# Smollett

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**Smollett** is an English and Scots surname, originally meaning *small head*.

Notable people with the surname include:

## Individuals

- [Jake Smollett](/source/Jake_Smollett) (born 1989), American actor
- [Jurnee Smollett](/source/Jurnee_Smollett) (born 1986), American actress
- [Jussie Smollett](/source/Jussie_Smollett) (born 1982), American actor - [Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax](/source/Jussie_Smollett_hate_crime_hoax), 2019 criminal case in Chicago
- [Peter Smollett](/source/Peter_Smollett) (1912–1980), Austrian-born British journalist and Russian spy
- [Tobias Smollett](/source/Tobias_Smollett) (1721–1771), Scottish author

## Fictional characters

- [Captain Alexander Smollett](/source/Captain_Alexander_Smollett), the captain of the *Hispaniola* in the novel *Treasure Island*
- Col. William G. Smollett, a character in the 1944 film *[Since You Went Away](/source/Since_You_Went_Away)*, played by [Monty Woolley](/source/Monty_Woolley)

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