# 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 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
* David M. De Witt (1837–1912), U.S. Representative from New York
* 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
* Jacob H. De Witt (1784–1857), U.S. Representative from New York
* 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 (died 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