Watts (surname)
Encyclopedia
Arts and entertainment
- Alaric Alexander WattsAlaric Alexander WattsAlaric Alexander Watts , British poet and journalist, born in London. His life was dedicated to newspaper creation and edition and was seen as a conservative writer...
, British poet and journalist - David G. WattsDavid G. WattsDavid G. Watts is a Welsh games designer and publisher. Originally a school geography teacher at Milford Haven Grammar School, he designed Railway Rivals, his most popular game, to teach the geography of Wales and upon retirement published it under the imprint Rostherne Games. His games have been...
, British game designer - George Frederic WattsGeorge Frederic WattsGeorge Frederic Watts, OM was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life...
, British painter and sculptor - Heather WattsHeather WattsHeather Watts was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. A native of California, Ms. Watts was born as Linda Heather Watts in Long Beach on September 27, 1953. She started taking up ballet at the age of 10, came to New York at the age of 13 on a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the...
, an American ballerina and dancer - Julia WattsJulia WattsJulia Watts is an American author of novels, short stories, etc., especially in the genres of young adult fiction and lesbian fiction/erotica....
, American author - Mary Stanbery WattsMary Stanbery WattsMary Stanbery Watts was an American novelist.She was born in Delaware County, Ohio, and educated in Cincinnati. Her work is characterized by frank, faithful, and sympathetic portrayal and interpretation of American life...
(born 1868), American novelist - Naomi WattsNaomi WattsNaomi Ellen Watts is a British actress. Watts began her career in Australian television, where she appeared in series such as Hey Dad..! , Brides of Christ , and Home and Away . Her film debut was the 1986 drama For Love Alone...
, English-Australian actress - Peter Watts (author), Canadian author and biologist
- Richard Watts, Jr.Richard Watts, Jr.Richard Watts, Jr. was an American theatre critic.Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Watts was educated at Columbia University. He began his writing career as the film critic for the New York Herald Tribune before assuming the post of the newspaper's drama critic in 1936.After spending World War...
, American theatre critic - Theodore Watts-DuntonTheodore Watts-DuntonTheodore Watts-Dunton was an English critic and poet. He is often remembered as the friend and minder of Algernon Charles Swinburne, whom he rescued from alcoholism.-Birth and education:...
, British poet and critic - Tim WattsTim WattsTim Watts is a short film maker and caricaturist on TV's Spitting Image. Watts won the BAFTA award with longtime collaborator, David Stoten in 1994 for The Big Story.-External links:* on IMDB...
, short film maker
Music
- André WattsAndré WattsAndré Watts is a classical pianist and professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.-Life and early performances:...
, German-American pianist - Charlie WattsCharlie WattsCharles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer, best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is also the leader of a jazz band, a record producer, commercial artist, and horse breeder.-Early life:...
, British drummer of The Rolling StonesThe Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up... - Clem Watts, pseudonym of Al Trace, a prolific American songwriter and orchestra leader
- Elizabeth WattsElizabeth WattsElizabeth Watts is a British soprano.Watts studied archaeology at Sheffield University and graduated with first class honours. Beginning in 2002, she studied music at the Royal College of Music with Lillian Watson. She graduated in 2005 with distinction and the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...
, British soprano - Ernie WattsErnie WattsErnest James "Ernie" Watts is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist...
, American jazz musician - Helen WattsHelen WattsHelen Watts CBE was a Welsh contralto. She was born at Wales in Milford Haven and educated at the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley and the Royal Academy of Music. She began her career with the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, and was a regular broadcaster on the Welsh Home Service...
, Welsh singer - Ivo Watts-RussellIvo Watts-RussellIvo Watts-Russell was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the English indie record label 4AD. He has also produced several records, himself preferring to use the term "musical director" to explain his role in the creation....
, indie music entrepreneur - Isaac WattsIsaac WattsIsaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymnwriter, he was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns...
, British hymn writer - Jeff 'Tain' WattsJeff 'Tain' WattsJeff "Tain" Watts is a jazz drummer born in 1960 who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, and others.-Biography:...
, American jazz drummer - John Watts (composer)John Watts (composer)John Everett Watts, Jr. was an American composer of electronic music throughout the 1970s and 1980s. One of the medium's main advocates and teachers, Watts wrote about new music, experimenting with literary composition and journalism. Watts worked extensively with his wife, Laura Foreman, on...
- John Watts (musician), British rock musician, founder of the band Fischer-ZFischer-ZFischer-Z were a British rock band formed in 1976 by John Watts and Steve Skolnik at Brunel University. The original line-up consisted of John Watts , David Graham , Steve Skolnik , and Steve Liddle .-History:...
- Lou Watts, British musician in the band ChumbawambaChumbawambaChumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music...
