Boot (surname)

Boot is both a Dutch and English metonymic occupational surname. In Dutch, boot  sounds like and means boat and the name refers to a "boatman". In English the name refers to the maker or seller of boots.

Boot

 * Alexander Boot (born 1948), Russian journalist and author
 * Arnold Boot later Boate (1606–1653), Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in Ireland
 * Charles Boot (1874–1945), English businessman
 * Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813–1892), Dutch politician
 * Eddie Boot (1915–1999), English footballer
 * Elise Boot (born 1932), Dutch jurist and former politician
 * Fred Boot (born 1965), Dutch theatre producer
 * Gerard Boot later Boate (1604–1650), Dutch writer and physician in Ireland
 * Gladys Boot (1890–1964), British actress
 * Harry Boot (1917–1983), English physicist
 * Henri Frédéric Boot (1877–1963), Dutch painter and printmaker
 * Henry Boot (1851–1931), English businessman, founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles
 * Jaap Boot (1903–1986), Dutch track and field athlete
 * Jeremy Boot (born 1948), Australian bird and wildlife painter
 * Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (1850–1931), English businessman
 * Joe Boot (probably an alias), one of the last stagecoach robbers in the US - see Pearl Hart
 * John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (1889–1956), English businessman and philanthropist, son of Jesse Boot
 * Leonard Boot (1899–1937), English footballer
 * Max Boot (born 1969), American author, lecturer, and military historian
 * Micky Boot (born c. 1945), English footballer
 * Oliver Boot, English actor
 * Pat Boot (1914–1947), New Zealand athlete
 * Ton Boot (born 1940), Dutch basketball coach and player
 * Vitali Boot, German amateur boxer
 * William Henry James Boot (1848–1918), English artist, illustrator and author

Boots

 * Cornelius Boots, American composer and multi-instrumentalist
 * Dave Boots (born 1955), American college basketball coach
 * George Boots (1874–1928), Welsh international rugby union forward
 * Mathieu Boots (born 1975), Dutch retired football player
 * Phil Boots, American politician