Putnam (surname)

Putnam or Puttnam is a surname. Notable people with the surnames include:


 * Adam Putnam (born 1974), American politician
 * Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716), an accuser in the Salem witch trials
 * Ashley Putnam (born 1952), American opera singer
 * Benjamin Putnam (born 1981), American drag queen and comedian known as BenDeLaCreme
 * Bill Putnam (1920–1989), American audio engineer
 * Bill Putnam (basketball) (1922–1992), American basketball player
 * Brenda Putnam (1890–1975), American sculptor
 * Carleton Putnam (c. 1902–1998), American aviator, activist and author
 * Charles Flint Putnam (1854–1882), US naval officer, polar explorer
 * David Putnam (1898–1918), American World War I air ace
 * David Puttnam (born 1941), British film producer
 * Donald Fulton Putnam (fl. 1969), Canadian geographer, winner of Massey Medal
 * Douglas Putnam (1838–1918), American military officer
 * Edson A. Putnam (1832–1917), American politician
 * Frank W. Putnam (1917–2006), American biologist
 * Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915), American anthropologist, Harvard University
 * George Putnam (1914–2008), American journalist
 * George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), American book entrepreneur and publishing-family member
 * George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), American book entrepreneur
 * George P. Putnam (1887–1950), American publisher, author, explorer, and publishing-family and aviation-family member
 * Harvey Putnam (1793–1855), U.S. Congressman from New York
 * Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator and publishing-family member
 * Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher
 * Howard Putnam (b. 1937), American travel business manager
 * Israel Putnam (1718–1790), American general
 * James Putnam (disambiguation), several people
 * Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), American physician
 * Michael Putnam (born 1983), American professional golfer
 * Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984), American wind power pioneer and author, builder of the Smith–Putnam wind turbine
 * Phelps Putnam (1894–1948), American poet
 * Robert D. Putnam (born 1941), American political scientist
 * Roger Putnam (1892–1972), American politician and industrialist
 * Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), American soldier
 * Ruth Putnam (disambiguation), several people
 * Ruth Anna Putnam (1927–2019), American philosopher
 * Seth Putnam (1968–2011), American musician
 * Thomas Putnam (1651–1699), landowner and accuser in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials
 * Tracy Putnam (1894–1975), medical researcher, co-discoverer of Phenytoin
 * William Putnam (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters

 * Cecil Putnam, a character in Ninjago
 * Oliver Putnam, a character portrayed by Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building