title: Ridout
text: # Ridout
  
  Ridout is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Alan Ridout (1934–1996), British composer and teacher
  * Alexandra Ridout (born 1998), British jazz trumpeter
  * Dudley Ridout (1866–1941), British soldier
  * George Percival Ridout (1807–1873), British-Canadian merchant and politician
  * Godfrey Ridout (1918–1984), Canadian composer and teacher
  * Heather Ridout (born 1954), Australian businesswoman
  * Herbert C. Ridout (1881–1948), British journalist and writer
  * John Ridout (died 1817), Canadian duel victim
  * Louis Ridout (born 1990), English bowls player
  * Matilda Ridout Edgar (1844–1910), Canadian historian and feminist
  * Ronald Ridout (1916–1994), British textbook author
  * Thomas Ridout (disambiguation), several people
  