Scott is a masculine given name of Scottish origin. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
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Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the syndicated ''Dilbert'' comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. ''Dilbert'' gained natio ...
Scott Angelle
Scott Anthony Angelle (born November 20, 1961) is an American politician who is the former director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement in Washington, D.C. From 2013 to 2017, he was the District 2 member of the Louisiana P ...
, interim lieutenant governor of Louisiana
* Scott Antol (born 1971), American professional wrestler
* Scott Armstrong (wrestler) (born 1959), American wrestler and referee
* Scott Baio, American actor and television director
* Scott Bakula, American television actor
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Scott Barlow
Scott Barlow (born 23 July 1976) is an Australian businessman. He is the founder of STRADA Group and the Chairman of Sydney FC.
Property
In 2005, Barlow started property development and funds management firm STRADA. Based in Sydney, STRADA s ...
Scott Brison
Scott A. Brison (born May 10, 1967) is a Canadian former politician from Nova Scotia. Brison served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Kings-Hants from the 1997 federal election until July 2000, then from November 2000 to F ...
Scott Burns (disambiguation) Scott Burns may refer to:
*Scott Z. Burns (born 1962), American screenwriter, producer, and director
* Scott Burns (footballer) (born 1974), Australian rules footballer
* Scott Burns (geologist) (born 1940), American geologist at Portland State Un ...
, multiple people
* Scott Caan, American actor
* Scott Casey (born 1947), American retired professional wrestler
* Scott Cassell, American explorer and underwater filmmaker
* Scott Cassidy, American baseball player
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Scott Cawthon
Scott Braden Cawthon (born June 4, 1978) is an American former video game developer and Video game writing, writer. He came to prominence as the creator of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' media franchise, which began with the development of th ...
, American video game designer and animator
* Scott Coffey (born 1964), American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
* Scott Colton (born 1980), American wrestler
* Scott Coker (born 1962), American mixed martial artist
* Scott Cormode, American theologian
* Scott William Cox (born 1963), American suspected serial killer
* Scott Curtis (American football) (born 1964), American football player
* Scott Daly (born 1994), American football player
* Scott Deibert (born 1970), Canadian football player
* Scott Disick (born 1983), American media personality and socialite
* Scott Dixon, Indycar driver
* Scott Dyleski, American murderer
* Scott Eastwood (born 1986), American actor
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Scott Effross
Scott Benjamin-Morton Effross (born December 28, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for Indiana University. He was selected in the 15th round of t ...
(born 1993), American baseball pitcher
* Scott Elarton, retired American baseball player
* Scott Ellsworth (born 1927), American radio personality, news presenter, and actor
* Scott Emerson (baseball), American baseball coach
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Scott Fitterer
Scott Patrick Fitterer (born November 4, 1973) is an American football executive who is the general manager of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Fitterer began his executive career as a part-time scout with the New Yor ...
(born 1973), American football executive
* Scott Flemming (born 1958), American basketball coach
* Scott Flinders (born 1986), English professional footballer
* Scott Forstall, American software engineer
* Scott Frankel, American composer
* Scott Galloway (born 1995), Australian soccer player
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Scott Garson
Scott Jon Garson (born April 24, 1976) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Santa Clara University.
Prior to that, Garson was an assistant men's basketball coach at UCLA and the University of Utah. From 2013 to 2 ...
(born 1976), American college basketball coach
* Scott Goldblatt, American swimmer
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Scott Griekspoor
Scott Griekspoor (born 10 January 1991) is a Dutch retired tennis player.
Griekspoor has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 205 achieved on 6 August 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 29 September 2014.
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, Dutch tennis player
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Scott Grimes
Scott Christopher Grimes (born July 9, 1971) is an American actor and singer. Some of his most prominent roles include appearances in the 1984 cult classic '' The Night They Saved Christmas'', '' ER'' as Dr. Archie Morris, '' Party of Five'' as W ...
(born 1971), American actor
* Scott Halberstadt (born 1976), American actor
* Scott Hall (1958–2022), American professional wrestler
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Scott Hanson
Scott Richard Hanson (born June 24, 1971) is an American television anchor and reporter for NFL Network. He has served as sports reporter and anchor for several regional stations and was hired by NFL Network in 2006. He is currently the host ...
