Mort is both a

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and

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. Mort is a

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in the

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, traditionally found in

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, especially

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. It is also found in the counties of

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in South Wales, but is also found in many areas of the

. The surname is also found in other countries from

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. Mort is also a variant of the surname Morton. Mort is a common

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variant of Morton or

Mortimer Mortimer is an English surname. Norman origins The surname Mortimer has a Norman origin, deriving from the village of Mortemer, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. A Norman castle existed at Mortemer from an early point; one 11th century figure associ ...

, particularly in the United States. Mort may refer to:

Surname

* Jonathan Mort, Colombian - American actor and former teacher and politician * Chris Mort, English lawyer and former chairman of Newcastle United Football Club *

David Mort David Llewellyn Mort (25 March 1888 – 1 January 1963) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, he left school aged thirteen when his father died. After initially working in an outfitters shop, he subsequently ...

(1888–1963), British politician * Graham Mort, British writer, editor and tutor * Greg Mort (born 1952), American painter *

Helen Mort Helen Mort (born 28 September 1985, Sheffield) is a British poet and novelist. She is a five-time winner of the Foyle Young Poets award, received an Eric Gregory Award from The Society of Authors in 2007, and won the Manchester Poetry Prize Yo ...

(born 1985), British poet *

Henry Mort Henry Mort (23 December 1818 – 6 September 1900) was a pastoralist, businessman, and politician in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and a Member of the New South Wales Le ...

(1818–1900), pastoralist, businessman and politician in what is now Australia * Ian Mort (1937–1996), Australian rules footballer * John Mort (1915–1997), Anglican bishop * Ray Mort (1926–1994), English actor * Thomas Mort (1897–1967), English footballer *

Thomas Sutcliffe Mort Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (23 December 18169 May 1878) was an Australian industrialist who improved the refrigeration of meat. He was renowned for speculation in the local sheep, pastoral industry as well as industrial activities such as his Ice-W ...

(1816–1878), Australian industrialist * Valzhyna Mort (born Valhyna Martynava in 1981), Belarusian poet

Given name or nickname

Mort Abrahams Mort Abrahams (26 March 1916 – 28 May 2009) was an American film and television producer. Among his credits are nine episodes of spy series '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' and, as associate producer, the films '' Doctor Dolittle'', ''Planet of th ...

(1916–2009), American film and television producer *

Mort Castle Mort Castle (born 1946) is an American horror fiction, horror author with more than 500 short stories and 17 books to his credit, including ''Cursed Be the Child'' (Leisure Books, 1994) and ''The Strangers''. Castle's first novel was published i ...

(born 1946), American horror author and writing teacher * Morton

Mort Cooper Morton Cecil Cooper (March 2, 1913 – November 17, 1958) was an American baseball pitcher who played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played from 1938 to 1949 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants, and ...

(1913–1958), American Major League Baseball pitcher *

Mort Crim Mort Crim (born July 31, 1935) is an author and retired broadcast journalist. Crim joined Channel 4 (WWJ-TV, soon to be named WDIV-TV) in Detroit in 1978. Crim stayed with the station 19 years before retiring from anchoring TV newscasts in 1997. P ...

(born 1935), American author and former broadcast journalist *

Mort Dixon Mort Dixon (March 20, 1892 – March 23, 1956) was an American lyricist. Biography Born in New York City, United States, Dixon began writing songs in the early 1920s, and was active into the 1930s. He achieved success with his first published e ...

(1892–1956), American lyricist *

Mort Drucker Morris "Mort" Drucker (March 22, 1929 – April 9, 2020) was an American caricaturist and comics artist best known as a contributor for over five decades in ''Mad (magazine), Mad'', where he specialized in satires on the leading feature film ...

1929–2020), American caricaturist and comics artist best known for his work in ''Mad'' magazine * Morton

Mort Garson Morton Sanford Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008) was a Canadian composer, arranger, songwriter, and pioneer of electronic music. He is best known for his albums in the 1960s and 1970s, such as '' Mother Earth's Plantasia'' (1976). He also ...

(1924–2008), Canadian-born composer, arranger, songwriter and pioneer of electronic music * Mort Gerberg (born 1931), American cartoonist and author *

Morton Horwitz Morton J. Horwitz (born 1938) is an American legal historian and law professor at Harvard Law School. The recent past dean of Harvard Law School, Elena Kagan, relates that during her time at law school, students often nicknamed him as "Mort the T ...

(born 1938), American legal historian and Harvard law professor nicknamed "Mort the Tort" * Morton

Mort Kaer Morton Armour Kaer (September 7, 1903 – January 11, 1992), nicknamed "Devil May", was an American athlete in track and an All-American collegiate and professional football player. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and died in Mount Shasta, Cal ...

(1902–1992), American football player and pentathlete * Mort Kondracke (born 1939), American political commentator and journalist *

Mort Künstler Morton Künstler (August 28, 1927 – February 2, 2025) was an American artist known for his illustrative paintings of historical events, especially of the American Civil War. He was a child prodigy, who, with encouragement from his parents, bec ...

(1927–2025), American painter * Mort Landsberg (1919–1970), American NFL player * Mortimer

Mort Leav Mortimer Leav (July 9, 1916 – September 21, 2005)Mortimer Leav

Mort Lindsey Mort Lindsey (born Morton Lippman; March 21, 1923 – May 4, 2012) was an orchestrator, composer, pianist, conductor and musical director for Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Pat Boone, Jack Narz, and Merv Griffin. Early life Mort Lippman was bor ...

(1923–2012), American orchestrator, composer, pianist, conductor and musical director * Morton

Mort Meskin Morton Meskin (May 30, 1916 – March 29, 1995)Social Security Death Index, SS# 071-16-1099. was an American comic book artist best known for his work in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books, well into the late-1950s and 1960s Silver Age. Early li ...

(1916–1995), American comic book artist *

Mort Mills Mort Mills (born Mortimer Morris Kaplan; January 11, 1919 – June 6, 1993) was an American film and television actor who had roles in over 150 movies and television episodes. He was often the town lawman or the local bad guy in many popular w ...

(1919–1993), American actor born Mortimer Morris Kaplan *

Mort Nathan Mort Nathan is an American television producer, screenwriter and film director. He was one of the co-producers and head writers of the comedy show ''The Golden Girls''. Nathan won two Emmy awards, two Golden Globes, and a Writers Guild of America ...

, American television producer, screenwriter and film director best known for his work on ''The Golden Girls'' *

Mort O'Shea Morty O'Shea (13 January 1882 – 19 August 1970) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a full-back for the Cork senior team. O'Shea made his first appearance for the team during the 1910 championship and was a regular member of the st ...

(1882–1970), Irish Gaelic footballer * Mort Rosenblum (born 1944), American author, editor and journalist * Morton

Mort Sahl Morton Lyon Sahl (May 11, 1927 – October 26, 2021) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, and social Satire, satirist, considered the first modern comedian. He pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current e ...

(1927–2021), Canadian-born American comedian and social satirist * Morton

Mort Schell Morton William "Mort" Schell (born 13 July 1943) is an Australian former politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 1986 and 1989, representing the seat of Mount Marshall. Born in Goo ...

(born 1943), Australian former politician *

Mort Shuman Mortimer Shuman (12 November 1938 – 2 November 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including " Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as ...

(1938–1991), American singer, pianist and songwriter *

Mort Todd Mort Todd (born Michael Delle-Femine, November 9, 1961) is an American writer and media entrepreneur, best known as an editor-in-chief of '' Cracked'' magazine, and later, Marvel Music. He is owner of Comicfix, a media company that has developed ...

(born 1961), American writer and media entrepreneur, best known as an editor-in-chief of ''Cracked'' magazine * Addison Morton

Mort Walker Addison Morton Walker (September 3, 1923 – January 27, 2018) was an American comic strip writer, best known for creating the newspaper comic strips ''Beetle Bailey'' in 1950 and ''Hi and Lois'' in 1954. He signed Addison to some of his strips. ...

