Putnam (surname)

Putnam or Puttnam is a surname. Notable people with the surnames include:

* Albert Day Putnam (1852–1905), Connecticut politician
* Adam Putnam (born 1974), American politician
* Ann Putnam, Jr. (1679–1716), an accuser in the Salem witch trials
* Ashley Putnam (born 1952), American opera singer
* Benjamin Putnam (born 1981), American drag queen and comedian known as BenDeLaCreme
* Bill Putnam (1920–1989), American audio engineer
* Bill Putnam (basketball) (1922–1992), American basketball player
* Brenda Putnam (1890–1975), American sculptor
* Carleton Putnam (c. 1902–1998), American aviator, activist and author
* Charles Flint Putnam (1854–1882), US naval officer, polar explorer
* David Putnam (1898–1918), American World War I air ace
* David Puttnam (born 1941), British film producer
* Donald Fulton Putnam (fl. 1969), Canadian geographer, winner of Massey Medal
* Douglas Putnam (1838–1918), American military officer
* Edson A. Putnam (1832–1917), American politician
* Frank W. Putnam (1917–2006), American biologist
* Frederic Ward Putnam (1839–1915), American anthropologist, Harvard University
* George Putnam (1914–2008), American journalist
* George Haven Putnam (1844–1930), American book entrepreneur and publishing-family member
* George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), American book entrepreneur
* George P. Putnam (1887–1950), American publisher, author, explorer, and publishing-family and aviation-family member
* Harvey Putnam (1793–1855), U.S. Congressman from New York
* Herbert Putnam (1861–1955), American library administrator and publishing-family member
* Hilary Putnam (1926–2016), American philosopher
* Howard Putnam (b. 1937), American travel business manager
* Israel Putnam (1718–1790), American general
* James Putnam (disambiguation), several people
* John Day Putnam (1837–1904), Wisconsin politician
* Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906), American physician
* Michael Putnam (born 1983), American professional golfer
* Norbert Putnam (born 1942), American musician and record producer
* Palmer Cosslett Putnam (1900–1984), American wind power pioneer and author, builder of the Smith–Putnam wind turbine
* Phelps Putnam (1894–1948), American poet
* Robert D. Putnam (born 1941), American political scientist
* Roger Putnam (1892–1972), American politician and industrialist
* Rufus Putnam (1738–1824), American soldier
* Ruth Putnam (disambiguation), several people
* Ruth Anna Putnam (1927–2019), American philosopher
* Seth Putnam (1968–2011), American musician
* Thomas Putnam (1651–1699), landowner and accuser in Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials
* Tracy Putnam (1894–1975), medical researcher, co-discoverer of Phenytoin
* Will Putnam (born 2000), American football player
* William Putnam (disambiguation), several people

## Fictional characters

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* Cecil Putnam, a character in Ninjago
* Oliver Putnam, a character portrayed by Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building

## See also

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* Putnam family, founded in America in the 17th century
* Putnam (disambiguation)
* List of places named for Israel Putnam

Surname list

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