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]" or "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 executive
• Bill DeWitt III (born ca. 1968), American baseball executive
• Blake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball player
• Bryce DeWitt (1923–2004), American physicist known for the Wheeler–DeWitt equation and the DeWitt notation, brother of Hugh Hamilton DeWitt
• Cali DeWitt (born 1973), American artist
• Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922–2017), French mathematician and physicist
• Charles DeWitt (1727–1787), delegate to the Continental Congress of United States
• Charles B. DeWitt (born 1950), American Director of the National Institute of Justice
• Charles G. DeWitt (1789–1839), U.S. Representative from New York
• Dale DeWitt (born 1950), Oklahoma politician
• David DeWitt, American computer science professor
• Doug DeWitt (born 1961), American boxer
• George DeWitt (1922–1979), American singer and comedian
• Green DeWitt (1787– 1835), American empresario in Mexican Texas
• Helen DeWitt (born 1957), American novelist
• Hugh Hamilton DeWitt (1933-1995) American ichthyologist, marine biologist and oceanographer, brother of Bryce DeWitt
• Jason DeWitt, American poker player
• Jerry DeWitt (born 1969), American author and public speaker
• John DeWitt (athlete) (1881–1930), American track and field athlete
• John DeWitt (gridiron football) (born 1970), American arena football player
• John H. DeWitt Jr. (1906–1999), American radio broadcasting pioneer
• John L. DeWitt (1880–1962), American general
• Joyce DeWitt (born 1949), American actor
• Keegan DeWitt (born 1982), American film composer, singer-songwriter and actor
• L. G. DeWitt (1912–1990), American NASCAR team owner
• Lew DeWitt (1938–1990), American country musician and singer, member of The Statler Brothers
• Lincoln DeWitt (born 1967), American skeleton racer
• Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt (1859–1928), American pathologist and anatomist
• Matt DeWitt (born 1977), American baseball player
• Nellie Jane DeWitt (1895–1978), United States Navy Nurse Corps officer
• Patrick deWitt (born 1975), Canadian novelist and screenwriter
• Philip Elmer-DeWitt (born 1949), American writer and editor
• Renee Dewitt (born 1986), American model
• Richard W. DeWitt (1838–1909), American Civil War soldier
• Robert L. DeWitt (died 2003), American Episcopal bishop
• Rocky DeWitt, American politician from Iowa
• Roscoe DeWitt (1894–1975), American architect
• Rosemarie DeWitt (born 1974), American actress
• S.A. "Sam" DeWitt (1891–1963), American poet and socialist politician
• Theresa DeWitt (born 1963), (born 1963), American sport shooter
• William DeWitt Jr. (born 1941), American businessman
• William Henry DeWitt (1827–1896), Tennessee politician

Given name

• DeWitt Clinton Baxter (1829–1881), American artist and engraver
• DeWitt Clinton Blair (1833–1915), American philanthropist and industrialist
• DeWitt Bodeen (1908–1988), American screenwriter
• DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), Governor of New York 1817–1822 and 1825–1828
• DeWitt Coffman (1854–1932), United States Navy admiral
• DeWitt "Tex" Coulter (1924–2007), American football player
• DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. (1903–1991), American architect, Methodist minister
• Dewitt Ellerbe (born 1981), American football player
• DeWitt H. Fessenden (1885–1952), American architect, critic, sketch artist, and author
• De Witt Clinton Flanagan (1870–1903), U.S. Representative from New York
• Dewitt Clinton Giddings (1827–1903), U.S. Representative from Texas
• DeWitt Godfrey (born 1960, American sculptor
• Dewitt Clinton Haskin (c.1824–1900), American civil engineer
• DeWitt Hale (1917-2018), American lawyer and politician
• DeWitt Henry (born 1941), American author and editor
• DeWitt Hyde (1909–1986), U.S. Representative from Maryland
• DeWitt Clinton Jansen (1840–1894), American hotelier
• DeWitt Jennings (1871–1937), American film and stage actor
• DeWitt John (1915-1985), American journalist, editor, and author
• DeWitt Jones, American football coach
• Dewitt Jones (born 1943), American photojournalist
• Dewitt Clinton Leach (1822–1909), Michigan politician and newspaperman
• Dewitt Clinton Lewis (1822–1899), American Civil War soldier
• DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn (1818–1892), Speaker of the New York Assembly 1855, 1857 and 1859–1861
• DeWitt Menyard (1944–2009), American basketball player
• Dewitt Miller (1857–1911), American orator and book collector
• R. DeWitt Miller (1910–1958), American science fiction writer
• Dewitt H. Parker (1885–1949), American philosopher
• DeWitt Peck (1894–1973), United States Marine Corps Major general
• DeWitt Stetten Jr. (1909–1990), American biochemist
• De Witt Sumners (born 1941), American mathematician
• T. De Witt Talmage (1832–1902), American religious leader
• DeWitt Wallace (1889–1981), American co-founder of Reader's Digest
• DeWitt Webb (1840–1917), American physician, politician, and amateur naturalist
• DeWitt Weaver (1912–1998), American football player and coach
• DeWitt Weaver (golfer) (1939–2021), American golfer, son of above
• DeWitt Williams (1919–2016), South Carolina politician
• DeWitt 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 series
• Anna DeWitt, birth name of the main character Elizabeth from the BioShock Infinite video game, biological daughter of Booker
• Booker DeWitt, the player protagonist of the BioShock Infinite video game
• 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 supervillain
• Morgan 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

• DeWitt (disambiguation)
• De Wit (surname)