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 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