Whitaker

Whitaker (also Whittaker) is a surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning the white acre, also spelled "Whittaker" and "Whitacre." Notable people with the surname include:

People with the name

 * The Whitaker iron family - a family important in the iron and steel industry in 19th and 20th century America
 * A. J. Whitaker (Ayana Jean Whitaker; born 1992), American volleyball player
 * Alexander Whitaker (1585–1616), American religious leader
 * Amoret Whitaker, forensic entomologist
 * Ann Whitaker, American physicist
 * Anthony Whitaker (1944–2014), New Zealand herpetologist
 * Ayton Whitaker (1916–1999), British producer and director of radio, film and television
 * Arthur Luther Whitaker (1921–2007), American minister, professor, psychologist, and sociologist
 * Benjamin Whitaker (disambiguation)
 * Berry Whitaker (1890–1984), American football college coach
 * Billy Whitaker (1923–1995), English football defender
 * Brandon Whitaker (born 1985), Canadian football running back
 * Brian Whitaker, British journalist
 * Candi Whitaker (born 1980), American college basketball coach
 * Carl Whitaker (1912–1985), American therapist
 * Carol Whitaker (born 1982), Canadian curler
 * Charles Whitaker (c. 1642 – 1715), English politician
 * Chico Whitaker (born 1931), Brazilian social-justice advocate
 * Chris Whitaker (born 1974), Australian rugby union player
 * Colin Whitaker (1932–2015), English football left winger
 * Corinne Whitaker (born 1934), American digital artist
 * Cuthbert Whitaker (1873–1950), editor of Whitaker's Almanack
 * Danny Whitaker (born 1980), English footballer
 * Danta Whitaker (born 1964), American football tight end
 * David Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
 * Denis Whitaker (1915–2001), Canadian general
 * Denzel Whitaker (born 1990), American actor
 * Deonce Whitaker (born 1978), Canadian football running back
 * Duane Whitaker (born 1959), American actor
 * Ed Whitaker (1938–2014), American stock car team owner
 * Edward Whitaker (1660–1735), Royal Navy officer
 * Edward W. Whitaker (1841–1922), Union Army officer during the American Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient
 * Ellen Whitaker (born 1986), English show jumping rider
 * Elizabeth Raffald (née Whitaker; 1733–1781), English businesswoman, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper cookery book
 * Elsie Whitaker Martinez (1890–1984), daughter of Herman Whitaker
 * Eric Whitaker (disambiguation)
 * Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), children's writer
 * Ewen Whitaker (1922–2016), British-American astronomer
 * Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor
 * Francis Whitaker (1906–1999), American blacksmith
 * Franklin Whitaker (died 1891), American politician
 * Frederic Whitaker (1891–1980), American watercolorist
 * Frederick Whitaker (disambiguation)
 * George Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
 * Harold Whitaker (1920–2013), British animator
 * Henry Whitaker (c. 1549 – 1589), English politician, Member of Parliament for Westbury (1586–1588)
 * Henry Whitaker (c. 1622 – 1695), English lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury (1659, 1661–1679)
 * Henry C. Whitaker (born 1978), Florida Solicitor General
 * Herman Whitaker (1867–1919), American writer
 * Hugh Whitaker (born 1961), British rock drummer
 * Jack Whitaker (1924–2019), American sportscaster
 * James Whitaker (disambiguation)
 * Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker (born 1936), British Labour politician
 * Jared Whitaker (1818–1884), mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
 * Jason Whitaker (born 1977), American football player
 * Jeremiah Whitaker (1599–1654), English Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly
 * Jim Whitaker (Norris J. Whitaker; born 1950), American politician, Mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska (2003–2009)
 * Joel Whitaker (1877–1947), physician and college football player and coach
 * John Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
 * Joseph Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
 * Kati Whitaker, British radio and TV journalist
