- John Watts
Little is known about John Watts other than the fact that he was an American merchant captain at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth. Probably born about 1778, location unknown but most likely in Virginia, he was captain of the 18-gun, armed merchantman "Planter" in 1799.
- Naomi Watts
Naomi Ellen Watts (born September 28, 1968) is a British actress known for her roles in "Mulholland Dr.", the film remakes of "The Ring" and "King Kong", as well as her Academy Award-nominated role in the film "21 Grams".
- Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 - November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies for a Western audience. He wrote more than twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, consciousness, and the pursuit of happiness, …
- Chester Burleigh Watts
Chester Burleigh Watts (October 27, 1889 - July 17, 1971) was an American astronomer. He was born in Winchester, Indiana and he attended the Indiana University where he studied astronomy. In 1911 he joined the United States Naval Observatory, but returned to Indiana to complete his B.A. and graduated in 1914. Thereupon he rejoined the Naval Observatory, and began working in the 6" Transit Circle Division. Except for a stint in the Time Service Division (1915-1919), …
- Fergus Watts
Fergus Watts (born September 21, 1985) is an Australian rules football player with the AFL's St Kilda Football Club. Watts spent his first two AFL seasons with Adelaide after being selected by the Crows in the first round of the 2003 AFL National Draft, but saw limited playing opportunities as he only played 5 games (all in 2004, none in 2005). Watts is a promising forward line player, and in a 2005 SANFL Semi-final, …
- Wade Watts
Wade Watts (September 23, 1919-December 131998) was an African-American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma. He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through Christian love doctrine. He worked with Thurgood Marshall and developed a friendship with Martin Luther King during the American civil rights movement, …
- J. C. Watts
Julius Caesar "J.C." Watts (born November 18, 1957) is an American conservative Republican politician, CNN political contributor, former Representative from Oklahoma in the U.S. Congress, and former professional Canadian football player.
- George Frederic Watts
George Frederic Watts, OM (23 February, 1817 – 1 July, 1904; sometimes spelt "George Frederick Watts") was a popular English Victorian painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as "Hope" (see image) and "Love and Life". These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", …
- Peter Watts
Peter Watts is a Canadian science fiction author and marine-mammal biologist. His first novel "Starfish" (2000) introduced Lenie Clarke, a deep-ocean power-station worker physically altered for underwater living and the main character in the sequels: "Maelstrom" (2001), "Behemoth: ß-Max" (2004) and "Behemoth: Seppuku" (2005). The last two volumes comprise one novel, published split into for commercial considerations.
- Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts is recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", as he was the first prolific and popular English hymnwriter, credited with some 750 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in active use today and have been translated into many languages.
- Slick Watts
Donald Earl "Slick" Watts (born July 22 1951 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S.) is a New York City streetball legend, who also played in the National Basketball Association in the mid-1970s. Watts popularized the wearing of the headband by basketball players, a trend that has re-emerged in recent seasons. Watts was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in 1973. In 1976 he led the NBA in total assists, assists per game, total steals, steals per game, …
- Fraser Watts
David Fraser Watts (born June 5, 1979 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England) is a Scottish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. Watts plays for Greenock in the SNCL. He attended South Morningside Primary & Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh. As a batsman, Watts is renowned for his flowing locks and cover drives.
- Charlie Watts
Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. He is also a jazz bandleader and commercial artist. Sometimes referred to as "The Wembley Whammer" when introduced by Mick Jagger during a concert.
- Jeff "tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts was born on January 20, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a jazz drummer. Along with performing with jazz greats such as Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, and many others (see section below for a nearly complete list of musicians Tain has performed with and selected discography), he has released four albums under his own name.
- David Watts
David Leonard Watts (born 26 August 1951, St Helens, Merseyside) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Party member of Parliament for St Helens North. He had previously been leader of St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. He is a Government Whip and Lord Commissioner of HM Household Not to be confused with the fictional character sung about by The Kinks (and covered by The Jam) in "David Watts".
- Coral Eugene Watts
Carl "Coral" Eugene Watts (born November 7, 1953) is an African American serial killer. He managed to obtain immunity for a dozen murders as a result of a plea bargain with prosecutors in 1982; at one point it appeared that he could be released in 2006 despite possibly having committed as many as 80 murders. However, he is now serving a life sentence.
- Erik Watts
Erik Watts (born December 19, 1967) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling in the early 1990s.
- John Cliffe Watts
John Cliffe Watts was a British military officer and architect who designed some of the first permanent public buildings in the young British colony of New South Wales, and who also later became Postmaster General in South Australia. He was born in the village of Sallins, County Kildare Ireland to Charles Watts and his wife Margaret (née Boyse).
- Rolonda Watts
Rolonda Watts (born July 12, 1959 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an African-American actress and former television talk show host. She was the host of "The Rolonda Show", a syndicated talk show that ran for four seasons in the 1990s.
- Trevor Watts
Trevor Charles Watts (b. York, UK, February 26, 1939) is a jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to saxophone at 18. While stationed in Germany with the RAF (1958-63), he encountered the drummer John Stevens and trombonist Paul Rutherford. After being demobbed he returned to London. In 1965 he and Stevens formed the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, …
- Jo Watts
Joanna Karen Watts (b. 18 May, 1987) in Maidstone. She is an England cricketer who has played seven women's one-day internationals in 2005.
- Michael Watts
Michael J. Watts is "Class of 1963" Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and in the eyes of some a leading critical intellectual figure of the academic left. An intensively productive scholar, he works on a variety of themes from African development to contemporary geopolitics, social movements and oil.
- Philip Watts
Sir Philip Watts, KCMG is the former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell. Watts was born on June 25, 1945, in Leicester, England and grew up in the Midlands where his father worked in the textile industry. Watts attended Wyggeston Boys' and Dixie Grammar schools in Leicestershire and the University of Leeds, where he gained a bachelor's degree in physics in 1968.
- Michael 5000 Watts
Michael "5000" Watts is a DJ from Houston, Texas (more specifically, the Homestead area on the northeast side of Houston) who specializes in the Chopped & Screwed technique of southern rap. Michael Watts is also the founder and owner of Swishahouse Records whose artist roster includes Paul Wall. He founded his Swishahouse Label in 1997. The label was mainly known for releasing mixtapes which featured freestyles from such artists as Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, Lil Mario, …
- Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts
Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts (November 11, 1941) is an American born middleweight boxer who fought primarily in the mid-1970's. Born in Sumpter, South Carolina, Bobby Watts came to Philadelphia at age 10 and began boxing at the urging of his cousin, future heavyweight contender Jimmy Young. Watts was a top contender, and by many accounts, one of the most skilled of the 1970's Philadelphia middleweights. "Boogaloo" is most famously known for defeating "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler, …
- Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts (born Ernest James Watts on October 23, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician. He plays saxophone (tenor, alto and soprano) and flute. He might be best known for his work with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and his Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist. He has also toured with the Rolling Stones, joining them on their 1981 tour.
- William Watts
William Watts (1722 - 4 August1764) was chief of the Kasimbazar (or Cossimbazar) factory of the British East India Company. He lived in Bengal for a long time and he was proficient in Bangla, Hindustani and Persian languages. For the inventor, please see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Watts_%28inventor%29">William Watts</a>
- Darius Watts
Darius Orlando Watts (born December 19, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an NFL wide receiver.
