Motte (surname)

Motte, la Motte, de la Motte, and LaMotte are French surnames. Notable people with the surname include:

• Antoine Houdar de la Motte (1672–1731), French author
• August de la Motte (1713–1788), Hanoverian general
• Benjamin Motte (1693–1738), English publisher
• Benjamin Motte Sr. (died 1710), English publisher
• Bernard Lamotte (1903–1983), French artist
• Camille du Bois de la Motte (fl. 1789), French marchioness
• Capucine Motte (born 1971), Belgian writer
• Clarence Petersen de la Motte (born 1892), Australian sailor
• Diether de la Motte (1928–2010), German musician, composer, music theorist, and academic teacher
• Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte (1754–1835), French doctor
• Ellen N. La Motte (1873–1961), American nurse, journalist and author
• Étienne Lamotte (1903–1983), Belgian priest and indologist
• François Henri de la Motte (died 1781), French army officer
• Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843), German writer
• Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué (1698–1774), French-Prussian lieutenant general
• Henri-Paul Motte (1846–1922), French painter
• Isaac Motte (1738–1795), American statesman
• Jason Motte (born 1982), American baseball player
• Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (1648–1717), French mystic
• Lisa de la Motte (born 1985), Swazi swimmer
• Marguerite De La Motte (1902–1950), American actress
• Danielle La Motte (born 1984), Australian Tattoo Artist
• Luke La Motte (born 1986), Australian Butt Licker
• Nicholas de la Motte (1755–1831), French nobleman
• Pierre Lambert de la Motte (1624–1679), French bishop
• Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (1720–1791), French admiral
• Tyler Motte (born 1995), American ice hockey player