice Tillet (23 October 1903 – 4 September 1954) was a Russian-born French professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, The French Angel. Tillet was a leading box office draw in the early 1940s and was twice World Heavyweight Champ ...

(1903–1954), French poet and wrestler *

Wilbur Fisk Tillett Wilbur Fisk Tillett (1854–1936) was an American Methodist clergyman and educator. Early life Wilbur Fisk Tillett was born August 25, 1854, in Henderson, North Carolina, which at that time was in Granville County (later Vance). He was named for ...

(1854–1936), American clergyman and educator *

William S. Tillett William Smith Tillett (July 10, 1892 in Charlotte, North Carolina – April 4, 1974) was an American internist and microbiologist. He is best known for the discovery of C-reactive protein and the streptokinase. He was also a professor of medicine a ...

(1892–1974), American internist and microbiologist *

(1677–1762), French historian * Jacques du Tillet (1857–1942), French author and critic * Jean du Tillet (died 1570), French Catholic bishop *

Salamishah Tillet Salamishah Margaret Tillet (born August 25, 1975) is an American scholar, writer, and feminist activist. She is the Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing at Rutgers University–Newark, where she also directs ...

(born 1975), American scholar, activist, social critic, and media personality {{surname French-language surnames