Watts (surname)

Watts is a surname, and may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Alaric Alexander Watts, British poet and journalist
• Caroline Watts, British artist
• Danièle Watts, American actress
• David G. Watts, British game designer
• George Frederic Watts, British painter and sculptor
• Heather Watts, American ballerina and dancer
• Jon Watts, American filmmaker
• Julia Watts, American author
• Julie Watts (born 1950), Australian author and publisher
• Julie Watts, West Australian poet, winner of the Blake Poetry Prize in 2017
• Mary Stanbery Watts (1868–1958), American novelist
• Naomi Watts, British actress
• Peter Watts (author), Canadian author and biologist
• Richard Watts, Jr., American theater critic
• Robert Watts, British film producer
• Robert Watts (artist), American artist
• Rolonda Watts, American actress and talk show host
• Stanley J. Watts, American artist
• Theodore Watts-Dunton, British poet and critic
• Tim Watts (filmmaker), British filmmaker
• Walter Henry Watts (1776–1842), British artist and journalist

Music

• André Watts, German-American pianist
• Charlie Watts (1941–2021), British drummer of The Rolling Stones
• Clem Watts, pseudonym of Al Trace, a prolific American songwriter and orchestra leader
• Elizabeth Watts, British soprano
• Ernie Watts, American jazz saxophonist
• Helen Watts, Welsh singer
• Isaac Watts (1674–1748), English hymn-writer, theologian, and logician
• Ivo Watts-Russell, indie music entrepreneur
• Jeff "Tain" Watts, American jazz drummer
• John Watts (composer)
• Lou Watts, British musician in the band Chumbawamba
• Lyndon Watts, Australian bassoonist
• Nathan Watts, American bass guitar player
• Pete Overend Watts (1947–2017), English rock bassist, founding member of Mott the Hoople
• Raymond Watts, American musician and member of the band PIG
• Reggie Watts, American comedian and musician

Crime

• Christopher Lee Watts (born 1985), perpetrator of the Watts family murders (2018)
• Coral Eugene Watts (1953–2007), American murderer
• Joe Watts, American mobster

Law

• Richard C. Watts (1853–1930), an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
• Shirley M. Watts (born 1959), a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals

Military and naval

• John Watts (sailor) (c. 1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia
• John Cliffe Watts (1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales
• John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
• John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
• Philip Watts (naval architect), British naval architect

Politics

• Alfred Watts (South Australian politician) (1815–1884), South Australian businessman and politician
• Alfred Watts (Western Australian politician) (1873–1954), Australian politician
• Arthur Watts (politician) (1897–1970), Australian politician
• David Watts (politician), British politician
• J. C. Watts, American politician
• John Watts, postmaster of Oregon and disputed elector in the 1876 United States presidential election
• John Watts (Cherokee chief)
• John Watts (New York politician) (1749–1836), U.S. Representative from New York
• John Arthur Watts (1947–2016), British MP for Slough
• John C. Watts (1902–1971), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• John Sebrie Watts (1816–1876), U.S. House Delegate from New Mexico Territory
• Lala Fay Watts (1881–1971), American suffragette, temperance advocate, and labor activist
• Thomas H. Watts, American politician, 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama

Science, medicine, and academia

• Becky Watts, British college student who was murdered by her family
• David P. Watts, American anthropologist
• Duncan J. Watts, American sociologist
• Frederick Watts, the "Father of Penn State"
• Henry Watts (disambiguation), multiple people
• James W. Watts, American neurosurgeon and early pioneer of lobotomy
• Michael Watts, American geographer
• Ronald Lampman Watts, Canadian academic
• Susan Watts, British science journalist
• Victor Watts (1938–2002), British toponymist, medievalist, translator, and academic

Sports

• Armani Watts, American football player
• Armon Watts (born 1996), American football player
• Bill Watts, American professional wrestler
• Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts, American boxer
• Brandon Watts, American football player
• Darius Watts, American football player
• Duece Watts (born 1999), American football player
• Eric Watts, American football player
• Erik Watts, American professional wrestler
• Fergus Watts, Australian footballer
• Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
• John Watts, Australian sportsman and broadcaster
• Johnny Watts (English footballer), English football player for Birmingham City F.C.
• Markees Watts (born 1999), American football player
• Phat Watts (born 1999), American football player
• Quincy Watts, American athlete
• R. N. Watts, American college sports coach
• Rocket Watts (born 2000), American basketball player
• Slick Watts, American streetball player
• Stan Watts, American basketball coach
• Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
• Wallace Watts, Wales rugby union international
• Wally Watts, Australian footballer

Other

• Alan Watts, English philosopher
• Anthony Watts (blogger), American blogger and former television weatherman
• C. C. Watts (pastor) Charles Cameron Watts (1895–1965), Australian Congregationalist pastor
• Daniel Watts (disambiguation)
• Franklin Watts, an imprint of U.S. publisher Grolier
• George Washington Watts, financier and manufacturer
• Graham Clive Watts, British construction administrator
• Hugh Watts (bell-founder) (1582/3 – 1643), English bell-founder
• John Watts of the Leake and Watt's Children's Home
• Philip Watts, British businessman
• Richard Watts, British businessman and philanthropist
• Sara Virginia Ecker Watts, First Lady of North Carolina
• William Watts (East India Company official) of the British East India Company
• Watts family murders

See also

• Watts (disambiguation)
• Watt (surname)