 * Kevin Whitaker (born 1957), American diplomat
 * Lance Whitaker (born 1971), heavyweight boxer
 * Laurence Whitaker (c. 1578 – 1654), English politician
 * Lawrence Whitaker (game designer), American role-playing game designer
 * Lang Whitaker, American sportswriter
 * Lily C. Whitaker (1850–1932), American educator, writer; daughter of Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker
 * Lou Whitaker (born 1957), American baseball player
 * Lucian "Skippy" Whitaker (1930-1990), American basketball player
 * Lyman Whitaker, American sculptor
 * Mabel Whitaker (1884–1976), New Zealand teacher and local historian
 * Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, Céu, Brazilian singer
 * Marjorie Whitaker (better known as Malachi Whitaker; 1895–1976)
 * Mark Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
 * Martin Whitaker, British businessman
 * Martin D. Whitaker (1902–1960), American physicist
 * Matthew Whitaker (disambiguation)
 * Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. Attorney General (born 1969)
 * Matthew Whitaker (pianist) (born 2001), American jazz pianist
 * Matthew C. Whitaker, American historian
 * Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker (1820–1906), American author; mother of Lily C. Whitaker
 * Meade Whitaker (1919–2005), United States Tax Court judge
 * Michael Whitaker (born 1960), British equestrian rider,
 * Mike Whitaker (swimmer) (born 1951), Canadian Olympic swimmer
 * Milton C. Whitaker (1870–1963), American chemist
 * Neil Whitaker (1931–2008), Australian rules footballer
 * Nelson E. Whitaker (1839–1909), President of the West Virginia Senate 1897–1899
 * Nick Whitaker (born 1988), American actor
 * Norman T. Whitaker (1890–1975), International Master of chess
 * O'Kelley Whitaker (1926–2015), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York (1983–1992)
 * Ozi William Whitaker (1830–1911), bishop of the Episcopal Church
 * Pat Whitaker (1865–1902), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Paul Whitaker (born 1973), English and New Zealand cricketer
 * Pernell Whitaker (1964–2019), American boxer
 * Peter Whitaker, English actor
 * Phil Whitaker (born 1966), British novelist and physician
 * Ray Whitaker, Australian rules footballer
 * Richard Whitaker (born 1947), Australian meteorologist
 * Richard Whitaker (architect), American Third Bay Tradition architect
 * Robert Whitaker (disambiguation), several people
 * Rod Whitaker (disambiguation)
 * Rogers E. M. Whitaker (1900–1981), editor of The New Yorker magazine
 * Romulus Whitaker (born 1943), herpetologist
 * Ronyell Whitaker (born 1979), American professional football player
 * Rosa Whitaker, American entrepreneur
 * Ross T. Whitaker, American engineer
 * Ruth Whitaker (1936–2014), American politician
 * Samuel Estill Whitaker (1886–1967), Tennessee attorney, mayor of Riverview, Tennessee, and judge of the United States Court of Claims
 * Sheila Whitaker (1936–2013), English film programmer and writer
 * Slim Whitaker (Charles Orbie Whitaker; 1893–1960), American film actor
 * Steve Whitaker (baseball) (born 1943), American baseball player
 * Steve Whitaker (1955–2008), British artist
 * T. K. Whitaker (1916–2017), Irish economist
 * Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (born 1979), American convicted criminal
 * Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759–1821), English clergyman and topographer
 * Thomas W. Whitaker (1904–1993), American botanist and horticulturist
 * Timothy W. Whitaker (born 1948), Bishop of the United Methodist Church
 * Todd Whitaker, American educator, writer, and motivational speaker
 * Uncas A. Whitaker (1900–1975), prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
 * Walter C. Whitaker (1823–1887), Union general during the American Civil War
 * Wetzel Whitaker (also known as Judge Whitaker; 1908–1985), American Mormon filmmaker
 * William Whitaker (disambiguation) (several people)

Fictional characters

 * Brad Whitaker, fictional character from the James Bond film The Living Daylights
 * Faye Whitaker, fictional character from the webcomic Questionable Content
 * John Avery Whitaker, character from the Adventures in Odyssey radio drama