Pitt
Pitt is a surname of English origin.[1] Used on its own, in Europe or History it most commonly refers to one of two British statesmen:
In the U.S. mainly in education or sports it most commonly refers to:
In American popular culture it commonly refers to:
It may also refer to the following people:
- Andrew Pitt (motorcycle racer), from New South Wales, Australia
- Charles Redding Pitt (born 1944), attorney and current chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party (2003–2007)
- Courtney Pitt, English footballer
- David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead, (1913–1994), civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom
- Harvey Pitt, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Ingrid Pitt (born 1937 in Poland), actress in horror films of the 1960s and 70s
- Karnail Pitts, former D-12 artist
- Michael Pitt (born 1981), an American actor
- Thomas Pitt (1653–1726), English merchant, grandfather of Pitt the Elder
- William Pitt (architect) (1855–1918), architect working in Melbourne, Australia
- William Pitt (Canada) of New Brunswick, Canada, inventor of the underwater cable ferry in the early 1900s
- William Fox-Pitt (born 1969), British three-day eventing rider
- Bill Pitt (born 1937), British politician; was Liberal Member of Parliament 1981-1983
- William Rivers Pitt, leftist author and essayist
Pitt also refers to:
- Pitt, Hampshire, a hamlet in Hursley parish, Hampshire, England
- Pitt Bank, a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago
- Pitt Club, founded 1835, an exclusive club at the University of Cambridge, England
- Pitt County, North Carolina, county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina
- Fort Pitt (historical) and the Fort Pitt Tunnel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Fort Pitt in Kent, England
- Pitt Island or Rangiauria, the second largest island in the Chatham Islands
- Pitt Lake, second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada
- Pitt Meadows, a District Municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada
- Pitt River, British Columbia, Canada
- Pit River, also known as Pitt River, California, United States
- River Pitt, Somerset, England
- Pitt Rivers Museum in the University of Oxford, England founded in 1884 by Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827–1900), English army officer, ethnologist, and archaeologist
- Pitt Street, Sydney a major street in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Pitt Street (disambiguation) lists streets with the same name in other places
- Pitt Town, New South Wales, historic town in New South Wales, Australia
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