Doty (surname)

Doty is a surname, most common in the United States and recorded there as early as the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower. The origins and etymology of the surname are a matter of debate. Some sources trace Doty to northern England and to Yorkshire in particular, although there is no agreement as to whether it is a variant of Doughty (and Dowty), Dodd, or another, similar-sounding name.


 * Al Doty (born 1945), Minnesota politician
 * Cecil J. Doty (1907–1990), an architect
 * Charles Doty (1824–1918), Wisconsin pioneer, surveyor, military officer, and state legislator
 * Charles R. Doty (1924–2003), US presidential write-in candidate
 * Chris Doty (1966–2006), Canadian filmmaker
 * Danielle Doty (born 1993) beauty queen
 * David B. Doty (born 1950), composer
 * Edward Doty (1599–1655), indentured servant on the Mayflower
 * Gary Doty (born 1948), US politician
 * James Doty (physician), b. 1953, a neurologist
 * James Duane Doty (1799–1865), US politician
 * Kathryn Adams Doty (1920–2016), actress
 * Madeleine Zabriskie Doty (1877 – 1963), journalist, pacifist and civil libertarian
 * Mark Doty (born 1953), poet
 * Paul M. Doty (1920–2011), scientist
 * Phoebe Doty (died 1849), 19th century prostitute
 * Ralph Doty (1941–2020), US politician
 * Richard (Rick) Doty (born 1944), a scientist featured in the documentary Mirage Men
 * Robert W. Doty (1920 – 2011) was a neuroscientist
 * Roy Doty (1922–2015), cartoonist
 * Sile Doty (1800–1876), 19th century outlaw
 * Stephen R. Doty, (born 1953), mathematician
 * Terri Doty (b. 1984) voice actor
 * Thomas Doty (1928–1962), carried out a murder/suicide plot involving Continental Airlines Flight 11
 * Wayne C. Doty (born 1973), Florida murderer
 * William G. Doty (1852–1919), Michigan lawyer and politician
 * William G. Doty (scholar) 1939–2017, religious studies scholar and educator
 * Winston and Weston Doty (1914–1934), twin child actors