Whitaker
Whitaker 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, American volleyball player
- Alexander Whitaker, American religious leader
- Amoret Whitaker, forensic entomologist
- Ann Whitaker, American physicist
- Anthony Whitaker, New Zealand herpetologist
- Ayton Whitaker, British producer and director of radio, film and television
- Arthur Luther Whitaker, American minister, professor, psychologist, and sociologist
- Benjamin Whitaker
- Berry Whitaker, American football college coach
- Bill Whitaker , American television journalist
- Billy Whitaker, English football defender
- Brandon Whitaker, Canadian football running back
- Brian Whitaker, British journalist
- Candi Whitaker, American college basketball coach
- Carl Whitaker, American therapist
- Carol Whitaker, Canadian curler
- Charles Whitaker, English politician
- Chico Whitaker, Brazilian social-justice advocate
- Chris Whitaker, Australian rugby union player
- Colin Whitaker, English football left winger
- Corinne Whitaker, American digital artist
- Cuthbert Whitaker, editor of Whitaker's Almanack
- Danny Whitaker, English footballer
- Danta Whitaker, American football tight end
- David Whitaker, several people
- Denis Whitaker, Canadian general
- Denzel Whitaker, American actor
- Deonce Whitaker, Canadian football running back
- Duane Whitaker, American actor
- Ed Whitaker, American stock car team owner
- Edward Whitaker, Royal Navy officer
- Edward W. Whitaker, Union Army officer during the American Civil War, Medal of Honor recipient
- Ellen Whitaker, English show jumping rider
- Elizabeth Raffald, English businesswoman, author of The Experienced English Housekeeper cookery book
- Elsie Whitaker Martinez, daughter of Herman Whitaker
- Eric Whitaker
- Evelyn Whitaker, children's writer
- Ewen Whitaker, British-American astronomer
- Forest Whitaker, American actor
- Francis Whitaker, American blacksmith
- Franklin Whitaker, American politician
- Frederic Whitaker, American watercolorist
- Frederick Whitaker
- George Whitaker, several people
- Harold Whitaker, British animator
- Henry Whitaker, English politician, Member of Parliament for Westbury
- Henry Whitaker, English lawyer and politician, Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury
- Henry C. Whitaker, Florida Solicitor General
- Herman Whitaker , American writer
- Hugh Whitaker, British rock drummer
- Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
- James Whitaker
- Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker, British Labour politician
- Jared Whitaker, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Jason Whitaker, American football player
- Jeremiah Whitaker, English Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly
- Jim Whitaker, American politician, Mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
- Joel Whitaker, physician and college football player and coach
- John Whitaker, several people
- Joseph Whitaker, several people
- Kati Whitaker, British radio and TV journalist
- Kevin Whitaker, American diplomat
- Lance Whitaker, heavyweight boxer
- Laurence Whitaker, English politician
- Lawrence Whitaker, American role-playing game designer
- Lang Whitaker, American sportswriter
- Lily C. Whitaker, American educator, writer; daughter of Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker
- Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
- Lucian "Skippy" Whitaker, American basketball player
- Lyman Whitaker, American sculptor
- Mabel Whitaker, New Zealand teacher and local historian
- Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, Céu, Brazilian singer
- Marjorie Whitaker
- Mark Whitaker, several people
- Martin Whitaker, British businessman
- Martin D. Whitaker, American physicist
- Matthew Whitaker
- * Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. Attorney General
- * Matthew Whitaker , American jazz pianist
- * Matthew C. Whitaker, American historian
- Mary Scrimzeour Whitaker, American author; mother of Lily C. Whitaker
- Meade Whitaker, United States Tax Court judge
- Michael Whitaker, British equestrian rider,
- Mike Whitaker , Canadian Olympic swimmer
- Milton C. Whitaker, American chemist
- Neil Whitaker, Australian rules footballer
- Nelson E. Whitaker, President of the West Virginia Senate 1897–1899
- Nick Whitaker, American actor
- Norman T. Whitaker, International Master of chess
- O'Kelley Whitaker, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York
- Ozi William Whitaker, bishop of the Episcopal Church
- Pat Whitaker, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Paul Whitaker, English and New Zealand cricketer
- Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
- Peter Whitaker, English actor
- Phil Whitaker, British novelist and physician
- Ray Whitaker, Australian rules footballer
- Richard Whitaker, Australian meteorologist
- Richard Whitaker, American Third Bay Tradition architect
- Robert Whitaker, several people
- Rod Whitaker
- Rogers E. M. Whitaker, editor of The New Yorker magazine
- Romulus Whitaker, herpetologist
- Ronyell Whitaker, American professional football player
- Rosa Whitaker, American entrepreneur
- Ross T. Whitaker, American engineer
- Ruth Whitaker, American politician
- Samuel Estill Whitaker, Tennessee attorney, mayor of Riverview, Tennessee, and judge of the United States Court of Claims
- Sheila Whitaker, English film programmer and writer
- Slim Whitaker, American film actor
- Steve Whitaker , American baseball player
- Steve Whitaker, British artist
- T. K. Whitaker, Irish economist
- Thomas Bartlett Whitaker, American convicted criminal
- Thomas Dunham Whitaker, English clergyman and topographer
- Thomas W. Whitaker, American botanist and horticulturist
- Timothy W. Whitaker, Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- Todd Whitaker, American educator, writer, and motivational speaker
- Uncas A. Whitaker, prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
- Walter C. Whitaker, Union general during the American Civil War
- Wetzel Whitaker, American Mormon filmmaker
- William Whitaker
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
- Dennis Whitaker, fictional character from the American Television show The Pitt