Whitfield (surname)
Whitfield is a surname of Romany Gypsy Old English and Anglo-Saxon origins deriving from hwit and feld. It can also be an Americanized or Anglicised form of the German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname Weissfeld, composed of the elements weiss 'white' and feld 'field'.
Persons with the surname include:
- Allan George Williams Whitfield, English physician
- Andrew Whitfield (politician), South African politician
- Andrew Carnegie Whitfield, nephew of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie who disappeared in New York in 1938
- Andy Whitfield, Welsh-Australian actor
- Anne Whitfield, American actress
- Arthur Whitfield, English physician and professor of medicine
- Barrence Whitfield, American soul and R&B vocalist and bandleader
- Bob Whitfield, American football player
- Brent Whitfield, American soccer player
- Charles Whitfield (disambiguation)
- Clare Whitfield, English writer
- David Whitfield, British singer
- Dre'chir Whitfield, American Business Mogul
- Dondré Whitfield, American actor
- Dwayne Whitfield, American basketball player
- Ed Whitfield, American politician
- Evan Whitfield, American soccer player
- Fred Whitfield (baseball), American baseball player
- Fred Whitfield (rodeo), American calf roper
- Fredricka Whitfield, American news anchor
- Garnell Whitfield, American politician
- Henry L. Whitfield, American politician and Mississippi governor
- Jack Whitfield, Welsh rugby union player
- James Whitfield (disambiguation)
- John Whitfield (disambiguation)
- June Whitfield, English comedy actress
- Ken Whitfield, English footballer
- Kermit Whitfield, American football player
- Lynn Whitfield, American actress
- Mark Whitfield, American jazz guitarist
- Martin Whitfield, Scottish politician
- Mal Whitfield, American track athlete
- Mitchell Whitfield, American actor
- Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer
- Norman Whitfield (footballer), English footballer
- Robert Parr Whitfield, American paleontologist
- Robin Whitfield, English rugby league referee
- Shelby Whitfield, American sportscaster
- Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlon athlete
- Stephen Whitfield (disambiguation)
- Thomas Whitfield (disambiguation)
- Terry Whitfield, American baseball player
- Trent Whitfield, Canadian ice hockey player
- Vantile Whitfield, American arts administrator
- Wesla Whitfield, American singer
- Wilf Whitfield, English footballer
- Havilyn Whitfield, American Professional Graphic Artist