Prescott may refer to:

People

Given name

Prescott E. Bloom Prescott Eller Bloom (June 18, 1942 – January 11, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Bloom received his bachelor's degree from Williams College. He went to the London School of Economics and then receive ...

, American lawyer and politician *

Prescott Bush Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the from 1952 of the Bush family, he was the father of former Vice President and Pre ...

, American banker and politician *

Samuel Prescott Bush Samuel Prescott Bush (October 4, 1863February 8, 1948) was an American businessman and industrialist. Bush was the patriarch of the Bush political family. He was the father of U.S. Senator Prescott Bush, the paternal grandfather of former U. ...

, American industrialist *

Prescott F. Hall Prescott Farnsworth Hall (27 September 1868 – 28 May 1921) was an American lawyer and author who championed nativism, eugenics and anti-immigration views. Career After preparation at G. W. Noble's School in Boston he entered Harvard, graduatin ...

, American lawyer, author and eugenicist *

Samuel Prescott Hildreth Samuel Prescott Hildreth (1783–1863) was a pioneer physician, scientist, and historian, authoring numerous scientific and historical works. His history books are largely based on first-person accounts and primary documents, providing insigh ...

, American physician, scientist and historian * James Prescott Joule, English physicist *

Prescott Metcalf Prescott Metcalf (January 25, 1813 – October 14, 1891) was a prominent businessman and the 8th mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania. He was one of the first Republican mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania, a post he held from 1862 to 1864. His children w ...

, American businessman and 8th mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania *

Prescott Niles Prescott Niles (born May 2, 1954) is an American rock bassist. He is best known as bassist with the Knack, who had a No. 1 US / No. 6 UK hit with "My Sharona". Since 2013 he has played bass with Mike Pinera's Classic Rock All-Stars and ...

, American rock bassist *

Prescott Townsend Prescott Townsend (June 24, 1894 – May 23, 1973) was an American cultural leader and gay rights activist, from the 1930s through the early 1970s. Early life He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the fourth child (third son) of Kate Wendell S ...

, American gay rights activist *

Prescott Wright Prescott J. Wright (May 8, 1935 in Bronx, New York – December 28, 2006 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) was best known as the longtime producer and film distributor of the annual touring programs of animated films from around the world known as the ...

, American animated film producer and distributor

Surname

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Prescott (surname) Prescott is a surname of England, English origin, a habitational name from any of the places so called, in southwestern Lancashire (now Merseyside), Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Devon, all of which are named from Old English ''preost ...

Places

Canada

* Prescott, Ontario *

Prescott Island Prescott Island is one of the uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in the territory of Nunavut. The island is situated in Peel Sound, between the Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island. Prescott Island is oval-shaped, and has an area of . ...

, Nunavut * Cape Prescott, Nunavut

England

Prescott, Gloucestershire Prescott is a settlement and civil parish in the Cotswolds within the English county of Gloucestershire. There are scattered farms and houses. There may once have been a settlement around the chapel. Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a motor sport eve ...

United States

* Prescott, Arizona * Prescott, Arkansas *

Prescott, Indiana Prescott is an unincorporated community in Shelby Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 St ...

Prescott, Iowa Prescott is a city in Prescott Township, Adams County, Iowa, United States. The population was 191 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Prescott is located at (41.022517, -94.612612). According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit ...

Prescott, Kansas Prescott is a city in Linn County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 207. History Prescott was laid out in 1870. It was named for C.H. Prescott, a railroad official. Geography Prescott is located at ...

* Prescott, Massachusetts * Prescott, Michigan * Prescott, Missouri * Prescott, Oregon * Prescott Township, Minnesota * Prescott, Washington * Prescott, Wisconsin

Other uses

* Prescott and Northwestern Railroad, in Arkansas, US * Prescott College, in Arizona, US * Prescott Group, a fictional company and its eponymous subsidiaries, created by Stephen Colbert *

Prescott Observatory Paul G. Comba (1926 – April 5, 2017) was an Italian-American computer scientist, an amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Tunisia to Italian parents in 1926, and moved to Italy at a young age. Admitte ...

, in Arizona, US *

Prescott Schools , motto_translation = Nothing Without God , principal = Peter Charleson , chaplain = , key_people = , location = Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia , country = Australia , enrolment = 191 , enrolment_as_of = 2008 , colours ...

, in Adelaide, Australia *

Prescott Speed Hillclimb Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a Hillclimbing, hillclimb in Gloucestershire, England. The course used for most events (the "Long Course") is in length, and the hill record is held by Wallace Menzies who took the outright hill record in a Gould GR ...

, a motorsport event in Gloucestershire, England * Prescott, the code name of a generation of Intel Pentium 4 processors