Root is a surname, and may refer to: People Alan Root (1937–2017), Anglo-Kenyan wildlife filmmaker Amanda Root (born 1963), British actress Amos Root (1839–1923), American beekeeper Antony Root (born 1954), British scriptwriter and drama producer Bill Root (ice hockey) (born 1959), Canadian ice-hockey player Bill Root (bridge) (1923–2002), American bridge player Billy Root (cricketer) (born 1992), English cricketer Budd Root (born 1958), American comic book artist Charles W. Root (1899-1968), American lawyer and politician Charlie Root (1899–1970), American baseball player Edmund Root (1881–1961), American naval officer Edward Root (1902–1986), Australian rugby league footballer Eleazer Root (1802–1887), American educator and Episcopalian priest Elias Root (1806–1880), New York businessman and politician Elihu Root (1845–1937), American statesman and 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Elisha K. Root (1808–1865), American inventor Erastus Root (1773–1846), US congressman from, and lieutenant governor of, New York Fred Root (1890–1954), English cricketer George Frederick Root (1820–1895), American songwriter Gladys Root (1905–1982), American criminal defense attorney Gloria Root (1948–2006), American model Howard Root (1926–2007), American-born British Anglican priest and theologian Jack Root (1873-1963), professional name of American light heavyweight boxing champion Janos Ruthuly Jane Root (born 1957), British television executive Jesse Root (1736–1822), Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Jesse L. Root (1860–1947), Associate Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court Jim Root (born 1971), American guitarist Jim Root (gridiron football) (1931–2003), American football player and coach Joan Root (1936–2006), British (Kenyan-born) ecological activist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Root (born 1990), English cricketer Joe Root (Pennsylvania hermit) (1860–1912) American hermit from Erie, Pennsylvania Joel Root (1770–1847), American author of a journal of his voyage around the world (1802–1806) on a sealing ship John B. Root (born 1958), French pornographic filmmaker Joseph Pomeroy Root (1826–1885), American doctor, politician, and diplomat John Wellborn Root (1850–1891), American architect John Wellborn Root Jr. (1887–1963), American architect Jon Root (born 1964), American volleyball player Leon Root (1929–2015), American physician Martha Root (1872–1939), American teacher of the Bahá'í Faith Olga von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian stage actress and singer Richard B. Root (1936–2013), American ecologist, entomologist and evolutionary biologist Richard K. Root (1938–2006), American epidemiologist Robert Root-Bernstein (born 1953), MacArthur fellow and professor of life sciences at Michigan State University Sidney Root (1824–1897), American engineer and businessman Stephen Root (born 1951), American actor Tina Root (fl. 1980s-2010s), American singer Tom Root (born 1973), American Emmy-winning TV writer and producer Waverley Root (1903–1982), American