Smollett is an English and Scots surname, originally meaning small head.

Notable people with the surname include:

Individuals Jake Smollett (born 1989), American actor Jurnee Smollett (born 1986), American actress Jussie Smollett (born 1982), American actor Jussie Smollett hate crime hoax, 2019 criminal case in Chicago Peter Smollett (1912–1980), Austrian-born British journalist and Russian spy Tobias Smollett (1721–1771), Scottish author

Fictional characters

Captain Alexander Smollett, the captain of the Hispaniola in the novel Treasure Island Col. William G. Smollett, a character in the 1944 film Since You Went Away, played by Monty Woolley