Pruitt is a surname of English origin. Notable people with that name include:

• Anna Seward Pruitt (1862–1948), American missionary to China; mother of Ida
• Austin Pruitt (born 1989), American baseball player
• Charles Pruitt (1930–1985), American politician
• Cicero Washington Pruitt (1857–1946), American missionary to China; father of Ida
• Dillard Pruitt (born 1961), American golfer
• Elinore Pruitt Stewart, (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoirist
• Ervin Pruitt, (born 1940), American stock car racer
• Etric Pruitt (born 1981), American football player
• Evelyn Pruitt (1918–2000), American geographer
• Gabe Pruitt (born 1986), American basketball player
• Greg Pruitt (born 1951), American football player
• Ida Pruitt (1888–1985), American social worker, author, speaker, and interpreter
• John H. Pruitt (1896–1918), American double Medal of Honor recipient
• Jonathan Pruitt, Canadian arachnologist
• Jordan Pruitt (born 1991), American pop singer
• Katie Pruitt (born 1994), American singer-songwriter
• Ken Pruitt (born 1957), American politician from Florida
• Mary Pruitt (1934–2020), American politician
• Mike Pruitt (born 1954), American football player
• Millus and Myles Pruitt, American blues musicians in the 1920s
• MyCole Pruitt, American football player
• Ron Pruitt (born 1951), American baseball player
• Scott Pruitt (born 1968), American politician from Oklahoma
• Steven Pruitt (born 1984), American Wikipedian
• Wendell O. Pruitt (1920–1945), American military pilot
• Willie Franklin Pruitt (1860–1947), American poet

• Pruitt Taylor Vince (born 1960), American character actor

• Pruitt–Igoe, a former public housing complex in St. Louis.

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Pruitt.
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