Pickett is an English surname. It is a variant form of Pigott. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adarius Pickett Adarius Pickett (born September 5, 1996) is an American professional football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at UCLA. Early life His father Antoine Pickett, played mino ...

(born 1996), American football player * Albert J. Pickett (1810–1858), American historian * Allison Deforest Pickett (1900–1991), Canadian entomologist * Allistair Pickett (born 1973), Australian rules footballer *

Bill Pickett Willie M. Pickett (December 5, 1870 – April 2, 1932) was an African American cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor. In 1972, he was the first African American man inducted into the National Rodeo Hall of Fame. In 1989, Pickett was inducted int ...

(1870–1932), American cowboy and rodeo performer * Bob Pickett (American football) (1932–2010), American football player *

Bobby Pickett Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938April 25, 2007), better known as Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 smash hit novelty song "Monster Mash". Born i ...

(1938–2007), American singer *

Brad Pickett Brad Pickett (born 24 September 1978) is an English former mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British Featherweight Champion. He competed as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship; Dana White stated that Pickett was ...

(born 1978), British mixed martial arts fighter *

Byron Pickett Byron Pickett (born 11 August 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club, Port Adelaide Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was ...

(born 1977), Australian rules footballer * Carroll Pickett (1933–2022), American Presbyterian minister * Carson Pickett (born 1993), American women's soccer player * Charles E. Pickett (1866–1930), American politician from Iowa *

Cindy Pickett Cindy Pickett (born April 18, 1947) is an American actress. She is known for her 1970s role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap ''Guiding Light'' and Dr. Carol Novino on the television drama ''St. Elsewhere'' in the 1980s. Pickett, however, ...

(born 1947), American actress * Cody Pickett (born 1980), Canadian football player * Cornelius A. Pickett (1902–1990), American politician and Mayor of Houston, Texas (1941–43) * Dan Pickett, (born 1968), American technology entrepreneur, private equity investor and philanthropist *

Dan Pickett (musician) James Founty (August 31, 1907 – August 16, 1967), better known as Dan Pickett, was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He recorded fourteen tracks for Gotham Records in 1949, several of which have b ...

(1907–1967), American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter *

DJ Pickett DJ Pickett is an American football cornerback for the LSU Tigers. Early life Pickett is from Zephyrhills, Florida. He has several relatives who have played football, and his father, cousin and uncle each played for Zephyrhills High School. His u ...

, American football player *

George Pickett George Edward Pickett (January 16,Military records cited by Eicher, p. 428, and Warner, p. 239, list January 28. The memorial that marks his gravesite in Hollywood Cemetery lists his birthday as January 25. Thclaims to have accessed the baptis ...

(1825–1875), United States Army officer and Confederate general * Harry Pickett (1862–1907), English cricketer * Hugh Pickett (1913–2006), Canadian impresario *

Jalen Pickett Jalen Pickett (born October 22, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Siena Saints men's basketball, Siena Saints and the Penn ...

(born 1999), American basketball player *

Janet Taylor Pickett Janet Taylor Pickett (born August 13, 1948) is an American artist. Pickett's mixed media works are inspired by her life experience as an African American woman. Early life and education Janet Taylor Pickett was born in 1948 in Ann Arbor, Michiga ...

(born 1948), American artist *

Jay Pickett Jay Harris Pickett (February 10, 1961 – July 30, 2021) was an American actor. Early life and education Pickett was born in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in Caldwell, Idaho. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in acting at Boise State U ...

(1961–2021), American actor *

Joe Pickett (politician) Joseph C. "Joe" Pickett (born December 6, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1995 until his resignation in January 2019. Pickett represented the 79th District, which enco ...

(born 1956), American politician from Texas *

John Pickett (disambiguation) John Pickett may refer to: *John Pickett (businessman) John Olen Pickett Jr. (born August 30, 1934) is an American businessman who was owner and Board Chairman of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League during their dynasty period i ...

