Lightfoot (surname)

Lightfoot is a surname. It was a nickname for a swift runner. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Albert Lightfoot (1936–2023), English cricketer
 * Amanda Lightfoot (born 1987), English biathlete
 * Charles Lightfoot (born 1976), English lawyer and former first-class cricketer
 * Chris Lightfoot (1978–2007), English scientist and political activist
 * Chris Lightfoot (footballer) (born 1970), former English footballer
 * Claude Lightfoot (1910–1986), African-American activist
 * David Lightfoot, Australian film producer
 * Deborah Dillon Lightfoot (1956–2007), American wheelchair athlete
 * Edwin N. Lightfoot (1925–2017), American chemical engineer
 * Elba Lightfoot (1906–1989), African-American painter
 * Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, American former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney
 * George Lightfoot (1889–1941), Seattle businessman
 * Gordon Lightfoot (1938–2023), Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Hannah Lightfoot (1730–1759), sometimes erroneously named wife of George III of the United Kingdom
 * Jane Lightfoot (born 1969), British classical scholar
 * Jeffrey Lightfoot (born 1995), Singapore footballer
 * Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider) (born 1933), English former speedway rider
 * Jim Ross Lightfoot (born 1938), former U.S. Representative from Iowa
 * John Lightfoot (1602–1675), English churchman and rabbinical scholar
 * John Lightfoot (biologist) (1735–1788), English naturalist
 * John Prideaux Lightfoot (1803-1887), English clergyman
 * Jonni Lightfoot, bass player of the British-Australian band Air Supply from 2001–2016
 * Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889), English theologian, translator of the Apostolic Fathers, and Bishop of Durham
 * KC Lightfoot (born 1999), American pole vaulter
 * Kelvin Lightfoot (born 1925), former South African international lawn bowler
 * Leonard Lightfoot (born 1947), African-American actor
 * Lori Lightfoot (born 1962), American politician and former Mayor of Chicago
 * Louise Mary Lightfoot (1902–1979), Australian architect, choreographer, and dancer
 * Mary L. Lightfoot (1889–1970), American painter and printmaker
 * Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), English painter
 * Mickey Lightfoot, alias of Osei Amponsa, English rapper, singer-songrwriter, musician, and producer
 * Mike Lightfoot, retired Bethel College football coach
 * Orlando Lightfoot (born 1974), former American professional basketball player
 * Papa Lightfoot, aka Papa George Lightfoot, alias for Alexander Lightfoot (1924–1971), American blues singer and harmonica player
 * Prideaux Lightfoot, aka Reginald Prideaux Lightfoot (1836–1906), British Anglican priest
 * Ricky Lightfoot (born 1985), British runner
 * Robert Lightfoot (disambiguation), several people
 * Rona Lightfoot (born 1936), Scottish bagpipe player
 * Ross Lightfoot (born 1936), Liberal member of the Australian Senate
 * Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (born 1944), American sociologist
 * Steve Lightfoot, aka Steven Lightfoot, alias for Robert Scott Fraser, British television writer and producer
 * Teddy Lightfoot (1889–1918), English footballer
 * Terra Lightfoot (born 1986), Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
 * Terry Lightfoot (1935–2013), British jazz clarinetist and bandleader
 * Thomas Lightfoot (1831–1904), former Archdeacon in Cape Town, South Africa
 * William Lightfoot (born 1950), member of the Council of the District of Columbia

Fictional characters

 * Miss Lightfoot, a recurring character in the Disney Channel TV show The Ghost and Molly McGee
 * The Lightfoot family, a fictional family from the 2020 Pixar film Onward

Given name
The following individuals have the given name of Lightfoot:
 * Charles Lightfoot Roman, (1889–1961), Canadian surgeon
 * Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (politician) (1846–1904), European American politician
 * Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (lawyer) (1886–1961), European American lawyer
 * William Lightfoot Price (1861-1916), European American Architect