title: Chute (surname)
text: # Chute (surname)
  
  Chute is a surname, and may refer to:
  
  * Anthony Chute (fl. 1590s–1595), Elizabethan poet and pamphleteer
  * B. J. Chute (1913–1987), American writer and academic
  * Carolyn Chute (born 1947), American writer and activist
  * Chaloner Chute (died 1659), English lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons
  * Chaloner Chute (died 1666) (1632–1666), English lawyer and politician
  * Charles Chute (1879–1956), English barrister, landowner, and politician
  * Christopher G. Chute (born 1955), American biomedical informatics researcher
  * Desmond Chute (1895–1962), English poet, artist and Catholic priest
  * Harris H. Chute (c. 1823 – 1892), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia
  * Hillary Chute (born 1976), American academic
  * Marchette Chute (1909–1994), American biographer
  * Philip Chute (1506–1567), English Member of Parliament
  * Trevor Chute (1816–1886), Irish army officer
  