Heath (surname)

Heath is an English surname derived from the Old English word hǣþ, or heath. It referred to a person who lived on heathland. The name is also a given name.^[1]

It may refer to:

Surname

• Adrian Heath (born 1961), English football player and manager
• Anne-Louise Heath, New Zealand nutritionist
• Anthony Heath (born 1942), British sociologist
• Benjamin Heath (1704–1766), British scholar
• Billy Heath (1869 – after 1895), English footballer
• Brandon Heath (born 1978), American musician
• Charles Heath (1785–1848), English engraver
• Christopher Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
• Chris Heath, British writer
• Cuthbert Eden Heath (1859–1939), British insurer
• Darren Heath (born 1968), motor sports photographer
• David Martin "Dave" Heath (1931–2016), American documentary, humanist and street photographer
• David Heath (born 1954), British politician
• Deunte Heath (born 1985), American professional baseball player
• David Heath (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler
• Don Heath (born 1944), English football (soccer) player
• Earline Heath King (1913–2011), American sculptor
• Edward Heath (1916–2005), British politician; prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
• Edward Heath (New Orleans) (1819–1892), mayor of New Orleans from 1867 to 1868
• Edward Bayard Heath (1888–1931), American aircraft engineer
• Elliott Heath (born 1989), American distance runner
• Eric Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
• Frederick Heath-Caldwell (born Heath, 1858–1945), British Army officer and RAF general
• Garrett Heath (born 1985), American distance runner
• George M. Heath, American scientist
• The Heath Brothers, American jazz musicians:
  • Albert Heath (1935–2024)
  • Jimmy Heath (1926–2020)
  • Percy Heath (1923–2005)
• Hollis Heath, American playwright and actress
• Iona Heath, English medical doctor
• Jeff Heath (1915–1975), Canadian baseball player
• James Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joel Heath (born 1993), American football player
• John Heath (1922-1987), English entomologist
• John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006), English poet and translator
• Joseph Heath (born 1967), Canadian philosopher
• Josiah Marshall Heath (died 1851), English ornithologist, metallurgist and businessman
• Kenneth Heath (1919–1977), principal cellist with the London Symphony Orchestra
• Larry Heath, Australian entrepreneur and publisher, founder of the National Live Music Awards
• Lewis Heath (1885–1954), British general
• Liam Heath, British sprint kayaker
• Lillian Heath (1865–1962), American doctor
• Malik Heath (born 2000), American football player
• Lady Mary Heath (1896–1939), Irish aviator
• Mary Jo Heath (born 1954), American radio host
• Matt Heath (born 1981), English football (soccer) player
• Matthew John Heath, an American mercenary
• Michael Heath (disambiguation), multiple people
• Monroe Heath (1827–1894), American politician
• Neville Heath (1917–1946), British murderer
• Nicholas Heath (c. 1501–1578), archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor
• Nicholas Heath (director) (born 1959), British opera director
• Percy Heath, (1923–2005), American jazz musician
• Robert Heath (1575–1649), Attorney General of England, and founder of North Carolina
• Robert Galbraith Heath (1915–1999), psychiatrist who experimented on the brains of animals and patients
• Rodney Heath (1884–1936), Australian tennis player
• Rodney Heath (American football)
• Roy Heath (1926–2008), Guyanese writer
• Russ Heath (1926–2018), American artist
• Samantha Heath (born 1960), British politician
• Stan Heath (born 1964), American basketball coach
• Susannah Heath (1795–1878), American diarist
• T. L. Heath, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861–1940), British mathematician and historian of classical Greek mathematics
• Ted Heath (bandleader) (1902–1969), British musician
• Tobin Heath (born 1988), American football (soccer) player
• Virginia Heath (born 1959), London-based New Zealand film director and academic
• Westby Heath (1891–1961), English footballer
• William Heath (1737–1814), American soldier and politician
• William Heath (artist) (1795–1840), British artist and caricaturist

See also

• Heath (disambiguation)

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.