Waite (name)

The following are notable people associated with the name Waite.

Surname

 * Arthur Edward Waite, occultist and co-creator of the Rider-Waite tarot deck
 * Arthur Waite (racing driver), Australian racing driver
 * Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite, United States author, lawyer and women's suffrage activist.
 * Charles Betts "C. B." Waite, American photographer
 * Charles Burlingame Waite, American jurist and author
 * David Waite, Australian rugby league coach
 * Davis Hanson Waite (1825-1901), Populist governor of Colorado
 * Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Australian zoologist
 * Harold Roy Waite (1884-1978), American aviator
 * Henry Chester Waite (1830-1912), American lawyer, banker, and politician
 * Jamie Waite (born 1986), Thai footballer
 * Jimmy Waite, ice hockey goaltender
 * John Waite, British rock singer
 * John Waite (cricketer), South African wicketkeeper–opening batsman
 * John Musgrave Waite (1820-1884), Victorian fencing master
 * Joseph Waite (alive in 1893 in England), a Latin and Greek scholar who edited the book Latin and Greek verse by Thomas Saunders Evans
 * Keith Waite (1927–2014), New Zealand-born English editorial cartoonist
 * Mitchell Waite (born 1946), author of books on electronics and computing
 * Morrison Waite (1816-1888), U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1874–1888
 * Norman Waite (1898–1970), English footballer
 * Peter Waite (1834–1922), South Australian pastoralist, businessman, company director and philanthropist
 * Ralph Waite (1928–2014), American actor, best known for the role of John Walton on the TV series The Waltons
 * Reginald Waite, Royal Air Force officer
 * Terry Waite, British humanitarian and author
 * Thomas Waite (regicide), English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I
 * Thomas Waite (Under-Secretary for Ireland), 1747–1774
 * Tommy Waite (born 1972), Northern Irish boxer of the 1990s and 2000s

Given name

 * Waite Hoyt, American baseball player
 * Waite Phillips, American Petroleum Businessman, Philanthropist
 * Waite Stirling, First Anglican Bishop of the Falkland Islands.

Fictional characters

 * Asenath Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep
 * Ephraim Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep