Tait (surname)
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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.
[edit] People
- Alan Tait, Scottish rugby player. not
- Alex Tait, New Zealand cricketer
- 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, early Australian film director
- Edward Tait, former SEC Director and Federal Trade Commissioner
- Gregor Tait, Scottish swimmer
- Henry Tait, American Bussiness owner and painter
- James Tait, British historian
- 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