Pruitt is a surname of English origin. Notable people with that name include:
Surname
Anna Seward Pruitt (1862–1948), American missionary to China; mother of Ida Pruitt Austin Pruitt (born 1989), American baseball player Charles Pruitt (1930–1985), American politician Cicero Washington Pruitt (1857–1946), American missionary to China; father of Ida Pruitt Dillard Pruitt (born 1961), American professional golfer Elinore Pruitt Stewart, (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoirist Ervin Pruitt, (born 1940), American professional stock car racer Etric Pruitt (born 1981), American professional football player Evelyn Pruitt (1918 – 2000), American geographer best known fo the term "remote sensing" Gabe Pruitt (born 1986), American professional basketball player Greg Pruitt (born 1951), American professional football player Ida Pruitt (1888–1985), American social worker, author, speaker, and interpreter of Chinese; daughter of C. W. Pruitt and Anna Pruitt John H. Pruitt (1896–1918), American double Medal of Honor recipient Jonathan Pruitt Canadian arachnologist Jordan Pruitt (born 1991), American pop singer Katie Pruitt (born 1994), American singer-songwriter Josh Pruitt (born 1983), American Retired race car driver. Moron. Ken Pruitt (born 1957), American politician from Florida; state since 2001 Mary Pruitt (1934–2020), American politician Mike Pruitt (born 1954), American professional football player Millus and Myles Pruitt (or Pruett), American blues musicians in the 1920s MyCole Pruitt, American football player Ron Pruitt (born 1951), American professional baseball player Scott Pruitt (born 1968), American politician; EPA administrator 2017–2018; Oklahoma attorney general 2010–2017; Oklahoma state senator 1999–2006 Steven Pruitt (born 1984), American Wikipedian Wendell O. Pruitt (1920–1945) American military pilot Willie Franklin Pruitt (1860–1947), American poet
Given name
Pruitt Taylor Vince (born 1960), American character actor
Other
Pruitt–Igoe, a former public housing complex in St. Louis.