Proffitt is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *

Cy Proffitt Searle Truman "Cy" Proffitt (October 26, 1911 – February 13, 1996) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Indianapolis Kautskys in the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League and averaged ...

(1911–1996), American basketball player *

Ethel Maude Proffitt Stephenson Ethel Maude Proffitt Stephenson (née Ethel Maude Proffitt) 1895–1982 was an American lawyer who practiced in Okemah and Tulsa specialising in the field of Native American civil rights. She was a senior member of the Oklahoma Bar Associati ...

(née Ethel Maude Proffitt) (1895—1982), American lawyer *

Frank Proffitt Frank Noah Proffitt (June 1, 1913 – November 24, 1965) was an Appalachian old time banjoist who preserved the song " Tom Dooley" in the form we know it today and was a key figure in inspiring musicians of the 1960s and 1970s to play the trad ...

(1913–1965), Appalachian old-time banjoist and performer *

Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt (born 1951) was an American non-career appointee who served as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Malta from 1998 until 2001. Early life and education Proffitt attended Portland State University ...

(born 1951), American diplomat *

Michael Proffitt Michael Proffitt is the eighth chief editor for the Oxford English Dictionary. Brought up in Edinburgh, Proffitt attended the University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxfor ...

, Scottish chief editor for the Oxford English Dictionary *

Morgan Proffitt Morgan Elizabeth Proffitt (born August 22, 1994) is a former American soccer player who lastly played for Reign FC in the NWSL. She previously played for SK Slavia Praha in the Czech First Division and the Washington Spirit and Chicago Red St ...

(born 1994), American soccer player *

Paine Proffitt Paine Proffitt (born 1972 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American-born artist living in England, best known for his sporting works and for his depiction of the "working man's life".Kerryanne Clancy, ''The Sentinel'', 26/09/2009, "Pleasure and Paine bot ...

(born 1972), American-born artist living in England *

Shane Profitt Shane Profitt (born January 17, 2000) is an American country music singer. He made his debut in 2022 with the single "How It Oughta Be". Biography Shane Profitt was born in Columbia, Tennessee. Profitt began playing guitar in 2018 when his grand ...

, American musician *

Stanley Proffitt Stanley Proffitt (8 October 1910 – 3 January 1999) was an English cricketer. Proffitt was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Oldham, Lancashire. Despite being born in Lancashire, it was for Essex th ...

(1910–1999), English cricketer *

Steve Proffitt Steve Proffitt is an American radio journalist who is the former Senior Producer for the NPR newsmagazine, Day to Day. Proffitt began his public broadcasting career at KERA in Dallas. He joined NPR in 1980 and served as an editor and producer. It ...

, American radio journalist *

Tommy Proffitt Thomas Proffitt (13 July 1927 – 23 March 2023) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, wer ...

(1927–2023), British boxer

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Proffitt's Proffitt's was a department store chain based in Alcoa, Tennessee. The chain was founded in 1919 by David W. Proffitt and James Ellis. In 2006, the Proffitt's and McRae's stores were converted into Belk after Belk had acquired the two chains in ...

, an American department store chain based in Alcoa, Tennessee, from 1919 to 2006 * Thacher Proffitt & Wood, an American law firm headquartered in New York City from 1848 to 2008

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