Watts is a

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, and may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Alaric Alexander Watts Alaric Alexander Watts (16 March 1797 – 5 April 1864) was a British poet and journalist, born in London. His life was dedicated to newspaper creation and editing, and he was seen as a conservative writer. It led him to bankruptcy, when a p ...

, British poet and journalist *

Caroline Watts Caroline Marsh Watts (1868–1919) was a British painter. She was born in Handsworth, now part of Birmingham, and died at Colehill in Dorset. Life Caroline Watts was the youngest child of Robert Watts. He manufactured buttons in Handsworth u ...

, British artist *

Danièle Watts Danièle Watts is an American actress, best known for her appearances in the television show '' Weeds'', and as a main cast member on the FX television series '' Partners''. Early life and education Danièle Watts was born in California. In m ...

, American actress * David G. Watts, British game designer *

George Frederic Watts George Frederic Watts (23 February 1817, in London – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. He said "I paint ideas, not things." Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical work ...

, British painter and sculptor *

Heather Watts Heather Watts (born Linda Heather Watts; September 27, 1953) is a ballet dancer, most known for her time with the New York City Ballet. Biography Born in Long Beach, California, her dream as a little girl was to be an actress. An acting coa ...

, American ballerina and dancer *

Jon Watts Jonathan Watts (born June 28, 1981) is an American filmmaker. His credits include directing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero films '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'', and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home''. He was ...

, American filmmaker * Julia Watts, American author *

Julie Watts Julie Watts (born 1950) is an Australian author and publisher. She won the Dromkeen Medal in 2001. Early life Watts was born in Guildford, Surrey, England. Her mother worked in a second-hand bookshop after Julie was born. Career Watts' firs ...

, Australian author and publisher *

, Australian poet, winner of the

Blake Poetry Prize The Blake Poetry Prize is an Australian poetry prize for a new work of 100 lines or less, focused on non-sectarian spiritual and religious topics, connected to the Blake Prize, an art prize. The prize, worth , is presented biennially by the Casul ...

in 2017 * Mary Stanbery Watts (born 1868), American novelist * Naomi Watts, British actress * Peter Watts (author), Canadian author and biologist *

Richard Watts, Jr. Richard Watts Jr. (1898–1981) was an American theatre critic. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Watts was educated at Columbia University. He began his writing career as the film critic for the '' New York Herald Tribune'' before assuming t ...

, American theater critic *

Robert Watts Robert Watts (born 23 May 1938)Adam Pirani, ''Robert Watts: Secrets of "The Temple of Doom"'', Starlog #94, April 1985, pp 23–26,62. is a British retired film producer who is best known for his involvement with the '' Star Wars'' and '' India ...

, British film producer *

Robert Watts (artist) Robert Marshall Watts (1923-1988) was an American artist best known for his work as a member of the international group of artists Fluxus. Born in Burlington, Iowa June 14, 1923, he became Professor of Art at Douglass College, Rutgers University ...

, American artist *

Rolonda Watts Rolonda Watts (born July 12, 1959) is an American actress, producer, and television and radio talk show host. She is best known for hosting the eponymous ''Rolonda'', an internationally syndicated talk show which aired from 1994 to 1997. Watts ...

, American actress and talk show host * Stanley J. Watts, American artist *

Theodore Watts-Dunton Theodore Watts-Dunton (12 October 1832 – 6 June 1914), from St Ives, Huntingdonshire, was an English poetry critic with major periodicals, and himself a poet. He is remembered particularly as the friend and minder of Algernon Charles Swinbu ...

, British poet and critic *

Tim Watts (filmmaker) Tim Watts is a British short filmmaker and animator, best known for his work on the Academy Award nominated '' The Big Story'' and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse for which he won an Annie Award. He is also known for his caricature work ...

, British filmmaker * Walter Henry Watts (17761842), British artist and journalist

Music

* André Watts, German-American pianist *

Charlie Watts Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 until his death in 2021. Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...

(1941–2021), British drummer of The Rolling Stones *

Clem Watts Albert J. Trace ''(aka'' Albert Joseph Trace; ''né'' Feinberg; 25 December 1900 – 31 August 1993) was an American songwriter and orchestra leader of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. His popularity peaked in the Chicago area during the height of th ...

, pseudonym of Al Trace, a prolific American songwriter and orchestra leader *

Elizabeth Watts Elizabeth Watts (born 1979) is an English operatic soprano. Watts was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School for Girls. She studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she stud ...