(born 1971), host of NFL RedZone
* Scott Harding, Australian football player
* Scott Hartnell (born 1982), Canadian hockey player
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Scott Hastings (disambiguation) Scott Hastings may refer to:
* Scott Hastings (baseball) (1847–1907), American baseball player
* Scott Hastings (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player
* Scott Hastings (rugby union) (born 1964), Scottish rugby player
See also
*Hast ...
, multiple people
* Scott B. Hayashi (born 1953), American eleventh and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah
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Scott Helman
Scott Helman (born October 1, 1995) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto. He released his debut EP, ''Augusta'' in 2014 followed by ''Spotify Sessions'' in 2016 and ''Hang Ups'' in 2018. His album ''Hôtel de Ville'' was released in 201 ...
, Canadian singer-songwriter
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Scott Hileman
Scott Hileman is a retired American soccer goalkeeper who played professionally in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and the National Professional Soccer League. He played two games for the United States national futsal team at the 2004 FIFA ...
, retired American soccer player
* Scott Hilton (American football) (born 1954), American football player
* Scott Hilton (politician), member of the Georgia House of Representatives
* Scott Hoying, American singer-songwriter and actor
* Scott Huckabay, American musician
* Scott Innes, American voice actor, country music singer
* Scott Israel (born 1956/57), American Police Chief of Opa-locka, former Sheriff of Broward County
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Scott Jaffe
Scott Erik Jaffe (born April 29, 1969) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. Jaffe represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Jaffe attended the 1988 Olympic trials, swimming in a ...
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin ( 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Because of the fame achieved for his ragtime compositions, he was dubbed the "King of Ragtime." During his career, he wrote over 40 original ragtime pieces, one r ...
, American ragtime composer
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Scott Kashket
Scott Connor Kashket (born 25 February 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Gillingham. He has also played in his youth career for Spanish B side club Hércules, Wingate & Finchley, and Leyto ...
(born 1996), English striker for Wycombe Wanderers
* Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
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Scott Kay
Scott John David Kay (born 18 September 1989) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Trafford F.C. .
Career
Kay, a lifelong Manchester City fan, started career coming through the Manchester City youth system, failing to make ...
, English footballer
* Scott Kellar, American football player
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Scott Kelly (disambiguation) Scott Kelly may refer to:
* Scott Kelly (astronaut) (born 1964), American astronaut
* Scott Kelly (musician) (born 1967), American musician
* Scott Kelly (politician)
Sherrod Scott Kelly (September 20, 1927 – April 3, 2005) was an American pol ...
* Scott Kingery (born 1994), American baseball player
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Scott Koskie
Scott Koskie (born December 14, 1971) is a former volleyball player, who played as a setter for the Canada men's national volleyball team
The Canada men's national volleyball team represents Canada in international volleyball competitions. Th ...
, Canadian volleyball player
* Scott Kriens, American chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks
* Scott Kurtz, American cartoonist
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Scott Kyle
Scott James Kyle (born 27 June 1983), is a Scottish actor, best known for his roles as Ross in '' Outlander'', Clancy in ''The Angels' Share,'' and Corporal Stu Pearson in the film '' Kajaki: The True Story (Kilo Two Bravo).'' Kyle received the 2 ...
, Scottish actor
* Scott Laird (born 1988), English professional footballer
* Scott Levy (born 1964), American wrestler better known as Raven
* Scott Laughton, Canadian ice hockey player
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Scott Leitch
Donald Scott Leitch (born 6 October 1969) is a Scottish former football player and coach, who played as a midfielder. He played professionally for Dunfermline Athletic, Heart of Midlothian, Swindon Town and Motherwell, and managed Ross Count ...
, Scottish football player
* Scott Lipsky (born 1981), American tennis player
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Scott Lockwood
Scott Nelson Lockwood (born March 23, 1968) is a former professional American football running back who played two seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL) and three seasons in the Italian Football League (IF ...
, American football player
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Scott Machado
Michael Scott Machado (born June 8, 1990) is an American-Brazilian professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for Iona College and represents the Brazilian national basketball team.