(1923–2018), American comic strip artist (''Beetle Bailey'', ''Hi and Lois'') * Mortimer

Mort Weisinger Mortimer Weisinger (; April 25, 1915 – May 7, 1978) was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' ''Superman'' during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books. He also co-created such features ...

(1915–1978), American magazine and comic book editor

Fictional characters

Mort ''Mort'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987, it is the fourth '' Discworld'' novel and the first to focus on the character Death, who only appeared as a side character in the previous novels. The title is the ...

, in the animated films ''

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'', '' Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa'' and '' Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'' * Morton "Mort" Rainey, the main character of the 1990 short story '' Secret Window, Secret Garden'' by

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...

, and the 2004

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* Mort, in the Spanish comics series ''

Mort & Phil ''Mort & Phil'' () is a Spanish comic series, published in more than two dozen languages. It appeared for the first time in 1958 in the children's comic-book magazine drawn by Francisco Ibáñez. The series features Mort (), the tall, bald m ...

'' * Mort, a pelican in the American animated television series

Camp Lazlo ''Camp Lazlo'' is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Cartoon Network. The series follows Lazlo, an anthropomorphic spider monkey who goes to a camp called "Camp Kidney", a Boy Scout–like summer camp in the Pim ...

* Mort, the main character of the Discworld novel ''

'' * Mort Cinder, title character of the

Mort Cinder ''Mort Cinder'' is an Argentina, Argentine comic book horror (genre), horror-science fiction series featuring an eponymous character, created in 1962 by writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld and artist Alberto Breccia. It is widely considered as one o ...

Argentine comic book series *

Mort Goldman ''Family Guy (franchise), Family Guy'' is an American animated comedy multimedia franchise originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company, primarily based on the animated series ''Family Guy'' (1999–present ...

, in the animated television show ''Family Guy'' * Mort Metzger, the sheriff in the television series ''Murder, She Wrote'' * the title character of the video game ''

Mort the Chicken ''Mort the Chicken'' is a platform video game developed by American studio AndNow and published by Crave Entertainment for the PlayStation. Ubi Soft co-published the game in Europe. Plot In a universe where chickens are the dominant species, Mo ...

'' * Mort Pig, in the ''U.S. Acres'' segments on ''

Garfield and Friends ''Garfield and Friends'' is an American animated television series based on the comic strip '' Garfield'' by Jim Davis. The show aired on CBS as part of its Saturday morning children's lineup from September 17, 1988, to December 10, 1994. Th ...

'' * Uncle Mort, a character in the comic writings of

Peter Tinniswood Peter Tinniswood (21 December 1936 – 9 January 2003) was an English radio and TV comedy scriptwriter, and author of a series of popular novels. He was born in Liverpool, but grew up above a dry cleaner's on Eastway in Sale, Cheshire. Early c ...

Morty Smith Mortimer Chauncey "Morty" Smith Sr. is one of the Title character, eponymous Character (arts), characters from the American animated television series ''Rick and Morty''. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, and voiced by the former for the ...

, of the animated television show ''

Rick and Morty ''Rick and Morty'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated science fiction Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadvent ...

'' *Mort, mortician and friend of

Bob Belcher Robert "Bob" Belcher Jr. is the main protagonist of the adult-animated sitcom ''Bob's Burgers'' created by Loren Bouchard for Fox. He is the often stressed, anxious patriarch of the Belcher family and owner of his restaurant Bob's Burgers. He is ...

in animated television series

Bob's Burgers ''Bob's Burgers'' is an American animated sitcom created by Loren Bouchard for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is centered on the Belcher family—parents Bob Belcher, Bob and Linda Belcher, Linda and their three children, Tina Belcher, Tina, G ...

* Mort, magical door knocker in Sarah J Maas' ''

Throne of Glass ''Throne of Glass'' is a high fantasy novel series by American author Sarah J. Maas, beginning with the entry of the same name, released on August 2, 2012. The story follows the journey of Celaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin in a corrupt kin ...

'' * Death (DC Comics) - Also known as Madame Mort * Mort Cattle, the maternal grandfather of Bluey and Bingo in '' Bluey''.

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