- Lyndon WattsLyndon WattsLyndon Watts is an Australian bassoonist. He is principal bassoonist of the Münchner Philharmoniker and an academic teacher.-Professional career:...
, Australian bassoonist - Nathan WattsNathan WattsNathan Lamar Watts, born 1954 in Detroit, Michigan is an American session bass guitar player, best known for his work with Stevie Wonder from the 1970s to the present...
, American bass guitar player - Peter Watts (musician)Peter Watts (musician)Peter Overend Watts is a bass guitar player and founding member of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople....
, British bass guitar player - Raymond Watts, American musician and member of the band PIG
- Reggie WattsReggie WattsReggie Watts is a Seattle-based comedian and musician. His shows are mostly improvised and consist of stream of consciousness stand-up in various shifting personae, mixed with loop pedal-based a cappella compositions. He also performs regularly on television, radio, and in live theater...
, American comedian & musician
Military and naval
- John Watts (sailor)John Watts (sailor)Little is known about John Watts other than the fact that he was an American merchant captain at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth...
(ca.1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia - John Cliffe WattsJohn Cliffe WattsJohn Cliffe Watts was a British military officer and architect who designed some of the first permanent public buildings in the young British colony of New South Wales, and who also later became Postmaster General in South Australia....
(1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales - John Watts de PeysterJohn Watts de PeysterJohn Watts de Peyster, Sr. was an author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard. He served in the New York State Militia during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War...
(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)Philip Watts (naval architect)Sir Philip Watts, KCB FRS was a British naval architect, famous for his design of the revolutionary Elswick cruiser and the HMS Dreadnought.-Early life:...
, British naval architect
Politics
- David Watts (politician), British politician
- John Watts (Cherokee chief)John Watts (Cherokee chief)John Watts, or Kunokeski, also known as Young Tassel, was one of the leaders of the Chickamauga during the Chickamauga Wars, particularly after the murder of his uncle, Old Tassel, by marauding frontiersmen firing upon delegates at a peace conference in 1788...
- John Watts (New York politician) (1749–1836), U.S. Representative from New York
- John C. WattsJohn C. WattsJohn Clarence Watts was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927....
(1902-1971), U.S. Representative from Kentucky - John Arthur WattsJohn Arthur WattsJohn Arthur Watts was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1983 and 1997....
(born 1947), British MP for Slough - John Sebrie WattsJohn Sebrie WattsJohn Sebrie Watts was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico.Born in Boone County, Kentucky, Watts moved to Indiana, where he completed preparatory studies...
(1816–1876), U.S. House Delegate from New Mexico Territory - John Watts (postmaster), postmaster of Oregon and disputed elector in the U.S. presidential election, 1876
- Thomas H. WattsThomas H. WattsThomas Hill Watts was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War....
, American politician
Science, medicine and academia
- David P. WattsDavid P. WattsDavid Watts is a professor of anthropology at Yale University. As a physical anthropologist he has studied chimpanzees. He directed the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda founded by Dian Fossey for two years, and is doing research on chimpanzees in a long term study at Ngogo National Park in...
, American anthropologist - Duncan J. WattsDuncan J. WattsDuncan J. Watts is an Australian researcher and a principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research, where he directs the Human Social Dynamics group. He is also a past external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute and a former professor of sociology at Columbia University, where he headed the...
, American sociologist - Frederick WattsFrederick WattsFrederick Watts , is called the “Father of Penn State University” and was a prominent agricultural reformer, lawyer and businessman who headed the U.S. Department of Agriculture as Commissioner of Agriculture from 1871-1877 under President Ulysses S...
, the "Father of Penn State" - Henry Watts (disambiguation), multiple people
- James W. WattsJames W. WattsJames Winston Watts was a neurosurgeon, born in Lynchburg, Virginia and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Watts is noteworthy for his professional partnership with the neurologist and psychiatrist Walter Freeman...
, American neurosurgeon and early pioneer of lobotomy - J.C. WattsJ.C. WattsJulius Caesar "J. C." Watts, Jr. is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing the 4th...
, American politician - Michael WattsMichael WattsMichael J. Watts is "Class of 1963" Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left. An intensively productive scholar, he works on a variety of themes from African development to contemporary...
, American geographer - Ronald Lampman WattsRonald Lampman WattsRonald Lampman Watts, CC, FRSC is a Canadian academic, who served as the 15th Principal and Vice-chancellor of Queen's University from 1974 until 1984....
, Canadian academic - Susan WattsSusan WattsSusan Janet Watts is the science editor of the BBC's Newsnight programme, joining the programme in January 1995.-Early life:She went to Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Girls' School. She has a BSc in Physics from Imperial College London....
, British science journalist
Sport
- Bill WattsBill WattsWilliam F. "Bill" Watts is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. Watts was famous under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a tough, no-nonsense promoter in the Mid-South area of the United States, which grew to become the UWF.In 1992, he was the Executive...