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(born 1990), basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional competition in Israeli club basketball, making it Israel's primary basketball ...
Scott Menville
Scott David Menville (born February 12, 1971) is an American actor who is known for his voice work in animated films, television series and video games.
Life and career
Menville was born on February 12, 1971, to television animator and writer ...
Scott Mosher
Scott Mosher (born October 25, 1973 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former field hockey forward from Canada.
International senior competitions
* 1998 – World Hockey Cup, World Cup, Utrecht (8th)
* 1998 – Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lump ...
, Canadian field hockey player
* Scott Mosier, American film producer, editor and actor
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Scott Muirhead
Scott Muirhead (born 5 August 1984 in Paisley) is a Scottish professional footballer. He is currently retired, residing in Melbourne, Australia.
Career
Muirhead made his debut for Aberdeen as a substitute in a 1–1 draw with Dundee United in ...
Scott Mills
Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973) is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the '' Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2. Mills has also ...
, British DJ, TV presenter and actor
* Scott Nelson, New Zealand race walker
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Scott Neri
Scott Neri (born 1972 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican painter, illustrator, designer and short fiction writer. He was the founding member and director of the Guadalajara-based online community for artistTomarte and art director oEterUltra ...
, Mexican painter and poet
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Scott Neville
Scott Neville (born 11 January 1989) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Brisbane Roar in the A-League.
Personal life
Scott Neville is the son of former English Football League pro, Steve Neville. Steve Nev ...
, Australian soccer player
* Scott Niedermayer, American ice hockey player
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Scott Oberg
Scott Michael Oberg (born March 13, 1990) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He currently serves as a special assistant to baseball operations for the Colorado Rockies. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 5 seasons wit ...
, American baseball player
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Scott Orndoff
Scott Orndoff (born December 16, 1993) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Pittsburgh.
College career
In his career at Pittsburgh, Orndoff had 58 receptions for 897 yards with 13 touchdowns.
Professional c ...
, American football player
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Scott Owen
Scott may refer to:
Places Canada
* Scott, Quebec, municipality in the Nouvelle-Beauce regional municipality in Quebec
* Scott, Saskatchewan, a town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380
* Rural Municipality of Scott No. 98, Saska ...
, Australian musician, The Living End
* Scott Page, American musician
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Scott Palmer (American football)
Derrell Scott Palmer (born September 15, 1948) is a former American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons. He played college football at Texas.
Professional career
Palmer was selected by th ...
Scott Quessenberry
Scott Walker Quessenberry (born March 23, 1995) is an American football guard for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA.
Professional career
Los Angeles Chargers
Quessenberry was drafted ...
, American football player
* Scott Quigley (born 1992), English professional footballer
* Scott Rains (1956–2016), American travel writer, consultant, and advocate for disabled people
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Scott Ramsoomair
''VG Cats'' (short for ''Video Game Cats''"All About the Site" ''VG Cats''"Internet pro ...
, creator of ''VG Cats''
* Scott Radinsky (born 1968), American MLB player
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Scott Raynor
Scott William Raynor, Jr. (born May 23, 1978) is an American musician, best known as the original drummer of the rock band Blink-182. Born in Poway, California, Raynor first approached the drums in his preteens as a fan of Metallica. He joined ...
, drummer for the band Blink-182
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Scott Redl
Scott Redl (born July 19, 1961) is a former Canadian football offensive lineman who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was drafted by the Saskatchewan Rough ...
, Canadian football player
* Scott Rolen, American baseball player
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Scott Schenkel
Scott F. Schenkel is an American business executive. He was the interim CEO of eBay from September 2019 through April 2020. Prior to that, he was eBay's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Early life
Schenkel earned a bachelor's de ...
, American business executive, CEO of eBay
* Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
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Scott Schwedes
Scott Andrew Schwedes (born June 30, 1965) is a former American football wide receiver who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and San Diego Chargers. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the second roun ...
, American football player
* Scott Semptimphelter, American football player
* Scott Servais, American baseball manager and former player
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Scott Shleifer
Scott Louis Shleifer (born 1977) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager, and the co-founder of Tiger Global Management's private equity investing business. As of September 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$3.5 billion.
