# Pitts

Pitts is the surname of:

## People

* Alabama Pitts (1909–1941), American baseball player and convicted robber
* Allen Pitts (born 1964), American former Canadian Football League player
* Antony Pitts (born 1969), British composer
* Benjamin T. Pitts (died 1964), American politician and businessman
* Bernard Q. Pitts (fl. 1993–1998), Belizean politician and lawyer
* Boozer Pitts (1893–1971), American college football player and coach
* Byron Pitts (born 1960), American journalist and author, co-host of the news program Nightline and a chief national correspondent for The CBS Evening News
* Chandra Pitts, American nonprofit executive
* Chester Pitts (born 1979), American former National Football League player
* Charles Pitts (1947–2012), American soul/blues guitarist
* Charles Pitts (broadcaster) (1941–2015), American gay activist and radio personality
* Chip Pitts (born 1960), American human rights activist and attorney
* Curtis Pitts (1915–2005), American designer of the Pitts Special series of aerobatic biplanes
* Denis Pitts (1930–1994), English journalist
* Derrek Pitts (born 1998), American football player
* Derrick Pitts (born 1955), American astronomer and science communicator
* Earl Edwin Pitts (born 1953), American former FBI agent convicted of espionage for selling information to Soviet and Russian intelligence services
* Edmund L. Pitts (1839–1898), American politician and lawyer
* Elijah Pitts (1938–1998), American National Football League player and assistant coach
* Ernie Pitts (1935–1970), Canadian football player, member of the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame
* Eve Pitts, British Anglican minister, first black woman to be ordained as an Anglican vicar
* Fountain E. Pitts (1808-1874), American Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain
* Frank Pitts (born 1943), American football player in the American and National Football Leagues
* Gaylen Pitts (1946–2024), American Major League Baseball player and minor league baseball coach and manager
* George Pitts (disambiguation)
* Harry Pitts (1915–1998), English footballer
* Helen Pitts (1838–1903), American suffragette and the second wife of Frederick Douglass
* Jacob Pitts (born 1979), American actor
* Jake Pitts (born 1985), American lead guitarist of the rock band Black Veil Brides
* James Pitts (disambiguation)
* Jay Pitts (born 1989), English rugby league footballer
* Jennifer Pitts, Miss Virginia 2005
* Jesse R. Pitts (1921–2003), American sociologist
* Joe Pitts (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1939), American former politician
* John Pitts (disambiguation)
* Juanita Pitts, African-American tap dancer in the 1930s and '40s
* Justin Pitts (born 1994), American basketball player
* Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper
* Kyle Pitts (born 2000), American football player
* Lafayette Pitts (born 1992), American former football player
* Leonard Pitts (born 1957), American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
* Lillian Louisa Pitts (1872–1947), Australian photographer
* Lucius Holsey Pitts (1915–1974), American college president and Black educational leader
* Mark Pitts (born 1970), American record executive, talent manager and President of RCA Records since 2021
* Matthew Pitts (fl. 2008–present), American television writer
* Matthew Pitts (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer
* Mike or Michael Pitts (disambiguation)
* Milton Pitts (1912–1994), White House barber for four presidents
* P. Casey Pitts (born 1980), American lawyer and United States district judge
* Priscilla Pitts, New Zealand 20th and 21st century writer and art curator
* R. C. Pitts (1919–2011), American basketball player
* Rob Pitts (1979–2024), American businessman, television personality and classic car enthusiast
* Robert B. Pitts (1909–1982), first black Regional Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
* Rafi Pitts (born 1967), Iranian film director
* Riley L. Pitts (1937–1967), United States Army captain, first African American officer to be awarded the Medal of Honor
* Rob Pitts (1979–2024), American businessman, television personality and classic car enthusiast
* Ron Pitts (born 1962), American sportscaster and former National Football League player
* Ryan M. Pitts (born 1985), former United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
* Shirley Pitts (1934-1992), English fraudster and thief, the "Queen of shoplifters"
* Thyrick Pitts (born 1999), American football player
* Tony Pitts (born 1962), English actor
* Trudy Pitts (1932–2010), American soul jazz keyboardist
* Valerie Pitts (1937–2021), British television presenter during the 1950s
* Victória Pitts (born 1991), Brazilian mezzo-soprano opera singer
* Viola Pitts (1914–2004), American community and political activist from Fort Worth
* Walter Pitts (1923–1969), American logician
* William Pitts II (1790–1840), English silver-chaser and sculptor
* William S. Pitts (1830–1918), American physician and composer
* ZaSu Pitts (1894–1963), American actress

## Fictional characters

* Earl Pitts (character), a radio character created and voiced by Gary Burbank