Rittenhouse

Rittenhouse is a surname of German origin. It may refer to:

Places

 * Rittenhouse (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon

United States

 * Rittenhouse Elementary School, Queen Creek, Arizona; on the National Register of Historic Places
 * Rittenhouse Gap, Pennsylvania
 * Rittenhouse Square, one of the five original open-space parks in central Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * RittenhouseTown Historic District, a historic area in Philadelphia surrounding the first paper mill erected in British Colonial America
 * Queen Creek, Arizona, named Rittenhouse until 1947

People with the surname

 * Ariel Rittenhouse (born 1990), US female athlete in swimming and diving
 * David Rittenhouse (1732–1796), US astronomer, inventor, mathematician, and public official
 * Kyle Rittenhouse (born 2003), American acquitted of murder in the 2020 Kenosha unrest shooting
 * Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse (1841–1911), American temperance worker, author, poet, orphanage manager, club woman
 * Moses F. Rittenhouse (1846–1915), Canadian-born US businessman
 * Rebecca Rittenhouse (born November 30, 1988), American actress
 * William Rittenhouse (1644–1708), German-born US businessman and papermaker

Other

 * SS David Rittenhouse, a ship of the US Navy, launched during World War II (1943)
 * Mrs. Rittenhouse, a character in Animal Crackers (1930 film)
 * A train operated by Amtrak as part of the Clocker service
 * A straight rye whiskey originally made in Pennsylvania, now produced in Kentucky by Heaven Hill
 * A fictional organization in the 2016 TV series Timeless