Whitman (surname)

The surname Whitman may refer to:

• Albery Allson Whitman (1851–1901), African-American poet, minister and orator
• Bernard Whitman (fl. 1980s–2020s), Democratic strategist and pollster
• Bertha Yerex Whitman (1892–1984), American architect
• Brian Whitman (born 1972), American comedian and talk show host on 97.1 KLSX in Los Angeles
• Charles Whitman (1941–1966), American marine and spree killer who perpetrated the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting
• Charles Huntington Whitman (1873–1937), English professor
• Charles Otis Whitman (1842–1910), American zoologist
• Charles Seymour Whitman (1868–1947), American judge and Governor of New York
• Christine Todd Whitman (born 1946), former New Jersey Governor, former head of the EPA
• Dane Whitman, fictional character from Marvel Comics
• Debra Whitman, fictional character from Spider-Man
• Edmund Burke Whitman (1812–1883), quartermaster during the American Civil War.
• Frank Perkins Whitman (1853–1919), American physicist
• Fred Whitman (actor) (1887–1945), American actor of the silent film era
• Gayne Whitman (1890–1958), American actor
• George Whitman (1913–2011), Shakespeare and Company proprietor
• Kari Whitman (born 1964), American model and actress Kari Kennell
• Keith Fullerton Whitman (born 1973), American electronic musician
• James Whitman (fl. 1980s–2020s), American lawyer
• Lemuel Whitman (1780–1841), American politician
• Mae Whitman (born 1988), American actress
• Malcolm Whitman (1877–1932), American tennis player
• Marcus Whitman (1802–1847), American physician and missionary, killed in the Whitman massacre
• Marina von Neumann Whitman (born 1935), American economist, writer and former automobile executive
• Martin J. Whitman (1924–2018), American investment advisor
• Meg Whitman (born 1956), president and CEO of eBay
• Narcissa Whitman (1808–1847), American missionary in the Oregon Country
• Richard G. Whitman (born 1965), British academic
• Robert Whitman (1935–2024), American artist
• Royal Emerson Whitman (1811–1913), American army officer
• Sarah Helen Power Whitman (1803–1878), American poet, essayist, transcendentalist, Spiritualist
• Sarah W. Whitman (1842–1904), artist
• Slim Whitman (1923–2013), American country singer
• Stuart Whitman (1928–2020), American actor
• Sylvia Palacios Whitman (born 1941), Chilean-American artist, wife of Robert Whitman
• Walt Whitman (1819–1892), American poet and humanist
• William Francis Whitman Jr. (1914–2007), horticulturist
• Whitman Sisters, African-American vaudeville singing group
  • Mabel (1880–1942)
  • Essie (1882–1963)
  • Alberta (1887–1964)
  • Alice (1900–1968)

See also

• Whitman (disambiguation)
• Whiteman (disambiguation)
• Wittmann