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surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alfred Nutt Alfred Trübner Nutt (22 November 1856 – 21 May 1910) was an English publisher, folklorist, and Arthurian and Celtic scholar. Born in 1856 into a literary family in London, he took over his late father's publishing business in 1878 after st ...

(1856–1910), British publisher *

Alfred Young Nutt Alfred Young Nutt, MVO, ISO (5 May 1847 – 25 July 1924) was an English architect and artist, who was Surveyor to the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor in the late 19th century. Early life Alfred Young Nutt was born in 1847 in t ...

(1847–1924), English architect and artist *

Commodore Nutt George Washington Morrison Nutt (April 1, 1848 – May 25, 1881), better known by his stage name Commodore Nutt, was an American Dwarfism#Classification, dwarf and an entertainer associated with P. T. Barnum. In 1861, Nutt was touring New Engla ...

(1844–1881), American dwarf who worked for

P. T. Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was ...

Danny Nutt Danny Nutt (born May 7, 1961) is a former college football assistant coach. He served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Player Development at Ole Miss during Houston Nutt's tenure as head coach. His last coaching position was with the Arkans ...

, American football coach *

David Nutt David John Nutt (born 16 April 1951) is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain and conditions such as addiction, anxiety, and sleep. He is the chairman of Drug Science, a non-profit ...

, British scientist ** David Nutt (disambiguation); multiple people *

Dennis Nutt Dennis Clay Nutt (born March 25, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the head basketball coach at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Career Nutt was a and guard and played collegiately at Tex ...

, American basketball player *

Dickey Nutt David Albert "Dickey" Nutt (born June 13, 1959) is an American college basketball coach who is currently assistant to the head coach and senior advisor for the University of Missouri men's basketball team. His most recent head coaching position w ...

, American basketball coach * Edwin C. Nutt (1868–1933), American farmer and politician * Elizabeth and John Nutt, English printers (fl. early 18th c.) * Eliza Hall Nutt, American philanthropist and schoolteacher *

Emma Nutt Emma Nutt (July 1860 – 1915) became the world's first female telephone operator on September 1, 1878, when she started working for the Edwin Holmes Telephone Despatch Company (or the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company) in Boston, Massachus ...

, first female telephone switchboard operator *

Gordon Nutt Gordon Nutt (8 November 1932 – 25 February 2014) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. Nutt played in the Football League for Coventry City, Cardiff City, Arsenal and Southend United, in the Netherlands for PSV Eindh ...

(1932–2014), English footballer *

Grady Nutt Grady Lee Nutt (September 2, 1934 – November 23, 1982) was a Southern Baptist minister, humorist, television personality, and author. His humor revolved around rural Southern Protestantism and earned him the title of "The Prime Minister of H ...

, American writer *

Houston Nutt Houston Dale Nutt Jr. (born October 14, 1957) is an American former college football coach and player. He formerly worked for CBS Sports as a college football studio analyst. Previously, he served as the head football coach at Murray State Univer ...

, American football coach *

Jim Nutt James T. Nutt (born November 28, 1938) is an American artist who was a founding member of the Chicago surrealist art movement known as the Chicago Imagists, or the Hairy Who. Though his work is inspired by the same pop culture that inspired ...

, American artist *

John Nutt John Nutt (before 1600 – after 1632) was an English pirate. He was one of the more notorious brigands of his time, raiding the coast of southern Canada and western England for over three years before his capture by Sir John Eliot in 1623. Hi ...

, English pirate **

John Nutt (disambiguation) John Nutt was a 17th-century English pirate. John Nutt may also refer to: * John Nutt (politician) (1605–1668), English Member of Parliament * John Nutt (printer) (died 1716), English printer and bookseller See also *Nutt Nutt is an English la ...

; multiple people * Levi G. Nutt (1866–1938), American Treasury Department agent *

Mart Nutt Mart Nutt (21 March 1962 – 2 June 2019) was an Estonian politician and historian, member of the XIV Riigikogu since he was elected in the 2019 Estonian parliamentary election. Education In 1980, Nutt graduated from Tallinn Nõmme Gymnasium and ...

(1962–2019), Estonian politician and historian *

Roy Nutt Roy Nutt (October 20, 1930 – June 14, 1990) was an American businessman and computer pioneer. He was a co-creator of Fortran As corrected June 22, 1990. and co-founded Computer Sciences Corporation. Fortran Born in Marlborough, Massachuset ...

, American businessman *

Samantha Nutt Samantha Joan Nutt (born October 1969) is a Canadian physician and philanthropist who is the founder and president of War Child Canada. She has more than sixteen years of experience working in war zones. Her 2011 book ''Damned Nations: Greed, Gu ...

, Canadian co-founder of War Child Canada *

William Nutt William Nutt (August 5, 1836 – August 30, 1909) was a colonel in the American Civil War, a representative to the Massachusetts General Court from 1871 to 1872 and again in 1901, he was also the chairman of the board of the Natick Five Cents Sav ...

(1836–1909), American Civil War colonel