DeWitt (name)
DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit , both meaning "the white (one)", "the blond (one)". It also became a popular given name following the New York Governorship of DeWitt Clinton , whose mother Mary DeWitt was a descendant of the Dutch patrician De Witt family . People with the name include:
Surname
Bill DeWitt (1902–1982), American baseball executiveBill DeWitt III (born ca. 1968), American baseball executiveBlake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball playerBryce DeWitt (1923–2004), American physicist known for the Wheeler–DeWitt equation and the DeWitt notation , brother of Hugh Hamilton DeWittCali DeWitt (born 1973), American artistCécile DeWitt-Morette (1922–2017), French mathematician and physicistCharles DeWitt (1727–1787), delegate to the Continental Congress of United StatesCharles B. DeWitt (born 1950), American Director of the National Institute of JusticeCharles G. DeWitt (1789–1839), U.S. Representative from New YorkDale DeWitt (born 1950), Oklahoma politicianDavid DeWitt , American computer science professorDavid M. De Witt (1837–1912), U.S. Representative from New YorkDoug DeWitt (born 1961), American boxerGeorge DeWitt (1922–1979), American singer and comedianGreen DeWitt (1787– 1835), American empresario in Mexican TexasHelen DeWitt (born 1957), American novelistHugh Hamilton DeWitt (1933-1995) American ichthyologist, marine biologist and oceanographer, brother of Bryce DeWittJacob H. De Witt (1784–1857), U.S. Representative from New YorkJason DeWitt , American poker playerJerry DeWitt (born 1969), American author and public speakerJohn DeWitt (athlete) (1881–1930), American track and field athleteJohn DeWitt (gridiron football) (born 1970), American arena football playerJohn H. DeWitt Jr. (1906–1999), American radio broadcasting pioneerJohn L. DeWitt (1880–1962), American generalJoyce DeWitt (born 1949), American actorKeegan DeWitt (born 1982), American film composer, singer-songwriter and actorL. G. DeWitt (died 1990), American NASCAR team ownerLew DeWitt (1938–1990), American country musician and singer, member of The Statler Brothers Lincoln DeWitt (born 1967), American skeleton racerLydia Maria Adams DeWitt (1859–1928), American pathologist and anatomistMatt DeWitt (born 1977), American baseball playerNellie Jane DeWitt (1895–1978), United States Navy Nurse Corps officerPatrick deWitt (born 1975), Canadian novelist and screenwriterPhilip Elmer-DeWitt (born 1949), American writer and editorRenee Dewitt (born 1986), American modelRichard W. DeWitt (1838–1909), American Civil War soldierRobert L. DeWitt (died 2003), American Episcopal bishopRocky DeWitt , American politician from IowaRoscoe DeWitt (1894–1975), American architectRosemarie DeWitt (born 1974), American actressS.A. "Sam" DeWitt (1891–1963), American poet and socialist politicianTheresa DeWitt (born 1963), (born 1963), American sport shooterWilliam DeWitt Jr. (born 1941), American businessmanWilliam Henry DeWitt (1827–1896), Tennessee politician
Given name
DeWitt Clinton Baxter (1829–1881), American artist and engraverDeWitt Clinton Blair (1833–1915), American philanthropist and industrialistDeWitt Bodeen (1908–1988), American screenwriterDeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), Governor of New York 1817–1822 and 1825–1828DeWitt Coffman (1854–1932), United States Navy admiralDeWitt "Tex" Coulter (1924–2007), American football playerDewitt Ellerbe (born 1981), American football playerDeWitt H. Fessenden (1885–1952), American architect, critic, sketch artist, and authorDe Witt Clinton Flanagan (1870–1903), U.S. Representative from New YorkDewitt Clinton Giddings (1827–1903), U.S. Representative from TexasDeWitt Godfrey (born 1960, American sculptorDewitt Clinton Haskin (c.1824–1900), American civil engineerDeWitt Hale (1917-2018), American lawyer and politicianDeWitt Henry (born 1941), American author and editorDeWitt Hyde (1909–1986), U.S. Representative from MarylandDeWitt Clinton Jansen (1840–1894), American hotelierDeWitt Jennings (1871–1937), American film and stage actorDeWitt John (1915-1985), American journalist, editor, and authorDeWitt Jones , American football coachDewitt Jones (born 1943), American photojournalistDewitt Clinton Leach (1822–1909), Michigan politician and newspapermanDewitt Clinton Lewis (1822–1899), American Civil War soldierDeWitt Clinton Littlejohn (1818–1892), Speaker of the New York Assembly 1855, 1857 and 1859–1861DeWitt Menyard (1944–2009), American basketball playerDewitt Miller (1857–1911), American orator and book collectorR. DeWitt Miller (1910–1958), American science fiction writerDewitt H. Parker (1885–1949), American philosopherDeWitt Peck (1894–1973), United States Marine Corps Major generalDeWitt Stetten Jr. (1909–1990), American biochemistDe Witt Sumners (born 1941), American mathematicianT. De Witt Talmage (1832–1902), American religious leaderDeWitt Wallace (1889–1981), American co-founder of Reader's Digest DeWitt Webb (1840–1917), American physician, politician, and amateur naturalistDeWitt Weaver (1912–1998), American football player and coachDeWitt Weaver (golfer) (1939–2021), American golfer, son of aboveDeWitt Williams (1919–2016), South Carolina politicianDeWitt Clinton Wilson (1827–1895), Wisconsin politician
Fictional characters
Abby DeWitt, character from the Under the Dome TV series
Addison DeWitt, character from the drama film All About Eve
Alexandra DeWitt , character from the Green Lantern DC Comics seriesAnna DeWitt , birth name of the main character Elizabeth from the BioShock Infinite video game , biological daughter of BookerBooker DeWitt , the player protagonist of the BioShock Infinite Dewitt , an anthropomorphic frog from the animated TV series Will and Dewitt Emmett DeWitt, character from the film 10 Cloverfield Lane
Kearson DeWitt , Marvel Comics supervillainMorgan DeWitt , character from the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful Rose DeWitt Bukater, female protagonist of the film Titanic
Xander Dewitt, main character from the film Bixler High Private Eye
See also
Surnames derived from the color
White English Celtic German /Yiddish Other Germanic Romance Slavic
Belić , Bijelić , Bilić Belik Belikov Belov Belsky Belenky Bely Belyay , Belyaev , Belyakov , Belykh Białas , Białek , Białecki , Bialik , Białkowski , Biały Bielak /Bielák /Belyak , Bielski , Bielecki /Beletsky , Bieliński /Belinsky , Bielawski Bilski Bily Bilyi Bilyk Byelik , Belik Other
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