Bott is an English and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alan Bott (1893–1952), British military aviator and journalist Catherine Bott, English soprano Charlie Bott, English rugby player Edward Alexander Bott (1887–1974), Canadian psychologist Edward Charles Arden Bott (1924–2005), British physician François Bott (1935–2022), French author John Bott, English cricketer Leon Bott, Australian rugby league footballer Leonidas Bott (1889–1969), Australian cricketer Lloyd Bott (1917–2004), senior Australian public servant Mark Bott, English cricketer Markus Bott, German boxer Martin Bott (1926–2018), English geophysicist Nina Bott, German actress Randy L. Bott, American academic Raoul Bott (1923–2005), Hungarian-American mathematician Richard Bott, Canadian Protestant minister Violet Elizabeth Bott, character in a Richmal Crompton novel. Wilf Bott (1907–1992), English footballer