Tait (surname)

Tait (surname)

Tait is a Scottish surname that most likely originated in Berwickshire, Scotland. The origins of the name can be traced back as far as 1100. Tait is derived from the word for "cheerful".

People

* Adam Tait, motoring journalist
* Alan Tait, Scottish rugby player
* Alex Tait, New Zealand cricketer
* Alex Tait, English rugby player
* Angus Tait, New Zealand businessman
* Archibald Campbell Tait, archbishop of Canterbury
* Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, American artist
* Blyth Tait, New Zealand Olympic equestrian
* Charles Tait, American politician
* Charles Tait (film director), early Australian film director
* David Tait OBE, Airline executive, Laker Airways, Virgin Atlantic
* Edward Tait, former SEC Director and Federal Trade Commissioner
* Gregor Tait, Scottish swimmer
* James Brian "Willie" Tait, Second world war bomber pilot
* James Edward Tait, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Jason Tait, Canadian drummer
* Joe Tait, American radio sports broadcaster
* John Tait, one of several people including
**John Tait, Canadian athlete
**John Tait, American football player
**John Tait, Canadian rugby player
**John Tait (egyptologist), Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College London
* Katharine Tait, British writer Katharine Russell, daughter of Bertrand Russell
* Lawson Tait, Scottish gynecologist
* Margaret Tait, Scottish film maker and poet
* Mathew Tait, English rugby union player
* Merepeka Raukawa-Tait, chief executive of the Women's Refuge organisation of New Zealand
* Michael Tait, American musician
* Peter Guthrie Tait, Scottish mathematical physicist
* Richard Tait, BBC Governor
* Shaun Tait, Australian cricketer
* Thomas S. Tait, Scottish architect
* Thomas J. Tait, Canadian railwayman, Victorian railway commissioner
* William W. Tait, American logician

ee also

*Tait
*Tate (surname)


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