Lightfoot (surname)

Lightfoot is a surname. It was a nickname for a swift runner. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Lightfoot (1936–2023), English cricketer
• Amanda Lightfoot (born 1987), English biathlete
• Charles Lightfoot (born 1976), English lawyer and former first-class cricketer
• Chris Lightfoot (1978–2007), English scientist and political activist
• Chris Lightfoot (footballer) (born 1970), former English footballer
• Claude Lightfoot (1910–1986), African-American activist
• David Lightfoot, Australian film producer
• Deborah Dillon Lightfoot (1956–2007), American wheelchair athlete
• Edwin N. Lightfoot (1925–2017), American chemical engineer
• Elba Lightfoot (1906–1989), African-American painter
• Genevievette Walker-Lightfoot, American former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney
• George Lightfoot (1889–1941), Seattle businessman
• Gordon Lightfoot (1938–2023), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Hannah Lightfoot (1730–1759), sometimes erroneously named wife of George III of the United Kingdom
• Jane Lightfoot (born 1969), British classical scholar
• Jeffrey Lightfoot (born 1995), Singapore footballer
• Jim Lightfoot (speedway rider) (born 1933), English former speedway rider
• Jim Ross Lightfoot (born 1938), former U.S. Representative from Iowa
• John Lightfoot (1602–1675), English churchman and rabbinical scholar
• John Lightfoot (biologist) (1735–1788), English naturalist
• John Prideaux Lightfoot (1803-1887), English clergyman
• Jonni Lightfoot, bass player of the British-Australian band Air Supply from 2001–2016
• Joseph Barber Lightfoot (1828–1889), English theologian, translator of the Apostolic Fathers, and Bishop of Durham
• KC Lightfoot (born 1999), American pole vaulter
• Kelvin Lightfoot (born 1925), former South African international lawn bowler
• Leonard Lightfoot (born 1947), African-American actor
• Lori Lightfoot (born 1962), American politician and former Mayor of Chicago
• Louise Mary Lightfoot (1902–1979), Australian architect, choreographer, and dancer
• Mary L. Lightfoot (1889–1970), American painter and printmaker
• Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), English painter
• Mickey Lightfoot, alias of Osei Amponsa, English rapper, singer-songrwriter, musician, and producer
• Mike Lightfoot, retired Bethel College football coach
• Orlando Lightfoot (born 1974), former American professional basketball player
• Papa Lightfoot, aka Papa George Lightfoot, alias for Alexander Lightfoot (1924–1971), American blues singer and harmonica player
• Prideaux Lightfoot, aka Reginald Prideaux Lightfoot (1836–1906), British Anglican priest
• Ricky Lightfoot (born 1985), British runner
• Robert Lightfoot (disambiguation), several people
• Rona Lightfoot (born 1936), Scottish bagpipe player
• Ross Lightfoot (born 1936), Liberal member of the Australian Senate
• Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (born 1944), American sociologist
• Steve Lightfoot, aka Steven Lightfoot, alias for Robert Scott Fraser, British television writer and producer
• Teddy Lightfoot (1889–1918), English footballer
• Terra Lightfoot (born 1986), Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
• Terry Lightfoot (1935–2013), British jazz clarinetist and bandleader
• Thomas Lightfoot (1831–1904), former Archdeacon in Cape Town, South Africa
• William Lightfoot (born 1950), member of the Council of the District of Columbia

Fictional characters

• Miss Lightfoot, a recurring character in the Disney Channel TV show The Ghost and Molly McGee
• The Lightfoot family, a fictional family from the 2020 Pixar film Onward

Given name

The following individuals have the given name of Lightfoot:

• Charles Lightfoot Roman, (1889–1961), Canadian surgeon
• Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (politician) (1846–1904), European American politician
• Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy (lawyer) (1886–1961), European American lawyer
• William Lightfoot Price (1861-1916), European American Architect