# Whitaker

Whitaker (also Whittaker) is a surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning the white acre, also spelled "Whittaker" and "Whitacre." Notable people with the surname include:

## People with the name

* The Whitaker iron family - a family important in the iron and steel industry in 19th and 20th century America
* A. J. Whitaker (Ayana Jean Whitaker; born 1992), American volleyball player
* Alexander Whitaker (1585–1616), American religious leader
* Amoret Whitaker, forensic entomologist
* Ann Whitaker, American physicist
* Anthony Whitaker (1944–2014), New Zealand herpetologist
* Ayton Whitaker (1916–1999), British producer and director of radio, film and television
* Arthur Luther Whitaker (1921–2007), American minister, professor, psychologist, and sociologist
* Benjamin Whitaker (disambiguation)
* Berry Whitaker (1890–1984), American football college coach
* Bill Whitaker (journalist) (born 1951), American television journalist
* Billy Whitaker (1923–1995), English football defender
* Brandon Whitaker (born 1985), Canadian football running back
* Brian Whitaker, British journalist
* Candi Whitaker (born 1980), American college basketball coach
* Carl Whitaker (1912–1985), American therapist
* Carol Whitaker (born 1982), Canadian curler
* Charles Whitaker (c. 1642 – 1715), English politician
* Chico Whitaker (born 1931), Brazilian social-justice advocate
* Chris Whitaker (born 1974), Australian rugby union player
* Colin Whitaker (1932–2015), English football left winger
* Corinne Whitaker (born 1934), American digital artist
* Cuthbert Whitaker (1873–1950), editor of Whitaker's Almanack
* Danny Whitaker (born 1980), English footballer
* Danta Whitaker (born 1964), American football tight end
* David Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
* Denis Whitaker (1915–2001), Canadian general
* Denzel Whitaker (born 1990), American actor
* Deonce Whitaker (born 1978), Canadian football running back
* Duane Whitaker (born 1959), American actor
* Ed Whitaker (1938–2014), American stock car team owner
* Edward Whitaker (1660–1735), Royal Navy officer
* Edward W. Whitaker (1841–1922), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient
* Ellen Whitaker (born 1986), English show jumping rider
* Elizabeth Raffald (née Whitaker; 1733–1781), English businesswoman, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper cookery book
* Elsie Whitaker Martinez (1890–1984), daughter of Herman Whitaker
* Eric Whitaker (disambiguation)
* Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), children's writer
* Ewen Whitaker (1922–2016), British-American astronomer
* Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor
* Francis Whitaker (1906–1999), American blacksmith
* Franklin Whitaker (died 1891), American politician
* Frederic Whitaker (1891–1980), American watercolorist
* Frederick Whitaker (disambiguation)
* George Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
* Harold Whitaker (1920–2013), British animator
* Henry Whitaker (c. 1549 – 1589), English politician, Member of Parliament for Westbury (1586–1588)
* Henry Whitaker (c. 1622 – 1695), English lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury (1659, 1661–1679)
* Henry C. Whitaker (born 1978), Florida Solicitor General
* Herman Whitaker (1867–1919), American writer
* Hugh Whitaker (born 1961), British rock drummer
* Jack Whitaker (1924–2019), American sportscaster
* James Whitaker (disambiguation)
* Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker (born 1936), British Labour politician
* Jared Whitaker (1818–1884), mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
* Jason Whitaker (born 1977), American football player
* Jeremiah Whitaker (1599–1654), English Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly
* Jim Whitaker (Norris J. Whitaker; born 1950), American politician, Mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska (2003–2009)
* Joel Whitaker (1877–1947), physician and college football player and coach
* John Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
* Joseph Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
* Kati Whitaker, British radio and TV journalist
* Kevin Whitaker (born 1957), American diplomat
* Lance Whitaker (born 1971), heavyweight boxer
* Laurence Whitaker (c. 1578 – 1654), English politician
* Lawrence Whitaker (game designer), American role-playing game designer
* Lang Whitaker, American sportswriter
* Lily C. Whitaker (1850–1932), American educator, writer; daughter of Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker
* Lou Whitaker (born 1957), American baseball player
* Lucian "Skippy" Whitaker (1930-1990), American basketball player
* Lyman Whitaker, American sculptor
* Mabel Whitaker (1884–1976), New Zealand teacher and local historian
* Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, Céu, Brazilian singer
* Marjorie Whitaker (better known as Malachi Whitaker; 1895–1976)
* Mark Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
* Martin Whitaker, British businessman
* Martin D. Whitaker (1902–1960), American physicist
* Matthew Whitaker (disambiguation)
** Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. Attorney General (born 1969)
** Matthew Whitaker (pianist) (born 2001), American jazz pianist
** Matthew C. Whitaker, American historian
* Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker (1820–1906), American author; mother of Lily C. Whitaker
* Meade Whitaker (1919–2005), United States Tax Court judge
* Michael Whitaker (born 1960), British equestrian rider,
* Mike Whitaker (swimmer) (born 1951), Canadian Olympic swimmer
* Milton C. Whitaker (1870–1963), American chemist
* Neil Whitaker (1931–2008), Australian rules footballer
* Nelson E. Whitaker (1839–1909), President of the West Virginia Senate 1897–1899
* Nick Whitaker (born 1988), American actor
* Norman T. Whitaker (1890–1975), International Master of chess
* O'Kelley Whitaker (1926–2015), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York (1983–1992)
* Ozi William Whitaker (1830–1911), bishop of the Episcopal Church
* Pat Whitaker (1865–1902), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Paul Whitaker (born 1973), English and New Zealand cricketer
* Pernell Whitaker (1964–2019), American boxer
* Peter Whitaker, English actor
* Phil Whitaker (born 1966), British novelist and physician
* Ray Whitaker, Australian rules footballer
* Richard Whitaker (born 1947), Australian meteorologist
* Richard Whitaker (architect), American Third Bay Tradition architect
* Robert Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
* Rod Whitaker (disambiguation)
* Rogers E. M. Whitaker (1900–1981), editor of The New Yorker magazine
* Romulus Whitaker (born 1943), herpetologist
* Ronyell Whitaker (born 1979), American professional football player
* Rosa Whitaker, American entrepreneur
* Ross T. Whitaker, American engineer
* Ruth Whitaker (1936–2014), American politician
* Samuel Estill Whitaker (1886–1967), Tennessee attorney, mayor of Riverview, Tennessee, and judge of the United States Court of Claims
* Sheila Whitaker (1936–2013), English film programmer and writer
* Slim Whitaker (Charles Orbie Whitaker; 1893–1960), American film actor
* Steve Whitaker (baseball) (born 1943), American baseball player
* Steve Whitaker (1955–2008), British artist
* T. K. Whitaker (1916–2017), Irish economist
* Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (born 1979), American convicted criminal
* Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759–1821), English clergyman and topographer
* Thomas W. Whitaker (1904–1993), American botanist and horticulturist
* Timothy W. Whitaker (born 1948), Bishop of the United Methodist Church
* Todd Whitaker, American educator, writer, and motivational speaker
* Uncas A. Whitaker (1900–1975), prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
* Walter C. Whitaker (1823–1887), Union general during the American Civil War
* Wetzel Whitaker (also known as Judge Whitaker; 1908–1985), American Mormon filmmaker
* William Whitaker (disambiguation) (several people)

## Fictional characters

* Brad Whitaker, fictional character from the James Bond film The Living Daylights
* Faye Whitaker, fictional character from the webcomic Questionable Content
* John Avery Whitaker, character from the Adventures in Odyssey radio drama