Watts (surname)

Watts is a surname, and may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

André Watts, German-American pianist
Charlie Watts (1941–2021), British drummer of The Rolling Stones
Clem Watts, pseudonym of Al Trace, a prolific American songwriter and orchestra leader
Elizabeth Watts, British soprano
Ernie Watts, American jazz saxophonist
Helen Watts, Welsh singer
Isaac Watts (1674–1748), English hymn-writer, theologian, and logician
Ivo Watts-Russell, indie music entrepreneur
Jeff "Tain" Watts, American jazz drummer
John Watts (composer)
Lou Watts, British musician in the band Chumbawamba
Lyndon Watts, Australian bassoonist
Nathan Watts, American bass guitar player
Pete Overend Watts (1947–2017), English rock bassist, founding member of Mott the Hoople
Raymond Watts, American musician and member of the band PIG
Reggie Watts, American comedian and musician

Christopher Lee Watts (born 1985), perpetrator of the Watts family murders (2018)
Coral Eugene Watts (1953–2007), American murderer
Joe Watts, American mobster

Richard C. Watts (1853–1930), an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Shirley M. Watts (born 1959), a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals

John Watts (sailor) (c. 1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia
John Cliffe Watts (1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales
John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
Philip Watts (naval architect), British naval architect

Alfred Watts (South Australian politician) (1815–1884), South Australian businessman and politician
Alfred Watts (Western Australian politician) (1873–1954), Australian politician
Arthur Watts (politician) (1897–1970), Australian politician
David Watts (politician), British politician
J. C. Watts, American politician
John Watts, postmaster of Oregon and disputed elector in the 1876 United States presidential election
John Watts (Cherokee chief)
John Watts (New York politician) (1749–1836), U.S. Representative from New York
John Arthur Watts (1947–2016), British MP for Slough
John C. Watts (1902–1971), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
John Sebrie Watts (1816–1876), U.S. House Delegate from New Mexico Territory
Lala Fay Watts (1881–1971), American suffragette, temperance advocate, and labor activist
Thomas H. Watts, American politician, 18th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama

Becky Watts, British college student who was murdered by her family
David P. Watts, American anthropologist
Duncan J. Watts, American sociologist
Frederick Watts, the "Father of Penn State"
James W. Watts, American neurosurgeon and early pioneer of lobotomy
Michael Watts, American geographer
Ronald Lampman Watts, Canadian academic
Susan Watts, British science journalist
Victor Watts (1938–2002), British toponymist, medievalist, translator, and academic

Armani Watts (born 1996), American football player
Armon Watts (born 1996), American football player
Bill Watts, American professional wrestler
Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts, American boxer
Brandon Watts, American football player
Darius Watts, American football player
Duece Watts (born 1999), American football player
Eric Watts (born 2000), American football player
Erik Watts, American professional wrestler
Fergus Watts, Australian footballer
Fraser Watts, Scottish cricketer
John Watts, Australian sportsman and broadcaster
Johnny Watts (English footballer), English football player for Birmingham City F.C.
Markees Watts (born 1999), American football player
Phat Watts (born 1999), American football player
Quincy Watts, American athlete
R. N. Watts, American college sports coach
Rocket Watts (born 2000), American basketball player
Slick Watts (1951–2025), American basketball player
Stan Watts, American basketball coach
Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
Wallace Watts, Wales rugby union international
Wally Watts, Australian footballer
Xavier Watts (born 2001), American football player

Alan Watts, English philosopher
Anthony Watts (blogger), American blogger and former television weatherman
C. C. Watts (pastor) Charles Cameron Watts (1895–1965), Australian Congregationalist pastor
Daniel Watts, multiple people
Franklin Watts, an imprint of U.S. publisher Grolier
George Washington Watts, financier and manufacturer
Graham Clive Watts, British construction administrator
Henry Watts, multiple people
Hugh Watts (bell-founder) (1582/3 – 1643), English bell-founder
John Watts of the Leake and Watt's Children's Home
Peter Watts, multiple people
Philip Watts, British businessman
Richard Watts, British businessman and philanthropist
Sara Virginia Ecker Watts, First Lady of North Carolina
William Watts (East India Company official) of the British East India Company
Watts family murders