Mott is both an English surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

B

• Basil Mott (1859–1938), British civil engineer
• Bitsy Mott (1918–2001), American baseball player

C

• Charles James Mott (1880–1918), British baritone
• Charles Stewart Mott (1875–1973), American businessman
• Christopher Mott, American academic

D

• Dan Mott ( fl. 2000 – 2007), American actor
• Darren Mott, Baron Mott (born 1973), British politician

E

• Edward John Mott (1893–1967), British soldier
• Elias Bertram Mott (1897–1961), American politician

F

• Frank Luther Mott (1886–1964), American historian
• Frederick Walker Mott (1853–1926), British biochemist

G

• Gershom Mott (1822–1884), American army officer
• Gordon Newell Mott (1812–1887), American Congressman from Nevada

J

• James Mott (1788–1868), American Quaker leader, husband of Lucretia
• James Mott (New Jersey politician) (1739–1823), American Congressman from New Jersey
• James Wheaton Mott (1883–1945), American Congressman from Oregon
• Joe Mott (born 1956), American football player
• John De Mott (1790–1870), American Congressman from New York
• John Raleigh Mott (1865–1955), American YMCA leader
• Jordan Lawrence Mott (1799–c. 1870), American industrialist

L

• Lawrence Mott (1881–1931), American novelist, grandson of Jordan L. Mott Jr.
• Lewis Freeman Mott (1863–1941), American academic
• Lucretia Mott (1793–1880), American Quaker leader, wife of James
• Luiz Mott (born 1946), Brazilian civil rights activist
• Luther W. Mott (1874–1923), American Congressman from New York

M

• Marion Mott-McGrath (born 1940), Australian chess player
• Matthew Mott (born 1973), Australian cricketer
• Michael Mott (1930–2019), British-American author
• Mildred Mott Wedel (1912–1995), American scholar of Great Plains archaeology and ethnohistory
• Morris Mott (born 1946), Canadian ice hockey player

N

• Nevill Francis Mott (1905–1996), British physicist

P

• Peter De Mott (1947–2009), American peace activist

R

• Richard Mott (politician) (1804–1888), American Congressman from Ohio
• Ricky Mott (born 1981), Australian AFL footballer
• Rodney Mott ( fl. 1998 – 2007), American basketball referee
• Ruth Mott (1917–2012), British television cook
• Ryan Mott (born 2010), Australian NBL1 basketball player

S

• Stephen Charles Mott (born 1940), American academic
• Steve Mott (born 1961), American footballer
• Stewart Rawlings Mott (1937–2008), American philanthropist

V

• Valentine Mott (1785–1865), American surgeon

W

• William Albert Mott (1864–1911), Canadian politician from New Brunswick
• William I. Mott (born 1953), American horse trainer
• William Malcolm Mott (1894–1961), Canadian politician from British Columbia
• William Penn Mott Jr. (1909–1992), American landscape architect

Given name or nickname

• Mott T. Greene, American historian of science and professor
• Mott B. Schmidt (1889–1977), American architect
• Morrison Waite (1816-1888), nicknamed "Mott", American attorney, politician and seventh Chief Justice of the United States

Fictional characters

• Ernie Mott, protagonist of the 1944 film None but the Lonely Heart, played by Cary Grant
• Wilfred Mott, a recurring Doctor Who character
• Dandy Mott, antagonist of the television series American Horror Story: Freak Show, portrayed by Finn Wittrock

See also

• Mote (disambiguation)
• Motte (disambiguation)

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