Pratt

Pratt is a surname, which may refer to:

Literature and the arts

• Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter), American singer-songwriter, the great-grandson of oil magnate Charles Pratt
• Awadagin Pratt (born 1966), American concert pianist
• Bela Pratt, American sculptor
• Christopher Pratt, Canadian artist
• Daniel Pratt, American industrialist
• Denis Charles Pratt, British civil servant and writer, commonly known as Quentin Crisp
• Dudley Pratt, American sculptor
• E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet
• Fletcher Pratt, historian and science fiction/fantasy author
• George Pratt (artist) (b. 1960), contemporary American painter and graphic novelist
• Hugo Pratt (1927–1995), Italian cartoonist
• Jane Pratt, American magazine editor
• Judson Pratt (1916-2002), American actor
• Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
• Kyla Pratt, American actress
• Mary Pratt, Canadian artist
• Mary Louise Pratt, American comparative literature professor and literary theorist
• Mike Pratt (actor) (1931-1976), British actor
• Lord Michael Pratt (1946-2007), British author
• Michael Pratt (songwriter), British songwriter
• Peter Pratt, British actor
• Phil Pratt, Jamaican musician
• Susan Pratt, American actress
• Susan May Pratt, American actress
• Theodore Pratt, American novelist
• Tim Pratt, American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet
• Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress
• William Henry Pratt, given name of actor Boris Karloff

Sports

• Al Pratt (baseball), American baseball player
• Andy Pratt (baseball), American baseball player
• Babe Pratt, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Betty Rosenquest Pratt, American tennis player
• Bob Pratt, Australian rules footballer
• David Pratt (Canadian broadcaster), Canadian sports radio personality and columnist
• David Pratt (cricketer), English cricketer
• David Pratt (Scottish footballer) (born 1896), Scottish football player and manager
• David Pratt (English footballer) (born 1987), English football player and alleged world record holder
• Gary Pratt, English cricketer
• John Pratt (footballer) (born 1948), English footballer
• John Pratt (cricketer) (1834–1886), English cricketer
• Larry Pratt (baseball), American baseball player in the 1910's
• Mike Pratt (basketball) (born 1948), American basketball player
• Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player
• Nolan Pratt, Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Todd Pratt, Major League Baseball catcher

Politics, law, religion, and industry

• Charles Pratt, American oilman and founder of the Pratt Institute
• Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden (1713-1794), British lawyer
• Daniel Pratt, American industrialist
• David Pratt (politician), Canadian politician
• David Pratt (assassin), attempted assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd
• Edmund T. Pratt, Jr., American CEO
• Enoch Pratt, American businessman
• Francis A. Pratt, American engineer, of the Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine company
• George C. Pratt (b. 1928), U.S. federal appellate judge
• George Dupont Pratt (1869–1935), environmentalist
• George Pratt, 2nd Marquess Camden (1799–1866), British peer and Tory politician
• Reverend George Pratt, missionary, author of the first Samoan language grammar and dictionary
• Hiram Pratt (1800 – 1840), American politician from Buffalo, New York
• Hodgson Pratt, British pacifist
• John Pratt (judge) (1657–1725), Lord Chief Justice of England and interim Chancellor of the Exchequer
• John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden (1759–1840), British politician
• John Pratt (Liberal politician) (1873–1952), Scottish Liberal politician
• John Pratt (Canadian politician) (1894–1973), Manitoban politician
• John H. Pratt (1910–1995), U.S. court of appeals judge
• John Henry Pratt (1809–1871), British clergyman and mathematician
• John Lee Pratt (1879–1975), American businessman who served on GM's Board of Directors
• John Teele Pratt (1873–1927), American corporate attorney, philanthropist, music impresario, and financier
• Joseph Marmaduke Pratt (1891–1946), American politician
• Larry Pratt, American lobbyist
• Louise Pratt, Australian politician
• Marvin Pratt, American politician
• Mike Pratt (Australian politician), Australian politician as the Member for Adelaide
• Orson Pratt, Latter-day Saint leader, brother to Parley P. Pratt
• Parley P. Pratt, Latter-day Saint leader and Mormon martyr, brother to Orson Pratt
• Renée Gill Pratt, New Orleans Councilmember
• Rey Pratt, Latter-day Saint leader in Mexico
• Richard Pratt (Australian businessman), Australian businessman
• Richard L. Pratt, Jr., American Calvinist theologian and author
• Robert and Henry Pratt, Canadian settlers
• Roger Pratt, English architect of the seventeenth century
• Sharon Pratt Kelly, American politician
• Thomas Pratt, American lawyer and politician
• Thomas Willis Pratt, engineer, and father Caleb, architect, American inventors of the Pratt truss bridge design
• Vaughan Pratt, computer scientist (co-creator of the Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm)
• Wallace Pratt, American geologist
• Zadock Pratt, US congressman and founder of Prattsville, New York

Military and police

• Don Pratt, American general, he was the highest ranking casualty of the battle on either side for the Normandy Landings.
• John Pratt (soldier) (1753–1824), United States Army officer
• Michael Kenneth Pratt, Australian policeman and recipient of the George Cross
• Richard Henry Pratt, American soldier and educator, founder of Carlisle Indian School
• William V. Pratt, American admiral

Other

• Daniel Pratt (eccentric), American eccentric
• John Pratt (Black Cattle), Chairman of The Welsh Black Cattle Society

Fictional characters

• Atom (Al Pratt), alter-ego of the comics character The Atom
• George Pratt, character in Philip Van Doren Stern's short story "The Greatest Gift"
• Greg Pratt, character from the TV series ER

See also

• Pratt Institute, New York School of Fine Arts

External links

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