abbott

Abbott is the last name of several notable people:

Berenice Abbott, a noted American photographer, born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1898.
Diane Julie Abbott, British politician
Edwin Abbott Abbott, an English schoolmaster and theologian, the author of the mathematical satire Flatland.
Frank Frost Abbott (1860-1924), American classical scholar
George Abbott, an American producer, director, playwriter, and actor, born in Forestville, New York, in 1889.
James Abbott, An englishmen, from whose name the beautiful town of Abbottabad was named.
Jim Abbott, former MLB pitcher
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1821-1893) Prime minister of Canada (1891-92); dean of law faculty, McGill University (1855-80)
Lyman Abbott (1835-1922) Clergyman and author.
William Bud Abbott (birth name William Abbott) (1895-1974), a noted vaudville performer and film actor, mostly in partnership with Lou Costello. See also Abbott and Costello.

It is also a place name:

Abbott Laboratories is a pharmaceutical and health care company involved in diagnostics. The head of an abbey is an abbot. And the British Saab-tuner of Abbott (tuning)

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