Watts (surname)
Watts is a surname, and may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Alaric Alexander Watts, British poet and journalist
- Caroline Watts, British artist
- Danièle Watts, American actress
- David G. Watts, British game designer
- George Frederic Watts, British painter and sculptor
- Heather Watts, American ballerina and dancer
- Jon Watts, American filmmaker
- Julia Watts, American author
- Julie Watts (born 1950), Australian author and publisher
- Julie Watts, West Australian poet, winner of the Blake Poetry Prize in 2017
- Mary Stanbery Watts (1868–1958), American novelist
- Naomi Watts, British actress
- Peter Watts (author), Canadian author and biologist
- Richard Watts, Jr., American theater critic
- Robert Watts, British film producer
- Robert Watts (artist), American artist
- Rolonda Watts, American actress and talk show host
- Stanley J. Watts, American artist
- Theodore Watts-Dunton, British poet and critic
- Tim Watts (filmmaker), British filmmaker
- Walter Henry Watts (1776–1842), British artist and journalist
Music
[edit]- André Watts, German-American pianist
- Charlie Watts (1941–2021), British drummer of The Rolling Stones
- Clem Watts, pseudonym of Al Trace, a prolific American songwriter and orchestra leader
- Elizabeth Watts, British soprano
- Ernie Watts, American jazz saxophonist
- Helen Watts, Welsh singer
- Isaac Watts (1674–1748), English hymn-writer, theologian, and logician
- Ivo Watts-Russell, indie music entrepreneur
- Jeff "Tain" Watts, American jazz drummer
- John Watts (composer)
- Lou Watts, British musician in the band Chumbawamba
- Lyndon Watts, Australian bassoonist
- Nathan Watts, American bass guitar player
- Pete Overend Watts (1947–2017), English rock bassist, founding member of Mott the Hoople
- Raymond Watts, American musician and member of the band PIG
- Reggie Watts, American comedian and musician
Crime
[edit]- Christopher Lee Watts (born 1985), perpetrator of the Watts family murders (2018)
- Coral Eugene Watts (1953–2007), American murderer
- Joe Watts, American mobster
Law
[edit]- Richard C. Watts (1853–1930), an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
- Shirley M. Watts (born 1959), a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
Military and naval
[edit]- John Watts (sailor) (c. 1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia
- John Cliffe Watts (1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales
- John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
- John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
- Philip Watts (naval architect), British naval architect
Politics
[edit]- Alfred Watts (South Australian politician) (1815–1884), South Australian businessman and politician
- Alfred Watts (Western Australian politician) (1873–1954), Australian politician
- Arthur Watts (politician) (1897–1970), Australian politician
- David Watts (politician), British politician
- J. C. Watts, American politician
- John Watts, postmaster of Oregon and disputed elector in the 1876 United States presidential election
- John Watts (Cherokee chief)
- John Watts (New York politician) (1749–1836), U.S. Representative from New York
- John Arthur Watts (1947–2016), British MP for Slough
- John C. Watts (1902–1971), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- John Sebrie Watts (1816–1876), U.S. House Delegate from New Mexico Territory
- Lala Fay Watts (1881–1971), American suffragette, temperance advocate, and labor activist
- Thomas H. Watts, American politician, 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama
Science, medicine, and academia
[edit]- Becky Watts, British college student who was murdered by her family
- David P. Watts, American anthropologist
- Duncan J. Watts, American sociologist
- Frederick Watts, the "Father of Penn State"
- James W. Watts, American neurosurgeon and early pioneer of lobotomy
- Michael Watts, American geographer
- Ronald Lampman Watts, Canadian academic
- Susan Watts, British science journalist
- Victor Watts (1938–2002), British toponymist, medievalist, translator, and academic
Sports
[edit]- Armani Watts (born 1996), American football player
- Armon Watts (born 1996), American football player
- Bill Watts, American professional wrestler
- Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts, American boxer
- Brandon Watts, American football player
- Darius Watts, American football player
- Duece Watts (born 1999), American football player
- Eric Watts (born 2000), American football player
- Erik Watts, American professional wrestler
- Fergus Watts, Australian footballer
- Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
- John Watts, Australian sportsman and broadcaster
- Johnny Watts (English footballer), English football player for Birmingham City F.C.
- Markees Watts (born 1999), American football player
- Phat Watts (born 1999), American football player
- Quincy Watts, American athlete
- R. N. Watts, American college sports coach
- Rocket Watts (born 2000), American basketball player
- Slick Watts, American streetball player
- Stan Watts, American basketball coach
- Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
- Wallace Watts, Wales rugby union international
- Wally Watts, Australian footballer
Other
[edit]- Alan Watts, English philosopher
- Anthony Watts (blogger), American blogger and former television weatherman
- C. C. Watts (pastor) Charles Cameron Watts (1895–1965), Australian Congregationalist pastor
- Daniel Watts, multiple people
- Franklin Watts, an imprint of U.S. publisher Grolier
- George Washington Watts, financier and manufacturer
- Graham Clive Watts, British construction administrator
- Henry Watts, multiple people
- Hugh Watts (bell-founder) (1582/3 – 1643), English bell-founder
- John Watts of the Leake and Watt's Children's Home
- Peter Watts, multiple people
- Philip Watts, British businessman
- Richard Watts, British businessman and philanthropist
- Sara Virginia Ecker Watts, First Lady of North Carolina
- William Watts (East India Company official) of the British East India Company
- Watts family murders
See also
[edit]- Watts (disambiguation)
- Watt (surname)
- All pages with titles beginning with Watts
- All pages with titles containing Watts
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