, American professional wrestler - Bobby 'Boogaloo' WattsBobby 'Boogaloo' WattsBobby "Boogaloo" Watts is an American born middleweight boxer who fought primarily in the mid-1970s. Born in Sumter County in a small town named Rembert, South Carolina, Bobby Watts came to Philadelphia at age 10 and began boxing at the urging of his cousin, future heavyweight contender Jimmy...
, American boxer - Darius WattsDarius WattsDarius Orlando Watts is an arena football offensive specialist for the Philadelphia Soul of the Arena Football League. He was originally drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft.In his career, Watts has also played for the New York Giants...
, American football player - Erik WattsErik WattsErik Watts is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s. He is the son of legendary wrestler "Cowboy" Bill Watts.-Debut:...
, American professional wrestler - Fergus WattsFergus WattsFergus Watts was an English-born Australian rules football player with the AFL's Adelaide Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club. Watts was a forward line player. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne...
, Australian Rules footballer - Fraser WattsFraser WattsDavid Fraser Watts is an English-born Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. He began his cricket career playing for Carlton Cricket Club in Edinburgh. He demonstrated significant potential early on and when aged 16 won a sports scholarship to Durham School where he completed the last...
, Scottish cricketer - John Watts (Australian rules footballer)John Watts (Australian rules footballer)John Albert Watts is a retired Australian rules football player and former radio broadcaster.-Personal life:...
, Australian sportsman and broadcaster. Also known as John K Watts - Johnny WattsJohnny WattsJohn William "Johnny" Watts was an English footballer who made more than 200 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City playing as a right half....
, English football player for Birmingham City F.C. - Quincy WattsQuincy WattsQuincy D. Watts is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Detroit, Michigan, Quincy Watts attended the University of Southern California where he excelled not only as an athlete but also as a wide receiver on the college football team...
, American athlete - Slick WattsSlick WattsDonald Earl "Slick" Watts is an American former basketball player.Watts was not selected by any team in the 1973 NBA Draft, but his coach at Xavier University of Louisiana was a cousin of Bill Russell, who was the coach and general manager for the Seattle SuperSonics...
, American streetballStreetballStreetball or street basketball is a variation of the sport of basketball, typically played on outdoor courts and featuring significantly less by way of formal structure and enforcement of the game's rules...
player - Stan WattsStan WattsStanley H. Watts was a college men's basketball coach, well-known for coaching Brigham Young University to a 372-254 record between 1949 and 1972...
, American basketball coach - Wallace WattsWallace Watts| ru_amclubcaps =| ru_amclubpoints =| ru_amupdate =| ru_nationalteam = Wales| ru_nationalyears = 1892–1896| ru_nationalcaps = 12| ru_nationalpoints = | ru_ntupdate =| ru_coachclubs =| ru_coachyears =| ru_coachupdate =| other =| occupation =...
, Wales rugby union international - Greg Watts, Freeride Mountain Biker
Other
- Alan WattsAlan WattsAlan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York...
, English philosopher - Anthony Watts (blogger), American blogger and former television weatherman
- Daniel Watts (disambiguation)
- Coral Eugene WattsCoral Eugene WattsCarl Eugene Watts , also known by his nickname Coral, was an American serial killer dubbed "The Sunday Morning Slasher"...
, American murderer - John Watts of the Leake and Watt's Children's HomeLeake and Watt's Children's HomeThe Leake and Watts Children's Home is an orphanage in New York City.-History:John George Leake was a New York lawyer who had no children or siblings. He died on June 2, 1827 at his home on Park Row in Manhattan. His estate had personal property valued at about $300,000 and real estate worth an...
- Philip WattsPhilip WattsSir Philip Watts, KCMG is the former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell.Watts was born on June 25, 1945, in Leicester, England and grew up in the Midlands where his father worked in the textile industry. Watts attended Wyggeston Boys' and Dixie Grammar schools in Leicestershire and...
, British businessman - Richard WattsRichard WattsSir Richard Watts was a successful businessman and MP for Rochester, Kent in the 1570s. He supplied rations for the English Navy as deputy victualler and supervised the construction of Upnor Castle...
, British businessman and philanthropist - William WattsWilliam WattsWilliam Watts was chief of the Kasimbazar factory of the British East India Company. He lived in Bengal, and he was proficient in Bangla, Hindustani and Persian languages.-Career:...
of the British East India Company
See also
- Watts (disambiguation)
- Watt (surname)Watt (surname)The surname Watt may refer to:*Watt of Sussex, Anglo-Saxon king*Adam Watt, Australian boxer*Alexander Watt, British plant ecologist*Ben Watt, British musician and music producer*Davey Watt, Australian speedway rider...