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surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Adam Foote Adam David Vernon Foote (born July 10, 1971) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was also the former head coach of the Kelowna Rocke ...

(born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player * Albert E. Foote (1846–1895) American mineralogist *

Alexander Foote Alexander Allan Foote (13 April 1905 – 1 August 1956) was a radio operator for a Soviet espionage ring in Switzerland during World War II. Foote was born in Liverpool and raised mostly in Yorkshire by his Scottish-born father and English mother. ...

(1905–1956) British-born Soviet agent *

Andrew Hull Foote Andrew Hull Foote (September 12, 1806 – June 26, 1863) was an American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war cam ...

(1806–1863), American naval officer, a Union admiral *

Arthur Foote Arthur William Foote (March 5, 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts – April 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American classical composer, and a member of the " Boston Six." The other five were George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward Ma ...

(1853–1937), American composer *

Arthur De Wint Foote Arthur De Wint Foote (1849–1933) was an American civil engineer and mining engineer who impacted the development of the American West with his innovative engineering works and entrepreneurial ventures. In Northern California in the late 1890s, ...

(1849–1933), American engineer

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Barry Foote Barry Clifton Foote (born February 16, 1952) is an American former professional baseball player, scout, coach, and minor league manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos (–), Philadelphia Phillies (1 ...

(born 1952), American baseball player

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Callan Foote Callan Hayden Foote (born December 13, 1998) is an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš of the Slovak Extraliga. He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Foote was se ...

(born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player * Christopher Spencer Foote (1935–2005), American chemist

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* Diane Foote (born 1954), New Zealand Olympic gymnast

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Edward Bliss Foote Edward Bliss Foote (February 20, 1829 – October 5, 1906) was an American medical doctor, writer, and advocate for birth control. Biography Edward Bliss Foote was born in Cleveland on February 20, 1829. In 1858, he published '' Medical Co ...

(1829–1906) American physicist * Elisha Foote (1809–1883), American judge, inventor, and mathematician * Elizabeth Erny Foote (born 1953), Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana since 2010 *

Eunice Newton Foote Eunice Newton Foote (July 17, 1819 – September 30, 1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist to identify the insulating effect of certain gases, and that therefore rising carbon ...

(1819–1888), American scientist, inventor and feminist

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* Francis Onslow Barrington Foote (1850–1911), British army officer and musician

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George William Foote George William Foote (11 January 1850 – 17 October 1915) was an English radical journalist, writer, editor, publisher, and prominent secularist. He was a leading advocate of freethought, founding and editing notable publications such as '' Th ...

(1850–1915), English radical journalist and secularist *

Georgia May Foote Georgia May Foote (born 11 February 1991) is an English actress and model. She is best known for playing Alison Simmons in the BBC school drama series ''Grange Hill'' from 2005 to 2008 and Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation St ...

(born 1991), English actress and model

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* Henry Bowreman Foote (1904–1993), British recipient of the Victoria Cross, Director of the Royal Armoured Corps * Henry S. Foote (1804–1880), US Senator and Governor of Mississippi (1852–1854) *

Hezekiah William Foote Hezekiah William Foote (a.k.a. Henry Foote) (1813–1899) was an American Confederate States Army, Confederate veteran, attorney, planter, slaveholder, and state politician from Mississippi. Early life Hezekiah William Foote was born on Dece ...

(1813–1899), American Confederate veteran, attorney, planter and state politician from Mississippi *

Huger Lee Foote Huger Lee Foote (April 24, 1854 – July 18, 1915) was an American planter and politician. He served in the Mississippi Senate. He later sold his plantations to pay for his gambling debts. Early life Huger Lee Foote was born on April 24, 1854, i ...

(1854–1915), American planter and state senator from Mississippi *

Horton Foote Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received Academy Awards for ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', which was adapted from the 1960 novel of the same name by Harper Lee, and the film, '' ...

(1916–2009), American author and playwright

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James Foote James Foote (1829 - 1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and a mayor of the Borough of Ipswich. Early life James Foote was born on 2 March 1829 in either Frampton Cotterell, G ...

(1829 - 1895), Australian politician *

Jeff Foote Jeffrey Bernard Foote (born July 14, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player. College career Foote began his college basketball career at St. Bonaventure University. He redshirted his freshman season before he transferred to C ...