Early life
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(born 1977), American billionaire hedge fund manager
* Scott Simon (born 1961), American Republican member
* Scott Slutzker, American football player
* Scott Spann (swimmer), American swimmer
* Scott Speed, American NASCAR driver
* Scott Speedman (born 1975), British-Canadian actor
* Scott Stapp, American singer, songwriter, and founding member of the band Creed
* Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
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Scott Stevens
Ronald Scott Stevens (born April 1, 1964) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. As a defenseman, Stevens played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues and New Jersey ...
Scott Symons
Hugh Brennan Scott Symons (July 13, 1933 – February 23, 2009), known professionally as Scott Symons, was a Canadian writer.Scott Teems, American film director, screenwriter, and producer
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Scott Terry
Scott Ray Terry (born November 21, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during six seasons at the major league level for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals.
Terry grew up in Portland, Texas and idolized H ...
, American baseball player
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Scott Thompson (disambiguation) Scot(t) Thompson may refer to:
Sportspeople
* Scott Thompson (footballer, born 1983), Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Adelaide
* Scott Thompson (footballer, born 1986), Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbo ...
Scott Tupper
Scott William Martin Tupper (born December 16, 1986) is a Canadian former male field hockey player who played as a defender.
Club career
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Tupper first started playing with the Vancouver Hawks Field Hockey Club ...
, Canadian field hockey player
* Scott Unrein, American composer
* Scott Vallow, retired American soccer player
* Scott Van Pelt, American sportscaster
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Scott Walker (politician)
Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Walker was raised in Plainfield ...
, governor of Wisconsin
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Scott Walker (singer)
Noel Scott Engel (January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019), better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter, composer and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his u ...
, singer
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Scott L. Waugh
Scott L. Waugh (born April 27, 1948) is an American historian and academic administrator. He is professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he also serves as executive vice chancellor and provost. He was an earl ...
, American historian and academic administrator
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Scott Weiland
Scott Richard Weiland (; né Kline, October 27, 1967 – December 3, 2015) was an American singer and songwriter. During a career spanning three decades, Weiland was best known as the lead singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from ...
Scott Wood
Scott Douglas Wood II (born June 21, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for North Carolina State University.
College career
Wood came to NC State from Marion High School in Marion, Indiana. ...
Scott Woods
Scott Woods (born January 25, 1971) is an American author and poet from Columbus, Ohio
Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most pop ...
, American poet
* Scott Wozniak, American creator of ''Scott the Woz''
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Scott Zahra
Scott Zahra (born 7 June 1974) is a former Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s for the Gold Coast Chargers in the Australian National Rugby League competition.Scott Zakarin, American film producer
* Scott Zolak, American football broadcaster
* Scott Zwizanski, American cyclist
Fictional characters
* Scott Bardo, a character in the American web series '' Zombie College''
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Scott Bernard
'' Robotech'' is the American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: '' The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'', ''The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross'', and '' Genesis Climber MOSPEADA'', as a single TV series. The series is divide ...
in ''Robotech'' (TV series)
* Scott "Tracker" Cameron, in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
* Scott Drinkwell. fictional character from the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks''
* Scott Howard, the main character played by Michael J. Fox in 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy movie '' Teen Wolf''
* Scott Landon, a character in Lisey's Story
* Scott Lang, Marvel superhero who uses Pym Particles to become the Ant-Man
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Scott Pilgrim
''Scott Pilgrim'' is a series of graphic novels by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The series is about Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario, and plays bass in a band. He fa ...
, protagonist of an eponymous graphic novel series
* Scott Reed, a character in the Netflix series '' 13 Reasons Why''
* Scott Robinson, a character in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
* Scott Scanlon, a character in the American teen drama television series '' Beverly Hills 90210''
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Scott Sterling (fictional)
''Studio C '' is an American sketch comedy television show created by Matt Meese and Jared Shores. Produced by BYUtv, the show aims to be clean, family-oriented comedy for a national audience.
The show traces its roots to the Brigham Young Uni ...
, a football goalie appearing in sketch comedy
* Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops, member and leader of the Marvel Comics team, the ''X-Men''
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Scott Tenorman
''South Park'' is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around five children, Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCor ...