DeWitt (name)
DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit, both meaning "the white " or "the blond ". It also became a popular given name following the New York Governorship of DeWitt Clinton, whose mother Mary DeWitt was a descendant of the Dutch patrician De Witt family. People with the name include:
Surname
- Bill DeWitt, American baseball executive
- Bill DeWitt III, American baseball executive
- Blake DeWitt, American baseball player
- Bryce DeWitt, American physicist known for the Wheeler–DeWitt equation and the DeWitt notation, brother of Hugh Hamilton DeWitt
- Cali DeWitt, American artist
- Cécile DeWitt-Morette, French mathematician and physicist
- Charles DeWitt, delegate to the Continental Congress of United States
- Charles B. DeWitt, American Director of the National Institute of Justice
- Charles G. DeWitt, U.S. Representative from New York
- Dale DeWitt, Oklahoma politician
- David DeWitt, American computer science professor
- Doug DeWitt, American boxer
- George DeWitt, American singer and comedian
- Green DeWitt, American empresario in Mexican Texas
- Helen DeWitt, American novelist
- Hugh Hamilton DeWitt American ichthyologist, marine biologist and oceanographer, brother of Bryce DeWitt
- Jason DeWitt, American poker player
- Jerry DeWitt, American author and public speaker
- John DeWitt (athlete), American track and field athlete
- John DeWitt (gridiron football), American arena football player
- John H. DeWitt Jr., American radio broadcasting pioneer
- John L. DeWitt, American general
- Joyce DeWitt, American actor
- Keegan DeWitt, American film composer, singer-songwriter and actor
- L. G. DeWitt, American NASCAR team owner
- Lew DeWitt, American country musician and singer, member of The Statler Brothers
- Lincoln DeWitt, American skeleton racer
- Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt, American pathologist and anatomist
- Matt DeWitt, American baseball player
- Nellie Jane DeWitt, United States Navy Nurse Corps officer
- Patrick deWitt, Canadian novelist and screenwriter
- Philip Elmer-DeWitt, American writer and editor
- Renee Dewitt, American model
- Richard W. DeWitt, American Civil War soldier
- Robert L. DeWitt, American Episcopal bishop
- Rocky DeWitt, American politician from Iowa
- Roscoe DeWitt, American architect
- Rosemarie DeWitt, American actress
- S.A. "Sam" DeWitt, American poet and socialist politician
- Theresa DeWitt,, American sport shooter
- William DeWitt Jr., American businessman
- William Henry DeWitt, Tennessee politician
Given name
- DeWitt Clinton Baxter, American artist and engraver
- DeWitt Clinton Blair, American philanthropist and industrialist
- DeWitt Bodeen, American screenwriter
- DeWitt Clinton, Governor of New York 1817–1822 and 1825–1828
- DeWitt Coffman, United States Navy admiral
- DeWitt "Tex" Coulter, American football player
- DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr., American architect, Methodist minister
- Dewitt Ellerbe, American football player
- DeWitt H. Fessenden, American architect, critic, sketch artist, and author
- De Witt Clinton Flanagan, U.S. Representative from New York
- Dewitt Clinton Giddings, U.S. Representative from Texas
- DeWitt Godfrey, American civil engineer
- DeWitt Hale, American lawyer and politician
- DeWitt Henry, American author and editor
- DeWitt Hyde, U.S. Representative from Maryland
- DeWitt Clinton Jansen, American hotelier
- DeWitt Jennings, American film and stage actor
- DeWitt John, American journalist, editor, and author
- DeWitt Jones, American football coach
- Dewitt Jones, American photojournalist
- Dewitt Clinton Leach, Michigan politician and newspaperman
- Dewitt Clinton Lewis, American Civil War soldier
- DeWitt Clinton Littlejohn, Speaker of the New York Assembly 1855, 1857 and 1859–1861
- DeWitt Menyard, American basketball player
- Dewitt Miller, American orator and book collector
- R. DeWitt Miller, American science fiction writer
- Dewitt H. Parker, American philosopher
- DeWitt Peck, United States Marine Corps Major general
- DeWitt Stetten Jr., American biochemist
- De Witt Sumners, American mathematician
- T. De Witt Talmage, American religious leader
- DeWitt Wallace, American co-founder of Reader's Digest
- DeWitt Webb, American physician, politician, and amateur naturalist
- DeWitt Weaver, American football player and coach
- DeWitt Weaver (golfer), American golfer, son of above
- DeWitt Williams, South Carolina politician
- DeWitt Clinton Wilson, Wisconsin politician
Fictional characters
- Abby DeWitt, character from the Under the Dome TV series
- Addison DeWitt, character from the drama film All About Eve
- Alexandra DeWitt, character from the Green Lantern DC Comics series
- Anna DeWitt, birth name of the main character Elizabeth from the BioShock Infinite video game, biological daughter of Booker
- Booker DeWitt, the player protagonist of the BioShock Infinite video game
- Dewitt, an anthropomorphic frog from the animated TV series Will and Dewitt
- Emmett DeWitt, character from the film 10 Cloverfield Lane
- Kearson DeWitt, Marvel Comics supervillain
- Morgan DeWitt, character from the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
- Rose DeWitt Bukater, female protagonist of the film Titanic
- Xander Dewitt, main character from the film Bixler High Private Eye