Family name Shortt (ショート 
, 肖特 
, Shortt 
) , around the world, is quite a common surname. The cognomen Shortt is habitual in Ireland, where it is quite a common surname, Canada, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Much less frequently, Shortt is the forename as well as the last name.
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| ショート | Japan |
| 肖特 | China |
| Shortt | Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Ireland, Australia |
| Шорт | Ukraine, Russia |
| thomas shortt Scottish physician, GB (b. 1788) |
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| charles shortt British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant in 1821 (1791-?) (b. 1791) |
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adam shortt Canadian historian (1859-1931), CA (b. 1859) |
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william allaire shortt American politician (1859-1915), US (b. 1859) |
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edward shortt British politician (1862-1935), GB (b. 1862) |
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| john shortt physician, anthropologist, naturalist and writer (b. 1822) |
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william hamilton shortt British horologist and engineer, GB (b. 1881) |
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henry edward shortt Anglo-Indian protozoologist (1887-1987), GB (b. 1887) |
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| charles henry shortt Charles Henry Shortt (1852-1914) 1915 Obituary [1] CHARLES HENRY SHORTT, born on the 12th February, 1853, at Inverness, died on the 5th Januar... (b. 1852) |
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| william shortt Shortt, William Hamilton (1881–1971), railway engineer and horologist (b. 1881) |
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| roland shortt cricketer (1898-1963), IE (b. 1898) |
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| arthur shortt British Army general, GB (b. 1899) |
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| terence michael shortt Canadian ornithologist and scientific illustrator (b. 1911) |
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pat shortt Irish actor and musician, IE (b. 1966) |
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| bill shortt Welsh footballer (1920-2004), GB (b. 1920) |
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