Witte

Witte (and de Witte) are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologer
 * Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor and teacher
 * Dave Witte, American drummer
 * Earl Witte (1906–1991), American football player
 * Edwin E. Witte (1887–1960), American economist, "father of social security"
 * Els Witte (born 1941), Belgian historian
 * Erich Witte (1911–2008), German stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director
 * George Witte (21st-century), American poet
 * Helmut Witte (1915–2005), German U-boat commander
 * Herman Witte (1909–1973), Dutch engineer and politician
 * Jean Carlo Witte (born 1977), Brazilian football (soccer) player
 * Jerry Witte (1915–2002), American baseball player
 * Joe Witte (born 1943), American weatherman
 * John Witte (1933–1993), American football player
 * John Witte, Jr. (born 1959), Canadian-American legal scholar
 * Karl Witte (1800–1883), German jurist and Dante Alighieri scholar
 * Keiser Witte (born 1995), American weightlifter
 * Laura Witte (1869–1939), American-born suffragette active in Germany
 * Les Witte (1911–1973), American college basketball player
 * Luke Witte (born 1950), American basketball player
 * Michael Witte (born 1944), American-born illustrator and cartoonist
 * Otto Witte (1872–1958), German circus acrobat
 * Philip Witte (born 1984), German field hockey player
 * Russ Witte (1916–2016), American swimmer
 * Sergei Witte (1849–1915), Russian policy-maker
 * Terry L. Witte (born 1952), American attorney and politician
 * William Witte FRSE (1907–1992), Slovak-British scholar of German language and literature
 * William Henry Witte (1817–1876), American politician

As a given name

 * Witte van Haemstede (c. 1281 – 1321), Dutch nobility, son of Floris V, Count of Holland
 * Witte de With (1599–1658), Dutch naval officer

Other

 * Witte Museum
 * Witte Automotive