The surname Foote may refer to:
- Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player
- Andrew Hull Foote, admiral in the United States Navy
- Arthur Foote, American composer
- Arthur De Wint Foote, American engineer
- Elizabeth Erny Foote, American lawyer and federal judicial nominee
- George William Foote, British founder of the secularist journal The Freethinker
- Henry Robert Bowreman Foote, British recipient of the Victoria Cross, Director of Royal Armoured Corps
- Henry S. Foote, US Senator and Governor of Mississippi 1852–1854
- Horton Foote (1916–2009), American author and playwright
- Jeff Foote, American professional basketball player
- John J. Foote (1816–1905), New York politician
- Reverend John Weir Foote (1904–1988), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second World War
- Larry Foote, American football player
- Mary Hallock Foote, American writer and illustrator
- Robert Bruce Foote, British geologist who is considered the "Father of Indian Prehistory"
- Samuel Foote, Cornish dramatist and actor
- Shelby Foote, American historian
- Thomas Foote (1592–1687), English grocer and baronet
- Thomas M. Foote (1808–1858), American diplomat
Famous quotes containing the word foote:
“When one is altering the face of the universe one cannot remember small helpful acts.”
—Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)
“I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had not the slightest reference to a future business career. It left me free and untrammeled to approach my business problems without the limiting influence of specific training.”
—Alice Foote MacDougall (1867–1945)
“What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.”
—Samuel Foote (1720–1777)