Truscott is a surname, and may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

* Harold Truscott (1914–1992), English composer * Mark Truscott (1970– ), poet

Bridge

Alan Truscott Alan Fraser Truscott (16 April 1925 – 4 September 2005) was a British-American bridge player, writer, and editor. He wrote the daily bridge column for ''The New York Times'' for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005, and served as Executive Editor for th ...

(1925–2005), bridge writer and player *

Dorothy Hayden Truscott Dorothy Hayden Truscott (November 3, 1925 – July 4, 2006) was an American bridge player, winner of four world championships and the top-ranked woman for many years. In the late 1960s, she authored two books on the game and later co-authored two ...

(1925–2006), bridge player and writer

Politics and diplomacy

Francis Wyatt Truscott Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (24 November 1824 – 3 March 1895) was Lord Mayor of London in 1879–80, a member of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, Worshipful Company of Stationers and the father of Sir George Wyatt Trus ...

(1824–1895), Lord Mayor of London *

Frank Truscott Frank F. Truscott (October 2, 1894 – December 1969) was an American attorney. He was an Attorney General of Pennsylvania and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. He was born to a wealthy horse breeding family and long considere ...

(1894–1969), Pennsylvania politician *

George Wyatt Truscott Sir George Wyatt Truscott, 1st Baronet (9 October 1857 – 16 April 1941)"Truscott, Sir George (Wyatt)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press. was a British businessman and Lord Mayor of London from 1908 to 1909. ...

(1857–1941), Lord Mayor of London * Neil Truscott (1923–2011), Australian diplomat *

Peter Truscott, Baron Truscott Peter Derek Truscott, Baron Truscott (born 20 March 1959) is a British petroleum and mining consultant, independent member of the House of Lords and writer. He was a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999 and was elev ...

(born 1959), British Labour politician

Sport

* Jacob Truscott (born 2002), American ice hockey player *

Keith Truscott Keith William "Bluey" Truscott, (17 May 1916 – 28 March 1943) was a World War II ace fighter pilot and Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club. After joining the Royal Australian Air Force in 1940, he became the second-h ...

(1916–1943), Royal Australian Air Force fighter ace and Australian rules footballer *

Paul Truscott Paul Truscott (born 1 May 1986) is a British professional boxer and former Commonwealth featherweight champion. Professional career Early career Truscott made his professional debut in June 2006 at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, with a w ...

(born 1986), English boxer *

Peter Truscott Peter Bennetts Truscott (born 14 August 1941) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played one Test against Pakistan in 1965. Cricket career Truscott was a right-handed batsman who had a brief first-class career, lasting just five years. He p ...

(born 1941), New Zealand cricketer *

William "Nipper" Truscott William John "Nipper" Truscott Jr. (9 October 1886 in Lithgow, New South Wales – 20 June 1966 in East Fremantle, Western Australia) was an Australian sportsman. He played over 300 games of Australian rules football for Mines Rovers in th ...

(1886–1966), Australian rules footballer

Other

Carl Truscott Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush, a position he held from 2004 to 2006. Educa ...

(1957– ), former law enforcement officer and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director *

Lucian Truscott General (United States), General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (9 January 1895 – 12 September 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer, who saw distinguished Active duty, active service during World War ...

(1895–1965), US Army general * Lucian K. Truscott IV (1947– ), novelist and journalist, grandson of the general *

Meta Truscott Meta Truscott (3 June 1917 – 27 November 2014) was an Australian List of diarists, diarist and Ashgrove, Queensland, Ashgrove historian. For over 80 years, she wrote a daily diary and collected scrapbooks, with pasted-in newspaper clippings an ...

(1917–2014), Australian diarist and Ashgrove historian *

Steven Truscott Steven Murray Truscott (born January 18, 1945) is a Canadian man who, at age fourteen, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1959 for the rape and murder of classmate Lynne Harper. Truscott had been the last known person to see her alive. He wa ...

(1945– ), Canadian originally convicted for murder, but acquitted 48 years later *

Tom Truscott Tom Truscott is an American computer scientist best known for creating Usenet with Jim Ellis, when both were graduate students at Duke University. He is also a member of ACM, IEEE, and Sigma Xi. One of his first endeavors into computers was wr ...

, computer scientist who created Usenet

Fictional characters

Inspector Truscott ''Loot'' is a two-act play by the English playwright Joe Orton. The play is a dark farce that satirises the Roman Catholic Church, social attitudes to death, and the integrity of the police force. ''Loot'' was Orton's third major production, fol ...

in the Joe Orton play ''Loot'' * Lilly Truscott in the TV series ''Hannah Montana'' *

Major Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott ''Fairly Secret Army'' is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'', the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very simil ...

in the TV series ''Fairly Secret Army''

Places

* Truscott, Cornwall, England, a hamlet * Truscott, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community * Mungalalu Truscott Airbase, Western Australia, known as Truscott Airfield during World War II * Truscott baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom {{surname