(born 1987), American professional basketball player *

John Clarke Foote John Clarke Foote (1822–1895) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life John Clarke Foote was born on 10 July 1822 in Calne, Wiltshire, England, the son of Joseph Foote (a ha ...

(1822–1895), Australian politician * John J. Foote (1816–1905), New York politician *Reverend

John Weir Foote John Weir Foote, (May 5, 1904 – May 2, 1988) was a Canadian military chaplain and politician. He received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Dieppe Raid in 1942. Foote is the only Canadian chaplain to be awarded the Victoria C ...

(1904–1988), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War *

Judy Foote Judy May Foote ( Crowley; born June 23, 1952) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2018 to 2023. She was the first woman to hold the position. Prior to her appointment as ...

(born 1952), Canadian politician and 14th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador

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Kenneth Foote Kenneth Foote (born August 2, 1948) from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for ''contributions to quantification of underwater sound ...

(born 1948), American engineer

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Larry Foote Lawrence Edward Foote Jr. (born June 12, 1980) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the run game coordinator and outside linebackers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). H ...

(born 1980), American football player * L.B. Foote (1873–1957) Canadian photographer *

Lucinda Foote Lucinda Foote is best known for attempting to study at Yale College (now part of Yale University) in 1783, some 186 years prior to women being admitted. Her name was later used by protesters supporting the admission of women to the University in 19 ...

(1770/71–?), American teen who attempted to enroll at Yale College, but was rejected for her gender

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Mary Foote Mary Foote (November 25, 1872 – January 28, 1968) was an American painter and producer of notes of Carl Jung's seminars. As an artist, she lived and worked in New York's Washington Square Park, Washington Square, Paris and Peking. From 1928 ...

(1872–1968), American painter; Carl Jung associate *

Mary Hallock Foote Mary Hallock Foote (November 9, 1847 – June 25, 1938) was an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American Old West ...

(1847–1938), American writer and illustrator

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Nathaniel Foote Nathaniel Foote (21 September 1592 – 20 November 1644), was an early English immigrant and surveyor to Connecticut who was born in Colchester, England. He was part of the settlement party that founded Wethersfield, Connecticut, the oldest town i ...

(1592–1644), founder of Wethersfield, Connecticut

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* Percy Wright Foote (1879–1961), American naval officer

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Richard H. Foote Richard Herbert Foote (2 May 1918 – 9 February 2002) was an American entomologist who specialized in the taxonomy of fruit flies. The ''Handbook of the Fruit Flies of America North of Mexico'' published in 1993 was a major work. He was a promoter ...

(1918–2002), American entomologist *

Robert Bruce Foote Robert Bruce Foote (22 September 1834 – 29 December 1912) was a British geologist and archaeologist who conducted geological surveys of prehistoric locations in India for the Geological Survey of India. For his contributions to Indian archaeolo ...

(1834–1912), British geologist who is considered the "Father of Indian Prehistory"

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Samuel Foote Samuel Foote (January 1720 – 21 October 1777) was a Cornish dramatist, actor and Actor-manager, theatre manager. He was known for his comedic acting and writing, and for turning the loss of a leg in a riding accident in 1766 to comedic oppor ...

(1720–1777), Cornish dramatist and actor *

Selina Foote Selina Foote (born 1985) is a visual artist from New Zealand. Pieces by Foote are included in the collections of the Chartwell Trust and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Education Foote graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from Elam ...

, (born 1985), New Zealand visual artist *

Shelby Foote Shelby Dade Foote Jr. (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was an American writer, historian and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of ''The Civil War: A Narrative'', a three- ...

(1916–2005), American historian

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Thomas Foote Sir Thomas Foote, 1st Baronet (1598 – 12 October 1687) was a wealthy Citizen and grocer of London. He was Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1649. During the Protectorate he was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell in 1657, and af ...

(1598–1687), English grocer and baronet * Thomas M. Foote (1808–1858), American diplomat

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William Henry Foote William Henry Foote (December 20, 1794 – November 22, 1869) was an American Presbyterian minister in Virginia and North Carolina. He served as a Confederate States Army, Confederate chaplain during the American Civil War of 1861-1865. He wrote ...

(1794–1869), American Presbyterian minister in the Antebellum South {{surname English-language surnames