Meaning of Last Name

Root is a surname, and may refer to * Amanda Root (born 1963), British actress * Amos Root, American beekeeper * Antony Root, British scriptwriter and drama producer * Budd Root, comic book artist * Charlie Root, American baseball player * Edward Root, Australian rugby league footballer * Elihu Root (1845–1937), American statesman and 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize * Elisha K. Root, American inventor * Enoch Root, fictional character in novels by Neal Stephenson * Fred Root, English cricketer * George Frederick Root, American songwriter * Gladys Root, American criminal defense attorney * Gloria Root, American model * James Root, American guitarist * Jane Root, British television executive * Jesse Root, American jurist * Joan Root (1936–2006), British (Kenyan-born) ecological activist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker. * Joe Root (1860–1912) American naturalist from Erie, Pennsylvania. * Johannes Root (nl), Banda-born Dutch military personnel involved in some military operations in West Kalimantan and Bali, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) * John Wellborn Root (1850–1891), American architect * John Wellborn Root, Jr. (1887–1963), American architect * Jon Root (born 1964), American volleyball player * Julius Root, fictional character from the Artemis Fowl series * Leon Root, American physician * Martha Root, American teacher of the Bahá'í Faith * Richard Root (1938–2006), American epidemiologist * Robert Root-Bernstein, MacArthur fellow and professor of life sciences at Michigan State University * Sidney Root (1824–1897), American engineer and businessman * Stephen Root, American actor * Tina Root, American singer * Waverley Lewis Root, American journalist