Pruitt is a surname of English origin. Notable people with that name include:

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Anna Seward Pruitt Anna (Seward) Pruitt (1862–1948), was a Protestant Christians, Christian missionary in Northern China. She belonged to the so-called "missionary generation" of Americans born between the years 1860-1885. She was born in Tallmadge, Ohio, Tallmad ...

(1862–1948), American missionary to China; mother of Ida *

Austin Pruitt Austin Daniel Pruitt (born August 31, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, and Texas Rangers (baseba ...

(born 1989), American baseball player *

Charles Pruitt Charles W. Pruitt (May 28, 1930 – August 5, 1985) was an American politician and Tennessee State Representative from Nashville, representing the 58th district from 1970 until 1985. Pruitt was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama and moved to ...

(1930–1985), American politician * Cicero Washington Pruitt (1857–1946), American missionary to China; father of Ida * Dillard Pruitt (born 1961), American golfer * Elinore Pruitt Stewart, (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoirist * Ervin Pruitt, (born 1940), American stock car racer * Etric Pruitt (born 1981), American football player * Evelyn Pruitt (1918–2000), American geographer *

Gabe Pruitt Gabriel Michael Pruitt (born April 19, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He played two seasons for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning an NBA championship with the team in 2008. He a ...

(born 1986), American basketball player *

Greg Pruitt Gregory Donald Pruitt (born August 18, 1951) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) from 1973 through 1984. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. Pruitt was ...

(born 1951), American football player *

Ida Pruitt Ida C. Pruitt (1888–1985) was a China-born American social worker, author, speaker, interpreter and activist in Sino-American understanding. Her biographer called her "China's American Daughter." In the 1920s and 1930s she supervised social wor ...

(1888–1985), American social worker, author, speaker, and interpreter * John H. Pruitt (1896–1918), American double Medal of Honor recipient *

Jonathan Pruitt Jonathan Neal Pruitt is a former academic researcher. He was an Associate Professor of behavioral ecology and Canada 150 Research Chair in Biological Dystopias at McMaster University. Pruitt's research focused primarily on animal personalities a ...

, Canadian arachnologist *

Jordan Pruitt Jordan Pruitt Fuente (''née'' Jordan Lynne Pruitt;Photos, Bio and News f ...

(born 1991), American pop singer *

Katie Pruitt Katherine Nicole Pruitt (born March 4, 1994) is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Her debut album, ''Expectations'', was released in 2020 by Rounder Records. Her second album, ''Mantras'', was released in 2024. Earl ...

(born 1994), American singer-songwriter *

Ken Pruitt Ken Pruitt (born January 24, 1957) is an American politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate. A Republican, he represented the 28th District from 2000 to 2009, which included portions of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach ...

(born 1957), American politician from Florida *

Mary Pruitt Mary Pruitt (February 3, 1934 – September 19, 2020) was an American politician and Tennessee State Representative from Nashville, representing the 58th district from 1985 to 2013. Biography Pruitt was born in Brentwood, Tennessee in 1934. A me ...

(1934–2020), American politician *

Mike Pruitt Michael L. Pruitt (born April 3, 1954) is an American former professional football player who was a fullback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1986. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (s ...

(born 1954), American football player * Millus and Myles Pruitt, American blues musicians in the 1920s *

MyCole Pruitt MyCole Pruitt (born March 24, 1992) is an American professional American football, football tight end. He played college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis football, Southern Illinois Salukis, where he was a two-time first-team NCAA Divi ...

, American football player *

Ron Pruitt Ronald Ralph Pruitt (born October 21, 1951) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers (1975), Cleveland Indians (1976–80 and 1981), Chicago White Sox (1980) a ...

(born 1951), American baseball player *

Scott Pruitt Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He served as the 14th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) f ...

(born 1968), American politician from Oklahoma *

Steven Pruitt Steven Pruitt ( ; born April 17, 1984), known online as Ser Amantio di Nicolao, is an American Wikipedia editor and administrator with the largest number of edits made to the English Wikipedia, at over 6 million, having made at least one ...

(born 1984), American Wikipedian *

Wendell O. Pruitt Wendell Oliver Pruitt (June 20, 1920 – April 15, 1945) was an American military pilot and Tuskegee Airman originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was killed during a training exercise in 1945.Willie Franklin Pruitt Willie Franklin Pruitt (sometimes misspelled "Pruit"; pen name, Aylmer Ney; January 11, 1865 – February 22, 1947) was an American activist and author. She was engaged in charitable and public enterprises. She was a member of the Texas board of ...

(1860–1947), American poet

Given name

Pruitt Taylor Vince Pruitt Taylor Vince (born July 5, 1960) is an American actor. Often classified as a character actor, he made his film debut with a supporting role in '' Angel Heart'' (1987). After supporting roles in the films ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), ' ...

(born 1960), American character actor

Other

Pruitt–Igoe The Wendell O. Pruitt Homes and William Igoe Apartments, known together as Pruitt–Igoe (), were joint urban housing projects first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The complex of 33 eleven-story high rises was design ...

, a former public housing complex in

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

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