Pitcairn (surname)

Pitcairn is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Pitcairn (1750–1814), English cricketer
 * David Pitcairn (1749–1809), Scottish physician, son of John Pitcairn and brother of the midshipman Robert Pitcairn
 * Elizabeth Pitcairn (born 1973), American violinist
 * Feodor Pitcairn (1934–2021), American photographer, cinematographer, naturalist and environmentalist, grandson of John Pitcairn and uncle of Elizabeth Pitcairn
 * Harold Frederick Pitcairn (1897–1960), American aviation inventor and pioneer
 * Hugh Pitcairn (1845–1911), first United States consul general to Hamburg, German Empire, brother of railroad executive Robert Pitcairn and John Pitcairn Jr.
 * James Pitcairn (1776–1859), British physician and Director-General of the Medical Department for Ireland
 * John Pitcairn (1722–1775), British marine officer during the American Revolutionary War
 * John Pitcairn Jr. (1841–1916), Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist
 * Joseph Pitcairn (1764–1844), American diplomat, landowner and the American consul to the free Hansa city of Hamburg
 * Raymond Pitcairn (1885–1966), American lawyer, businessman and politician, son of John Pitcairn Jr.
 * Robert Pitcairn (1836–1909), Scottish-American railroad executive
 * Robert Pitcairn (antiquary) (1793–1855), British antiquary
 * Robert Pitcairn (athlete) (1938–2022), Canadian sport shooter
 * Robert Pitcairn (commendator) (1520?–1584), Scottish diplomat and judge
 * Robert Pitcairn (Royal Navy officer) (1752–c.1770), Royal Navy midshipman, first European to sight Pitcairn Island, son of marine officer John Pitcairn
 * Theodore Pitcairn (1893–1973), American clergyman, theologian, philanthropist and connoisseur of the arts and antiquities, son of the industrialist John Pitcairn
 * Thomas Pitcairn (1800–1854), Scottish Presbyterian minister
 * William Pitcairn (1712–1791), Scottish physician and botanist, brother of marine officer John Pitcairn
 * William Fettes Pitcairn (1804–1891), Scottish theological author