- Thomas H. Watts
Thomas Hill Watts (January 3 1819 - September 16 1892) was the Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War. Thomas Hill Watts was born in the Alabama Territory on January 3, 1819, the oldest of twelve children born to John Hughes Watts and Prudence Hill who had moved from Georgia to find the better lands of the frontier. Prepared for college at the Airy Mount Academy in Dallas County, …
- Helen Watts
Helen Watts (b. December 7, 1927) is a Welsh contralto. She was born in Milford Haven and educated at the School of S. Mary and S. Anne, Abbots Bromley and the Royal Academy of Music. She broadcasted regularly and had a distinguished career as an opera singer. In 1978 she was awarded the CBE.
- Alf Watts
Alf Watts, sometimes known as A. A. Watts (1862 - 1928) was a British communist. Watts became a compositor and joined the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). In 1904, he became a member of the Board of Guardians in Poplar, a post he held until his death. After the SDF became the British Socialist Party, Watts became a leader of the majority anti-war faction, and was elected to the party executive as Treasurer, alongside Albert Inkpin and John Maclean.
- Danny Watts
Danny Watts (born December 31, 1979 in Aylesbury, England) is a British racing driver. He is currently racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup for the Redline Racing team. Initially he shared this drive with Richard Westbrook, only contesting races which clash with Westbrook's Porsche Carrera Cup racing, but after a run of 8 successive victories in the races he started, Richard has conceded the drive full-time.
- Ronald Lampman Watts
Ronald Lampman Watts, CC, BA, MA, D.Phil., FRSC (born 1929) is a Canadian academic and the 15th Principal and Vice-chancellor of Queen's University from 1974 until 1984. Born in Japan to Canadian missionary parents, he received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in 1952, and then went to Oriel College, Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. He received a BA at Oxford in 1954, an MA in 1959, and a D. Phil. in 1962.
- Peter Watts
Peter "Overend" Watts (born Peter Watts, 13 May 1947, Yardley, Birmingham, England) is a bass guitar player and founding member of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople. He continued with Dale "Buffin" Griffin and Morgan Fisher in the Mott successor British Lions, until their demise around 1979. Urban legend claims that the name "Overend" came about from the comment "he fell arse over end" after a fall over some equipment. However, it is actually his father Ronald's middle name.
- Susan Watts
Susan Watts is the science editor of the BBC's Newsnight programme, joining the programme in January 1995. She was educated at Imperial College London, and spent 10 years in print journalism specialising in scientific topics, working for "Computer Weekly", "New Scientist" and "The Independent", before moving into television. Watts came into the limelight in Summer 2003 during the Hutton Inquiry, …
- May Theilgaard Watts
May Theilgaard Watts was an American writer, illustrator, and teacher. Watts was the daughter of Danish immigrants. She grew up in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, but began a teaching career in a one-room schoolhouses outside of the city. She attended college during the summer at the University of Chicago, where she studied botany and ecology with Henry Chandler Cowles. Watts graduated in 1918 as a Phi Beta Kappa.
- Bill Watts
Bill Watts, (born May 5 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a former American professional wrestler and promoter. Watts was famous under his "Cowboy" gimmick in his wrestling career, and then as a tough, no-nonsense promoter in the Mid-South area of the United States, which grew to become the UWF.
- John Watts
John Watts (August 27, 1749-September 3, 1836) was an American lawyer and politician from New York City who represented New York in the U.S. House. Born in New York City, Watts completed preparatory studies and studied law. He was the last recorder of New York under the English Crown. Watts later served as a member of the State assembly from 1791 to 1793, serving as speaker of that body in 1792 and 1793. He was a member of the commission to build Newgate Prison, …
- Ethan Watts
Ethan Mahoney Watts (born May 4, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Playing as a middle blocker he competed at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo and earned a berth in the 12-player squad that earned the bronze medal at the World Championship.
- Stan Watts
Stanley H. Watts was a college men's basketball coach, well-known for coaching Brigham Young University to a 372-254 record between 1949 and 1972. The Murray, Utah native was enshrined to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach on May 6, 1986. In the 1950s, Stan Watts never experienced a losing season as head coach at Brigham Young University. He became the sixth coach in history to win 100 games in his first five years, …