Abbot (disambiguation)

An abbot is the head of a monastery.

;"Abbot" as a surname may refer to

* Abiel Abbot (1770-1828), American pastor
* Bec Abbot, Canadian singer
* Benjamin Abbot (1788-1849), American schoolteacher
* Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), American photographer
* Charles Greeley Abbot (1872-1973), an American astrophysicist, astronomer and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
* Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757-1829), British statesman
* Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798-1867), British Conservative politician
* Charles Abbot (botanist) (1761-1817), British botanist and entomologist
* Charles S. Abbot (born 1945), American naval admiral
* Edwin Hale Abbot (1834-1927), American lawyer and railroad executive
* Ezra Abbot (1819-1894), American Biblical scholar
* Francis Ellingwood Abbot, (1836–1903), philosopher and theologian.
* George Abbot, one of several people including
** George Abbot (Archbishop of Canterbury) (1562-1633), Archbishop of Canterbury (George Abbot School)
** George Abbot (English writer) (1603?-1648), English Puritan writer
* Henry Abbot (died 1597), English Catholic martyr
* Henry Larcom Abbot (1831-1927), American military engineer
* Joel Abbot (1793-1855), American naval officer
* John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805 - 1877), American author
* John Abbot (1751-1840), American entomologist
* Jude Abbot, British musician
* Laura Abbot, American writer
* Maurice Abbot (died 1540), British merchant, brother of George Abbot the Archbishop
* Nick Abbot, British radio presenter
* Robert Abbot, one of several people including
** Robert Abbot (1560-1617), Bishop of Salisbury
** Robert Abbot (1588-1622), Puritan theologian
** Robert Abbott (born 1933), American game designer
** Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870-1940), American lawyer and publisher
* Russ Abbot (born 1947), English musician, comedian, and actor
* Stuart Abbot (born 1986), Scottish footballer
* Theophilus C. Abbot (1826-1892), American college president
* William Abbot (1798-1843), British actor
* William Abbot, English Catholic martyr William Knight
* Willis J. Abbot (1863-1934), American journalist and writer

;Places:
* Abbot, Illinois, located in Pope County, Illinois, USA
* Abbot, Maine, located in Piscataquis County, Maine, USA.

;Other:
* Abbot (crater), a lunar impact crater named for Charles Greeley Abbot
* FV433 Abbot SPG, a British Army vehicle of the post war period
* "Abbot", a Great Western Railway 4-4-0 broad gauge steam locomotive
* Abbot Mills, a nineteenth- and early twentieth-century worsted mill complex in Forge Village, Westford, Massachusetts.
* Abbot (framework), Abbot Java GUI Test Framework
* Leon Abbot, an Artemis Fowl character.

See also

* Abbott