Tillotson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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John Tillotson
John Tillotson (October 1630 – 22 November 1694) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694.
Curate and rector
Tillotson was the son of a Puritan clothier at Haughend, Sowerby, Yorkshire. Little is known of his early youth; he stu ...
(1630–1694), Archbishop of Canterbury
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Thomas Tillotson
Dr. Thomas Tillotson (May 5, 1832) was an American physician and politician.
Early life
Tillotson was born in the Province of Maryland around 1751 or 1752. He was the great great nephew of the Archbishop of Canterbury John Tillotson.
He receive ...
(1750–1832), American politician
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Robert L. Tillotson (1786–1878), American lawyer and politician
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Lee Stephen Tillotson
Lee Stephen Tillotson (December 8, 1874 – July 18, 1957) was a Vermont military officer and attorney who served as Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard.
Early life
Lee S. Tillotson was born on December 8, 1874, in Bakersfield, Ver ...
(1874–1957), American military officer
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Stephen Tillotson (1884–?), English footballer
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Roy Tillotson (1891–1962), American coach
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Neil Tillotson (1898–2001), American inventor
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Joseph Wirt Tillotson (1905–1959), American artist, also known by his
pulp artist name
Robert Fuqua
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Pete Tillotson (1936–2018), American basketball player
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Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson (April 20, 1938 – April 1, 2025) was an American singer-songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country, and adult contemporary ''Billboard'' charts, incl ...
(1938–2025), American singer and songwriter
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Thad Tillotson
Thaddeus Asa Tillotson, Jr. (December 20, 1940 – May 16, 2012) was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball pitcher. Listed at 6' 2", 195 lb., Tillotson batted and threw right handed. He was born in Merced, California.
Tillotson pla ...
(1940–2012), American baseball player
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Maurice Tillotson (1944), New Zealand footballer
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Giles Tillotson (1960), British historian
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Mary Tillotson (''
fl.
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'' 1970), American broadcast journalist and media lecturer
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Constance Tillotson (20st century), American actor and film director
Given name
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Tillotson Terrell Tillotson Terrell (born 1 May 1785 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut), was one of the first settlers of Ridgeville Township in what is now Lorain County, Ohio. He, along with several others, including his father and grandfather, traded their la ...
(1785-1838), American pioneer, one of the first twenty settlers of Ridgeville Township
Other uses
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Huston–Tillotson University
Huston–Tillotson University (HT) is a private historically black university in Austin, Texas, United States. Established in 1875, it was the first institution of higher learning in Austin. The university is affiliated with the United Methodis ...
, located in Austin, Texas, United States
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Tillotson Manufacturing Company Tillotson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* John Tillotson (1630–1694), Archbishop of Canterbury
* Thomas Tillotson (1750–1832), American politician
* Robert L. Tillotson (1786–1878), American law ...
, maker of
carburetor
A carburetor (also spelled carburettor or carburetter)
is a device used by a gasoline internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the Ventu ...
s and other similar parts
*Tillotson Avenue, a Street located in the
Eastchester section of the
Bronx
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