Lightfoot

Lightfoot is an English family name of Old English origin meaning "nimble runner".

Name bearer

• Amanda Lightfoot (* 1987), British biathlete
• Edwin N. Lightfoot (1925–2017), American chemical engineer
• Gordon Lightfoot (* 1938), Canadian folk musician
• Hannah Lightfoot (1730–1759 / 68), English Quaker
• Jim Ross Lightfoot (* 1938), American politician
• John Lightfoot (1602–1675), British Hebraist, pastor, and college rector
• Johann Lightfoot (1602–1675), British theologian and orientalist
• John Lightfoot (botanist) (1735–1788) British clergyman and biologist
• Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889), English theologian and Anglican Bishop of Durham
• Lori Lightfoot (* 1962), American lawyer and politician
• Nicholas MH Lightfoot (1902–1962), British mathematician
• Orlando Lightfoot (born 1974), American basketball player
• Ross Lightfoot (born 1936), Australian politician
• Terry Lightfoot (1935–2013), British clarinetist and band leader with his own jazz band

Others

• Lightfoot, Virginia , a town in the United States
• light-foot : light foot (unit) , unit of time

Web links

• Lightfoot on en.wiktionary.org (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lightfoot on houseofnames.com (Engl.)