DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit, both meaning "the white [one]" or "the blond [one]". 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:
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Bill DeWitt (1902–1982), American baseball executive
Bill DeWitt III (born ca. 1968), American baseball executive
Blake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball player
Bryce DeWitt (1923–2004), American physicist known for the Wheeler–DeWitt equation and the DeWitt notation, brother of Hugh Hamilton DeWitt
Cali DeWitt (born 1973), American artist
Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922–2017), French mathematician and physicist
Charles DeWitt (1727–1787), delegate to the Continental Congress of United States
Charles B. DeWitt (born 1950), American Director of the National Institute of Justice
Charles G. DeWitt (1789–1839), U.S. Representative from New York
Dale DeWitt (born 1950), Oklahoma politician
David DeWitt, American computer science professor
Doug DeWitt (born 1961), American boxer
George DeWitt (1922–1979), American singer and comedian
Green DeWitt (1787– 1835), American empresario in Mexican Texas
Helen DeWitt (born 1957), American novelist
Hugh Hamilton DeWitt (1933-1995) American ichthyologist, marine biologist and oceanographer, brother of Bryce DeWitt
Jason DeWitt, American poker player
Jerry DeWitt (born 1969), American author and public speaker
John DeWitt (athlete) (1881–1930), American track and field athlete
John DeWitt (gridiron football) (born 1970), American arena football player
John H. DeWitt Jr. (1906–1999), American radio broadcasting pioneer
John L. DeWitt (1880–1962), American general
Joyce DeWitt (born 1949), American actor
Keegan DeWitt (born 1982), American film composer, singer-songwriter and actor
L. G. DeWitt (1912–1990), American NASCAR team owner
Lew DeWitt (1938–1990), American country musician and singer, member of The Statler Brothers
Lincoln DeWitt (born 1967), American skeleton racer
Lydia Maria Adams DeWitt (1859–1928), American pathologist and anatomist
Matt DeWitt (born 1977), American baseball player
Nellie Jane DeWitt (1895–1978), United States Navy Nurse Corps officer
Patrick deWitt (born 1975), Canadian novelist and screenwriter
Philip Elmer-DeWitt (born 1949), American writer and editor
Renee Dewitt (born 1986), American model
Richard W. DeWitt (1838–1909), American Civil War soldier
Robert L. DeWitt (died 2003), American Episcopal bishop
Rocky DeWitt, American politician from Iowa
Roscoe DeWitt (1894–1975), American architect
Rosemarie DeWitt (born 1974), American actress
S.A. "Sam" DeWitt (1891–1963), American poet and socialist politician
Theresa DeWitt (born 1963), (born 1963), American sport shooter
William DeWitt Jr. (born 1941), American businessman
William Henry DeWitt (1827–1896), Tennessee politician
Given name
DeWitt Clinton Baxter (1829–1881), American artist and engraver
DeWitt Clinton Blair (1833–1915), American philanthropist and industrialist
DeWitt Bodeen (1908–1988), American screenwriter
DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828), Governor of New York 1817–1822 and 1825–1828
DeWitt Coffman (1854–1932), United States Navy admiral
DeWitt "Tex" Coulter (1924–2007), American football player
DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. (1903–1991), American architect, Methodist minister
Dewitt Ellerbe (born 1981), American football player
DeWitt H. Fessenden (1885–1952), American architect, critic, sketch artist, and author
De Witt Clinton Flanagan (1870–1903), U.S. Representative from New York
Dewitt Clinton Giddings (1827–1903), U.S. Representative from Texas
DeWitt Godfrey (born 1960, American sculptor
Dewitt Clinton Haskin (c.1824–1900), American civil engineer
DeWitt Hale (1917-2018), American lawyer and politician
DeWitt Henry (born 1941), American author and editor
DeWitt Hyde (1909–1986), U.S. Representative from Maryland
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