Underhill (surname)

Underhill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adelaide Underhill (1860–1936), American librarian
• Andrew Underhill (1749–1794), American silversmith
• Arthur Underhill (1850–1939), English barrister and scholar
• Barbara Underhill (born 1963), Canadian figure skater
• Beth Underhill (born 1962), Canadian equestrian
• Cave Underhill (1634 – c. 1710), English actor
• Charles Edward Underhill (1845–1908) British surgeon
• David Harris Underhill (1850–1936), American librarian and author
• Edward Bean Underhill (1813–1901), English Baptist historian and biographer
• Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), British writer
• Felicity Underhill, New Zealand energy specialist
• Francis Underhill (1878–1943), English bishop, and cousin of Evelyn Underhill
• Frank Underhill (1889–1971), Canadian historian and social activist
• Fulke Underhill (1578–1599), the son of William Underhill II of Warwickshire, owner of New Place
• George Lees Underhill (1813–1881), iron merchant who became thirteenth Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1861/62
• Henry Underhill, (1855–1920), Oxford-based amateur scientist and photographer
• Sir Hercules Underhill (1581–1658), who confirmed the sale of New Place to William Shakespeare
• Hugh Underhill (1518–1593), English keeper of the wardrobe under Queen Elizabeth I
• John Underhill (1545–1592), Bishop of Oxford, 1589–1592
• Captain John Underhill (1597–1672), English colonist and soldier in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• John Edward Underhill (1574–1608), English diplomat and exile
• Irving Underhill (1872–1960), American commercial photographer
• John Q. Underhill (1848–1907), American politician
• John R. Underhill (born 1961), British geologist and football referee
• Martyn Underhill (born 1958), Detective and Police and Crime Commissioner Dorset
• Sir Nicholas Underhill (born 1952), British lawyer and judge
• Paco Underhill, American environmental psychologist
• Reg Underhill (1914–1993), British Labour Party politician
• Robert L. M. Underhill (1889–1983), American mountaineer
• Roy Underhill (born 1950), American woodwright and host of the television series "The Woodwright's Shop"
• Sam Underhill (born 1996), England Rugby player
• Steven Underhill (born 1962), American photographer
• Thomas Edgar Underhill (1854–1917) British physician
• Wilbur Underhill, Jr. (1901–1934), American criminal, burglar, bank robber and Depression-era outlaw
• William Wilson Underhill (1839–1935), American businessman, President of the United States Fire Insurance Company of New York
• William Underhill (1933–2022), American sculptor

Fictional characters:

• Sophia Underhill (aka Kate Kingsley), romantic interest of Giordano Bruno in Heresy and Sacrilege by S. J. Parris (Stephanie Merritt)
• Susan Underhill (aka Betty Jo Bialosky), character from The Further Adventures of Nick Danger by Firesign Theater
• Ted Underhill, character in the films Fletch (film) and Fletch Lives
• Underhill (first name not mentioned), an FBI interrogator in John Grisham's novel The Partner
• Frodo Baggins (aka Mr. Underhill), character from J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings

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