Merritt (surname)
Merritt is a surname.
Those bearing it include:
- Abraham Merritt, American science fiction writer
- Ahmad Merritt, American football wide receiver
- Aries Merritt, American hurdling athlete
- Bill Merritt
- Bruce Merritt, American sprint canoer
- Charles Merritt, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross and a lieutenant colonel during World War II
- Chris Merritt, opera singer
- Constance Merritt, American poet
- David Merritt , former American football linebacker
- David Merritt, American astrophysicist
- Dixon Lanier Merritt, poet and humorist
- Edwin Albert Merritt, NY politician
- Francis E. Merritt, American football offensive tackle
- George Merritt
- Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., American lawyer and jurist
- H. Houston Merritt, American neurologist
- Harry Meritt, English footballer
- Herm Merritt, shortstop in Major League Baseball
- Hulett C. Merritt, American businessman
- Jack N. Merritt, retired United States Army four-star general
- James Merritt, U.S. religious leader and former President of the Southern Baptist Convention
- James W. Merritt, Republican member of the Indiana Senate
- Jeralyn Merritt, criminal defense attorney, one of the team defending Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing case
- Jim Merritt, former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
- John Merritt, head football coach
- John O. Merritt, American engineer
- Josiah Merritt, early pioneer of the Pacific Northwest
- Jymie Merritt, American hard bop double-bassist
- Kim Merritt, a former American long-distance runner
- LaShawn Merritt, American 400 meters sprint athlete
- Les Merritt, American politician
- Mark Daniel Merritt, American composer and arranger
- Marshall Merritt, American painter
- Mary E. Merritt , American nurse
- Matthew J. Merritt, American politician
- Max Merritt, New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Michael Merritt
- Myra Merritt, American operatic soprano
- Natacha Merritt, American erotic photographer and artist
- Nathan Merritt, Australian professional rugby league footballer
- Neil Merritt, the last President of Portsmouth Polytechnic, the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth
- Robert Merritt, Nova Scotia playwright, film critic, and educator
- Ryan Merritt, baseball player
- Samuel Merritt
- Schuyler Merritt, United States Representative from Connecticut
- Stephanie Merritt, critic and feature writer
- Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter known for his work in the band The Magnetic Fields
- Steve Merritt, American dancer and choreographer
- Theresa Merritt, American stage, film and television actress and singer
- Thomas Rodman Merritt, Ontario businessman
- Tift Merritt, American singer-songwriter
- Tim Merritt, American soccer player
- Tom Merritt, Executive Editor for CNET
- Tommy Merritt, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Troy Merritt, American professional golfer
- W. Davis Merritt, American journalist
- Wesley Merritt, general in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War
- Wilf Merritt, English association football player
- William Hamilton Merritt, influential figure in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada
