Whitaker

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whitaker is a surname and may refer to:

• Alexander Whitaker (1585–1616), American religious leader
• Benjamin Whitaker, British Labour Party politician
• Brian Whitaker, British journalist
• Carl Whitaker (American politician), Tennessee gubernatorial candidate 2002 and 2006
• Carl Whitaker (family therapist), American therapist
• 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, English footballer
• David Whitaker (artist) (1938–2007), British abstract artist
• David Whitaker (composer) (born 1931), English composer, arranger, and conductor
• David Whitaker (screenwriter), English script editor of the Doctor Who series
• Denis Whitaker, Canadian general
• Duane Whitaker, American actor
• Elsie Whitaker Martinez, daughter of Herman Whitaker
• Evelyn Whitaker (1857–1903), British novelist
• Ewen Whitaker, British-American astronomer
• Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor
• Francis Whitaker, American blacksmith
• Frederic Whitaker, American watercolorist
• Frederick Whitaker, English-born New Zealand politician
• George Whitaker, an early 20th century British sport shooter
• George Whitaker (educator), a 19th century English-Canadian clergyman and educator
• Herman Whitaker, American writer
• Hugh Whitaker, British rock drummer
• Jack Whitaker (sportscaster), American sportscaster
• James Whitaker, British journalist
• James Whitaker (cricketer), English cricketer
• Jamie Whitaker (born 2003), UK's first designer baby
• Jared Whitaker, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
• Jim Whitaker, first American to climb Mt. Everest
• John Whitaker, British equestrian and Olympian
• Johnny Whitaker (born 1959), American child actor
• Joseph Whitaker, English publisher
• Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist), English ornithologist and archaeologist
• Julian Whitaker, American physician, author, and practitioner of alternative medicine
• Lance Whitaker, heavyweight boxer
• Lang Whitaker, American sportswriter
• Lou Whitaker (born 1957), American baseball player
• Mark Whitaker, Corporate Editor of Newsweek
• Mark Whitaker (Music producer), manager and producer in 1980s' Bay Area thrash metal scene
• Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, Céu, Brazilian singer
• Matthew G. Whitaker, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
• Max Whitaker, American actor
• Nelson E. Whitaker, President of the West Virginia Senate 1897–1899
• Nick Whitaker, American actor
• Norman Tweed Whitaker, International Master of chess
• Pernell Whitaker (born 1964), American boxer
• Robert Whitaker (author), American author
• Robert Whitaker (photographer), British photographer
• Robert Whitaker (rider), British showjumper
• Rod Whitaker, probable identity of the writer Trevanian
• Rogers E. M. Whitaker, editor of The New Yorker magazine
• Romulus Whitaker, herpetologist
• Ronyell Whitaker, American professional football player
• T. K. Whitaker (born 1916), Irish economist
• Travis Allen Whitaker, Anesthesist
• Timothy W. Whitaker, Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Uncas A. Whitaker, prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
• William Whitaker, English geologist

In other names:

• Mary Bono (born 1961), Mary Whitaker Bono, U.S. politician
• John Whitaker Fairclough, English computer designer and government policy advisor
• John Francis Whitaker Maitland, English Conservative Party politician
• Matt Whitaker Ransom, American politician, U.S. senator from North Carolina 1872–1895
• Whitaker Wright, English mining company owner

Whitaker may also refer to:

• Whitaker, Pennsylvania
• 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 James Bond film The Living Daylights

[edit] See also

• Whittaker (disambiguation)