Dwight (given name)

Dwight is a masculine first name that comes from an English surname which was in turn derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysios. The name is mainly given in the United States and Caribbean countries (see below).

Notable people

 * Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890–1969), five-star general and 34th President of the United States
 * Dwight B. LaDu, (1876-1954), American engineer and surveyor in New York
 * Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher
 * W. Dwight Pierce (1881-1967), American entomologist
 * Dwight York, American musician and imprisoned leader of the Nuwaubian movement


 * Artists and entertainers
 * Dwight Schultz, American stage, television and film actor
 * Dwight Tosh, American state legislator
 * Dwight Twilley, American singer and songwriter
 * Dwight Yoakam, American country musician
 * Dwight York, stand-up comedian


 * Athletes
 * Dwight Anderson, American professional basketball player
 * Dwight Anderson, Jamaican-born professional Canadian football player
 * Dwight Barnett, Jamaican footballer
 * Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player
 * Dwight Ferguson, Bahamian sprint athlete
 * Dwight Freeney, American football player
 * Dwight Gooden, American baseball player
 * Dwight Howard, American NBA professional basketball player
 * Dwight McDonald, American football player
 * Dwight Peabody, American football player
 * Dwight Qawi, American boxer
 * Dwight White, American football player
 * Dwight Yorke, Trinidad and Tobago footballer

Fictional characters

 * Dwight (The Walking Dead), in the Walking Dead franchise
 * Dwight, the protagonist of Dwight in Shining Armor, a TV series
 * Dwight Conrad, a character from Futurama
 * Dwight Enys, a doctor in Winston Graham's Poldark novels, who debuts in its second book
 * Dwight Fairfield, in the video game Dead by Daylight
 * Dwight Hendrickson, in the TV series Haven
 * Dwight McCarthy, in Sin City
 * Dwight "Dewey" Riley, a lead character in the Scream franchise
 * Dwight Schrute, in the American TV show The Office
 * Dwight Walker, birth name of Lucious Lyon, in the television series Empire
 * Dwight Stifler, in the movie American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile.