Whitaker

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The name Whitaker may refer to:

• Whitaker, Pennsylvania
• Whitaker, Michigan, the name of an unincorporated village in Washtenaw County, Michigan
• Whitaker Foundation, an organization that supports biomedical engineering research and education.
• Whitaker and Baxter, an American political consulting firm
• Whitaker's Almanack, a British reference book
• William Whitaker's Words, a computer program that parses the inflection or conjugation of a Latin word
• Brad Whitaker, fictional character from The Living Daylights

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Whitaker may also refer to:

• Alexander Whitaker (1585-1616), American religious leader
• Benjamin Whitaker, a retired British Labour Party politician
• Brian Whitaker, a journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian
• Carl Whitaker, a politician who was a candidate in the Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2006 and 2002
• Chico Whitaker, Brazilian social-justice advocate
• Chris Whitaker, Australian rugby union player
• Cuthbert Whitaker, editor of Whitaker's Almanack
• Damon Whitaker, American actor
• Danny Whitaker, an English Football midfielder who currently plays for Port Vale F.C.
• David Whitaker (1928-1980), British science fiction writer (Doctor Who)
• David Whitaker (composer), an English composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor
• Denis Whitaker, Canadian general
• Duane Whitaker, American actor
• Elsie Whitaker Martinez, the daughter of writer Herman Whitaker
• Evelyn Whitaker, British woman novelist, (1857 -1903)
• Ewen Whitaker, British-American astronomer
• Forest Whitaker (born 1961), U.S. actor
• Francis Whitaker, American blacksmith
• Frederick Whitaker, an English born New Zealand politician
• Herman Whitaker, a Californian writer
• Hugh Whitaker, the former drummer for the British indie rock band The Housemartins
• Jack Whitaker (sportscaster), an award-winning American sportscaster
• James Whitaker, a British journalist
• James Whitaker (cricketer), a former English cricketer
• Jamie Whitaker (born 2003), UK's first designer baby
• Jared Whitaker, a mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
• Jim Whitaker, the first American to climb Mt. Everest
• John Whitaker, a British equestrian and former Olympian
• John Whitaker Fairclough, a British computer designer, and later government policy advisor
• John Francis Whitaker Maitland, a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
• Johnny Whitaker (born 1959), U.S. child actor
• Joseph Whitaker, an English publisher
• Joseph Whitaker (Ornithologist), an English ornithologist and archaeologist
• Julian Whitaker, an American physician, author, and practitioner of alternative medicine
• Lance Whitaker, a heavyweight boxer
• Lang Whitaker, an American sportswriter
• Lou Whitaker (born 1957), U.S. baseball player
• Mark Whitaker, Corporate Editor of Newsweek
• Mary Whitaker Bono (born 1961), U.S. politician
• Matt Whitaker Ransom, a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895
• Matthew G. Whitaker, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
• Max Whitaker, an American actor
• Nelson E. Whitaker, the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County, served from 1897 to 1899
• Nick Whitaker, an American actor
• Norman Tweed Whitaker, an International Master of chess
• Pernell Whitaker (born 1964), U.S. boxer
• Robert Whitaker (author), an American author
• Robert Whitaker (photographer), a British photographer
• Robert Whitaker (rider), an international showjumper who rides for the British Team
• Rod Whitaker, probable identity of the writer Trevanian
• Rogers E. M. Whitaker, an editor of The New Yorker magazine
• Romulus Whitaker, herpetologist
• Ronyell Whitaker, an American football player, a cornerback, who plays for the Minnesota Vikings
• T.K. Whitaker (born 1916), Irish economist
• Timothy W. Whitaker, a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Uncas A. Whitaker, a prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
• Whitaker Wright, an English mining company owner
• William Whitaker, an English geologist