Hatt (surname)

Hatt is an Old English surname, the name was held by the Anglo-Saxons since before the Saxon invasion and is historically the oldest English surname recorded. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Richard Hatt, businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada
 * Emilie Demant Hatt (1873–1958), Danish artist
 * Gudmund Hatt (1884–1960), Danish archaeologist
 * Eliza Ruth Hatt (died 1892), mistress of William Henry Crossland and mother of his illegitimate son
 * John Hatt, travel editor of Harper's and Queen, founder in 1982 of Eland Books
 * Robert T. Hatt, naturalist and author, discoverer of Hatt's vesper rat
 * Rona Hatt, Canada's first female chemical engineer.

Fictional Characters

 * Sir Topham Hatt, the Fat Controller of Thomas the Tank Engine