Abbot (surname)
Abbot is an English surname derived from the word "abbot". The surname may may refer to:
- Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American pastor
- Bec Abbot, Canadian singer
- Benjamin Abbot (1788–1849), American schoolteacher
- Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757–1829), British statesman
- Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798–1867), British Conservative politician
- Charles Abbot (botanist) (1761–1817), British botanist and entomologist
- Charles Greeley Abbot (1872–1973), American astrophysicist, astronomer and fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
- Charles S. Abbot (born 1945), American naval admiral
- Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), English writer
- Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad executive
- Ezra Abbot (1819–1894), American Biblical scholar
- Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836–1903), American philosopher and theologian
- George Abbot (author) (1603–1648), English writer
- George Abbot (bishop) (1562–1633), English clergyman
- Henry Abbot (martyr) (died 1597), English Catholic martyr
- Henry Larcom Abbot (1831–1927), American military engineer
- Joel Abbot (1793–1855), American naval officer
- Joel Abbot (politician) (1776–1826), American politician from Georgia
- John Abbot (entomologist) (1751–1840), American entomologist
- John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805–1877), American historian, pastor and pedagogical writer
- Jude Abbott, British musician
- Laura Abbot, American writer
- Maurice Abbot (1565–1642), English merchant and politician
- Nick Abbot, British radio presenter
- Robert Abbot (bishop) (1560–1617), Bishop of Salisbury
- Robert Abbot (theologian) (1588–1622), Puritan theologian
- Russ Abbot (born 1947), English musician, comedian and actor
- Samuel Abbot (1786–1839), American inventor
- Stuart Abbot (born 1986), Scottish footballer
- Theophilus C. Abbot (1826–1892), American college president
- Tony Abbott (born 1957), Australian politician
- William Abbot (1790–1843), English actor
- William Abbot (martyr) – see William Knight (martyr)
- Willis J. Abbot (1863–1934), American journalist and writer