Whit (given name)

Whit is a given name and nickname which may refer to:

People:
 * Whitner Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American actor
 * Whit Burnett (1900–1972), American writer
 * John Whitfield Whit Canale (1941–2011) American football player
 * Whitfield Crane (born 1968), a founding member and lead singer of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe
 * Whit Cunliffe (1876–1966), English singer
 * Whit Dickey (born 1954), American jazz drummer
 * Whitfield Diffie (born 1944), American cryptographer and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography
 * Whitney Whit Haydn (born 1949), American magician
 * Whit Hertford (born 1978), American actor
 * Whit Holcomb-Faye (born 1984), American basketball player
 * Whitney Whit Johnson, American television journalist
 * Whit Marshall (born 1973), American football player
 * Whit Merrifield (born 1989), American baseball player
 * John Whitney Whit Stillman (born 1952), American writer
 * Whit Taylor (American football) (born 1960), American football player
 * Whit Taylor (cartoonist), American cartoonist
 * Whitman Whit Tucker, Canadian football player
 * Whit Watson (born 1971), American sportscaster
 * Whit Williams (born 1973), American saxophonist
 * Whit Wyatt (1907–1999), American baseball player

Fictional characters and pen names:
 * Whit Masterson, pen name of a partnership of American authors Robert Allison "Bob" Wade and H. Bill Miller
 * Whit Sterling, a main character in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past, played by Kirk Douglas