, British soprano *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

, American jazz musician * Helen Watts, Welsh singer * Isaac Watts (16741748), English hymn-writer, theologian, and logician * Ivo Watts-Russell, indie music entrepreneur * Jeff "Tain" Watts, American jazz drummer *

John Watts (composer) John Everett Watts, Jr. (1929–1982) was an American composer of electronic music throughout the 1970s and 1980s. One of the medium's main advocates and teachers, Watts wrote about new music, experimenting with literary composition and journali ...

Lou Watts Louise "Lou" Watts (born 4 June 1962) is a British musician, perhaps best known for her work as the lead singer of anarcho-punk and later folk band, Chumbawamba. Born in Burnley, Watts was introduced to the band by friend and member Alice Nutt ...

, British musician in the band Chumbawamba *

Lyndon Watts Lyndon Jeffrey Frank Watts (born 19 January 1976) is an Australian bassoonist. He is principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker and an academic teacher. Professional career Watts studied the bassoon from 1988 and completed his senio ...

, Australian bassoonist *

Nathan Watts Nathan or Natan may refer to: People *Nathan (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name *Nathan (surname) *Nathan (prophet), a person in the Hebrew Bible *Nathan (son of David), biblical figure, son of King David and ...

, American bass guitar player *

Pete Overend Watts Peter Overend Watts (13 May 1947 – 22 January 2017) was an English bass guitar player and founding member of the 1970s rock band Mott the Hoople. Early life Watts was born in Yardley, Birmingham, on 13 May 1947. He moved as a child to Worthin ...

(1947–2017), English rock bassist, founding member of Mott the Hoople * Raymond Watts, American musician and member of the band PIG *

Reggie Watts Reginald Lucien Frank Roger Watts (born March 23, 1972) is an American comedian, actor, beatboxer, and musician. His improvised musical sets are created using only his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Watts refers to himself as a "disinf ...

, American comedian and musician

Crime

* Christopher Lee Watts (born 1985), perpetrator of the

Watts family murders In the early hours of August 13, 2018, in Frederick, Colorado, American oil field operator Christopher Lee Watts (born May 16, 1985) murdered his pregnant wife Shanann (34) by strangulation, and their two children Bella (4) and Celeste (3) by s ...

(2018) *

Coral Eugene Watts Carl Eugene Watts (November 7, 1953 – September 21, 2007), also known by his nickname Coral, was an American serial killer dubbed "The Sunday Morning Slasher" who murdered numerous women and girls over an 8-year period. He is suspected of ...

(19532007), American murderer *

Joe Watts Joseph Watts (born 1942) also known as "The German" is an associate of the Gambino crime family. He was a close confidant of former boss John Gotti and participated in the infamous 1985 assassination of Paul "Big Paul" Castellano. Watts was not ...

, American mobster

Law

Richard C. Watts Richard Cannon Watts (1853-1930) was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. He was born on March 15, 1853. Following an amendment to the South Carolina Constitution, a fourth seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court was added, ...

(1853–1930), an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court *

Shirley M. Watts Shirley Marie Watts (born March 6, 1959) is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland. Since July 2013, she has served as a Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. Watts is the first African American woman ...

(born 1959), a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals

Military and naval

John Watts (sailor) USS ''Watts'' (DD-567) was a of the United States Navy. Namesake Little is known about John Watts other than that he was an American merchant captain at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth. Probably born about ...

(c. 1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia *

John Cliffe Watts John Cliffe Watts (7 May 1786 – 28 March 1873) was an Irish military officer and architect who designed some of the first permanent public buildings in the young British colony of New South Wales, and who also later became Postmaster Gener ...

(1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales *

John Watts de Peyster John Watts de Peyster, Sr. (March 9, 1821 – May 4, 1907) was an American author on the art of war, philanthropist, and the Adjutant General of New York.Allaben, p. 205 He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican–American War an ...

(1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard * John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer during the American Civil War * Philip Watts (naval architect), British naval architect

Politics

Alfred Watts (South Australian politician) Alfred Watts (1815 – 29 November 1884) was a businessman and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. Alfred Watts, cashier for the South Australian Company, left England on the ''Hartley'', arriving in South Australia i ...

(1815–1884), South Australian businessman and politician *

Alfred Watts (Western Australian politician) Alfred John Henry Watts (14 October 1873 – 3 August 1954) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1904 to 1905, representing the seat of Northam. Early life Watts was ...

(1873–1954), Australian politician *

Arthur Watts (politician) Arthur Frederick Watts CMG (26 May 1897 – 8 June 1970) was an Australian politician who served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1935 to 1962, including as leader of the opposition (from 1942 to 1947) and deputy premier (fro ...

(1897–1970), Australian politician *

David Watts (politician) David Leonard Watts, Baron Watts (born 26 August 1951) is a British politician and life peer who served in the Blair and Brown governments as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 2005 to 2010 and chaired the Parliamentary Labour Party as a ...

, British politician *

J.C. Watts Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician, clergyman, and athlete. Watts was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. He served in ...

, American politician * John Watts, postmaster of Oregon and disputed elector in the

1876 United States presidential election The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876, in which Republican nominee Rutherford B. Hayes faced Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. It was one of the most contentious ...

* John Watts (Cherokee chief) * John Watts (New York politician) (1749–1836), U.S. Representative from New York *

John Arthur Watts John Arthur Watts (19 April 1947 – 8 September 2016) was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1983 and 1997. After boundary changes in 1983, Watts defeated Joan Lestor, the former Labour ...

(1947–2016), British MP for Slough *

John C. Watts John Clarence Watts (July 9, 1902 – September 24, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools. He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law sc ...

(1902–1971), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * John Sebrie Watts (1816–1876), U.S. House Delegate from New Mexico Territory *

Lala Fay Watts Lala Fay Watts (1881–1971) was an American suffragette, temperance advocate, and labor activist. Born in Massachusetts, she spent most of her life in Texas where she led multiple organized reform efforts. She was Texas' first child welfare inspe ...

(1881–1971), American suffragette, temperance advocate, and labor activist *

Thomas H. Watts Thomas Hill Watts Sr. (January 3, 1819September 16, 1892) was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War. Early life Watts was born at Pine Flat in the Alabama Territory on January 3, 1819, the olde ...

, American politician, 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama

Science, medicine, and academia

* Becky Watts, British college student who was murdered by her family *

David P. Watts David Watts is a professor of anthropology at Yale University. As a physical anthropologist he has studied chimpanzees. He directed the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda founded by Dian Fossey for two years, and is doing research on chimpan ...

, American anthropologist *

Duncan J. Watts Duncan James Watts (born February 20, 1971) is a sociologist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He was formerly a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in New York City, and is known for his work on small-world networks. E ...

, American sociologist *

Frederick Watts Frederick Watts (May 9, 1801 – August 17, 1889), was an agricultural reformer, lawyer and businessman. He is termed the “Father of the Pennsylvania State University”. He headed the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Commissioner of Agricul ...

, the "Father of Penn State" * Henry Watts (disambiguation), multiple people *

James W. Watts James Winston Watts (January 19, 1904 – November 15, 1994) was an American neurosurgeon, born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute as well as the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Watts is note ...

, American neurosurgeon and early pioneer of lobotomy *

Michael Watts Michael J. Watts (born 1951 in England) is Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He retired in 2016. He is a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left. His first book, ''Silent Violence:F ...

, American geographer *

Ronald Lampman Watts Ronald Lampman Watts (March 10, 1929 − October 9, 2015) was a Canadian academic, who served as the 15th Principal and Vice-chancellor of Queen's University from 1974 until 1984. Born in Karuizawa, Japan to Canadian missionary parents. Educat ...

, Canadian academic *

Susan Watts Susan Janet Watts (born 13 July 1962) is a science journalist. She was science editor of the BBC's Newsnight programme, from January 1995 to November 2013. Education Watts was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Girls' School. She has a Ba ...

, British science journalist * Victor Watts (1938–2002), British toponymist, medievalist, translator, and academic

Sports

Armani Watts Armani Watts (born March 19, 1996) is an American football safety who is a free agent. He played college football at Texas A&M and was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Early years Watts attended and p ...

, American football player *

Armon Watts Armon Watts (born July 22, 1996) is an American football defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas. Professional career Minnesota Vikings Watts was selected by the ...

(born 1996), American football player * Bill Watts, American professional wrestler *

Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts (born November 11, 1949) is an American born middleweight boxer who fought primarily in the mid-1970s. Born in Sumter County, South Carolina in a small town named Rembert, Bobby Watts came to Philadelphia at age 10 and ...

, American boxer * Brandon Watts, American football player *

Darius Watts Darius Orlando Watts (born December 19, 1981) is a former NFL football player who was originally drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round (54th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft. In the NFL, Watts played for the Denver Broncos and New Y ...

, American football player *

Erik Watts Erik Watts (born December 19, 1967) is an American semi-retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling and the WWE, World Wrestling Federation in the 1990s. He is the ...

, American professional wrestler * Fergus Watts, Australian footballer *

Fraser Watts Fraser Watts (born 5 June 1979) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlton Cricket Club in Edinburgh. He demonstrated significant potential early on and when aged 16 won a sports schol ...

, Scottish cricketer * John Watts, Australian sportsman and broadcaster *

Johnny Watts (English footballer) John William Watts (13 April 1931 – March 2006) was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half. Watts was born in the Vauxhall district of Birmingham. He joined ...

, English football player for Birmingham City F.C. *

Quincy Watts Quincy D. Watts (born June 19, 1970) is an American former athlete, and two time gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Career Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California (USC) where he excelled ...

, American athlete * R. N. Watts, American college sports coach *

Rocket Watts Mark "Rocket" Watts Jr. (born June 1, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies of the Horizon League. He previously played for the Michigan State Spartans and Mississippi State Bulldogs. High school career W ...

(born 2000), American basketball player *

Slick Watts Donald Earl "Slick" Watts (born July 22, 1951) is an American former basketball player. He is perhaps most well known for being the first NBA player to lead the league in both assists and steals, in 1976. College "Slick" Watts originally attend ...

, American

streetball Streetball (or street basketball) is a variation of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules. As such, its format is more conducive to allowing players ...

player *

Stan Watts Stan or STAN may refer to: People * Stan (given name), a list of people with the given name ** Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy * Stan (surname), a Romanian surname * Stan! (born 1964), American author ...

, American basketball coach *

Vanessa Watts Vanessa Nakeita Watts (born 12 August 1987) is a Jamaican cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler. In 2014, she appeared in one One Day International and four Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket ...

, West Indian cricketer *

Wallace Watts Wallace Howard Watts (25 March 1870 – 29 April 1950) was an English-born international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport and international rugby for Wales. Watts was part of the 1893 Wales team which won the country's firs ...

, Wales rugby union international *

Wally Watts Walter Watts (17 June 1872 – 9 July 1946) was an Australian sportsman, best known as the oldest player to have played a senior game in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1872, Watts moved to Frema ...

, Australian footballer

Other

* Alan Watts, English philosopher *

Anthony Watts (blogger) Willard Anthony Watts (born 1958) is an American blogger who runs ''Watts Up With That?'', a popular climate change denial blog that opposes the scientific consensus on climate change. A former television meteorologist and current radio meteoro ...

, American blogger and former television weatherman *

C. C. Watts (pastor) Charles Cameron Watts (c. February 1895 – 13 March 1965) was an Australian Congregationalist pastor. History Watts was born in Elsternwick, Victoria, a son of C(harles) George Watts, and educated at Canterbury Grammar School, and began worki ...

Charles Cameron Watts (1895–1965), Australian Congregationalist pastor * Daniel Watts (disambiguation) *

Franklin Watts Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including '' The Book of Knowledge'' (1910), ''The New Book of Knowledge'' (1966), ''The New Book of Popular Science'' (1972), ''Encyclopedia Americana'' (1945), ''Acad ...

, an imprint of U.S. publisher Grolier *

Graham Clive Watts Graham Clive Watts Order of the British Empire, OBE Chartered Management Institute, MCMI Royal Society of Arts, FRSA Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, MRICS Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA Chartered Institution of Building S ...

, British construction administrator * Hugh Watts (bell-founder) (1582/3 – 1643), English bell-founder * John Watts of the Leake and Watt's Children's Home *

Philip Watts Sir Philip Beverley Watts (born 25 June 1945) is a former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell and a priest in the Church of England. Early life Watts was born on 25 June 1945 in Leicester and grew up in the Midlands where his ...

, British businessman * Richard Watts, British businessman and philanthropist *

William Watts (East India Company official) William Watts ( – 4 August 1764) was a British official with the East India Company. He was involved in the overthrow of the last independent ruler of Bengal, leading directly to the consolidation of Company rule in India and his own persona ...

of the British East India Company *