, several people *

Joseph Pickett (painter) Joseph Pickett (1848–1918) was an American Naïve painter. Biography Pickett was born in 1848 in New Hope, Pennsylvania New Hope is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,612 a ...

(1848–1918), American painter *

Justin Pickett Justin Pickett is an actor best remembered for his role in the Channel 4 situation comedy ''Desmond's''. For six seasons he played the role of Sean Ambrose, son of the barber in whose eponymous shop the comedy is set, situated in the heart of Pec ...

, British actor *

Kenny Pickett Kenneth Shane Pickett (born June 6, 1998) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers football, Pittsbu ...

(born 1998), American football player *

Keri Pickett Keri Pickett (born 1959 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an American photographer, author and filmmaker. Pickett's work "pulls subjects from the edges of public awareness to the center of the frame". Pickett was first exposed to photography as ...

(born 1959), American photographer and filmmaker *

Lucy Weston Pickett Lucy Weston Pickett (January 19, 1904 – November 23, 1997) was a Mary Lyon Professor and Camille and Henry Dreyfus Chair in Chemistry at Mount Holyoke College. Her research on X-ray crystallography and ultraviolet absorption spectroscopy of ...

(1904–1997), American chemist and zoologist * Owen B. Pickett (1930–2010), American former politician from Virginia * Michael Pickett (musician), (born 1950), Canadian blues singer *

Phil Pickett Philip Stuart Pickett (born 19 November 1946) is an English songwriter, musician, vocal arranger, producer and artist manager. He is principally known as a songwriter and musician and for co-writing and recording "Karma Chameleon", one of the ...

(born 1948), English composer, musician and record producer *

Philip Pickett Philip Pickett (born 17 November 1950) is an English musician. Pickett was director of early music ensembles including the New London Consort, and taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He played recorders, shawms and similar in ...

(born 1950), English musician * Reg Pickett (1927–2012), English former professional footballer *

Rex Pickett Rex Pickett (born July 9, 1952) is an American novelist and filmmaker best known for his novel ''Sideways'', which was adapted into a 2004 movie of the same name directed by Alexander Payne. Career Education and early career Pickett was born ...

(born 1958), American writer * Ricky Pickett (born 1970), American baseball player * Ritchie Pickett (1955–2011), New Zealand singer/songwriter * Ryan Pickett (born 1979), American football player *

Ryan Pickett (filmmaker) Ryan Pickett is an American film director, writer & producer, and television actor. Ryan Pickett Productions In 2008, Ryan created Ryan Pickett Productions. He submitted a business plan for a feature film production company along with his first ...

, American filmmaker * Shane Pickett (1957–2010), Australian artist * Ted Pickett (1909–2009), Australian sportsman * Tim Pickett (born 1981), American basketball player * Tina Pickett (born 1943), American politician from Pennsylvania *

Tom Pickett (outlaw) Tom Pickett (1858 – May 14, 1934) was a 19th-century American cowboy, professional gambler and, as both a lawman and outlaw at various points in his life, was an associate of Dave Rudabaugh and later Billy the Kid. Biography Born in Clarksv ...

(1858–1934), American cowboy and professional gambler * Tom Pickett (1906–1980), American politician from Texas * Tony Pickett (born 1953), former Australian rules footballer * Vernon W. Pickett (1912–1944), United States Army officer * Victoria Pickett (born 1996), Canadian soccer player *

William Pickett (cricketer) William Pickett (1805 – 7 December 1849) was an English cricketer. Pickett's batting style is unknown. He was born at Streatham, Surrey. Pickett made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1828. He made sixteen further fir ...

(1805–1849), English cricketer * William Pickett (alderman) (died 1796), English goldsmith and local politician, Lord Mayor of London in 1789 *

William B. Pickett William Beatty Pickett (born March 12, 1940) is an American historian and professor emeritus at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is known as an authority on President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Indiana Senator Homer ...

(born 1940), American historian *

Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded more than 50 songs that made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the '' ...

(1941–2006), American rock and roll singer-songwriter

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