Root (surname)

Root (surname)

Root is a surname, and may refer to

• Amanda Root (born 1963), British actress
• Amos Root, American beekeeper
• Antony Root, British scriptwriter and drama producer
• Budd Root, comic book artist
• Charlie Root, American baseball player
• DC Root, Australian rock singer
• Edmund Root, American naval officer
• Edward Root, Australian rugby league footballer
• Eleazer Root, American educator and Episcopalian priest
• Elihu Root (1845–1937), American statesman and 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Elisha K. Root, American inventor
• Enoch Root, fictional character in novels by Neal Stephenson
• Fred Root, English cricketer
• George Frederick Root, American songwriter
• Gladys Root, American criminal defense attorney
• Gloria Root, American model
• James Root, American guitarist
• Jane Root, British television executive
• Jesse Root, American jurist
• Joan Root (1936–2006), British (Kenyan-born) ecological activist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker.
• Joe Root, English cricketer
• Joe Root (1860–1912) American hermit from Erie, Pennsylvania
• Joseph Pomeroy Root, American doctor, politician, and diplomat
• Johannes Root (nl), Banda-born Dutch military personnel involved in some military operations in West Kalimantan and Bali, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)
• John Wellborn Root (1850–1891), American architect
• John Wellborn Root, Jr. (1887–1963), American architect
• Jon Root (born 1964), American volleyball player
• Leon Root, American physician
• Martha Root, American teacher of the Bahá'í Faith
• Richard Root (1938–2006), American epidemiologist
• Robert Root-Bernstein, MacArthur fellow and professor of life sciences at Michigan State University
• Sidney Root (1824–1897), American engineer and businessman
• Stephen Root, American actor
• Tina Root, American singer
• Waverley Lewis Root, American journalist