Pollitt
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Pollitt is a surname, and may refer to:
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- Alice PollittAlice PollittAlice Pollitt [Deschaine] is a former infielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 3", 150 lb., she batted and threw right-handed....
(born 1929), American baseball player - George PollittGeorge PollittGeorge Pollitt was an English first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1899. Unusually for a 'one match wonder' he was highly successful in his only innings, scoring 51 against Hampshire in a drawn match at Park Avenue, Bradford. He took a catch but did not...
(1874 - ?), English cricketer - Harry PollittHarry PollittHarry Pollitt was the head of the trade union department of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the General Secretary of the party for more than 20 years.- Early life :...
(1890 - 1960), trade unionist, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain - Harry Pollitt (engineer)Harry Pollitt (engineer)Harry Pollitt was Locomotive Engineer of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from 1894–1897 and its successor, the Great Central Railway, from 1897-1900.-Biography:Pollitt was born on 26 December 1864 at Ashton-under-Lyne...
(1864–?), British locomotive engineer - James PollittJames PollittJames Peter Pollitt was an English cricketer.Pollitt made his first-class debut for the North in 1847 against the Marylebone Cricket Club...
(1826 - 1860), English cricketer - Katha PollittKatha PollittKatha Pollitt is an American feminist poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry...
(born 1949), American poet, essayist and critic - Mike Pollitt (born 1972), English footballer
- Tessa PollittTessa PollittTessa Pollitt was the bass guitarist for the punk rock outfit The Slits, between 1976 and 1981, when the band first split up. She returned to the band when it was reformed in 2006....
(born 1959), punk musician - William PollittWilliam PollittColonel Sir William Pollitt was general manager of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway from 1886 to 1902, the final three years being as General Manager of the renamed Great Central Railway....
, British railway manager (around 1900)
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- Big Daddy Pollitt and all his family, characters in Cat on a Hot Tin RoofCat on a Hot Tin RoofCat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955...