White (surname)
White is a surname of English origin.[1] It is the sixteenth most common surname in the United Kingdom.[2] In the 1990 United States Census, 'White' ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population.[3]
A list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname 'White' is included below.
People
Musicians
- Alan White (Oasis drummer) (born 1972), former drummer from the band Oasis
- Alan White (Yes drummer) (born 1949), drummer from the band Yes
- Barry White (1944–2003), soul and disco singer
- Brooke White (born 1983), singer-songwriter and American Idol contestant
- Bukka White delta blues guitarist and singer.
- Eden White, American singer-songwriter
- Jack White (musician) (born 1975), singer and guitarist of The White Stripes
- Jack White (producer) (born 1940), German disco music producer
- James Chance, aka James White, American jazz-funk musician
- Jeordie White, bassist for Marilyn Manson and A Perfect Circle
- John White (composer)
- Jordan White (musician), American rock musician
- Karyn White, 1980s-90s R&B singer
- Katie White, singer for The Ting Tings
- Maurice White (born 1941), American musician; founder and leader of the band Earth, Wind & Fire
- Meg White, drummer from The White Stripes
- Peter White (musician), smooth jazz guitarist
- Portia White, Black Canadian singer
- Robert White (composer) (c. 1538–1574), English composer
- The Whites, 1980s country music vocal group
- Snowy White, aka Terence Charles 'Snowy' White, guitarist
- Tony Joe White, singer-songwriter
- Vanessa White (born 1989), British singer
- Verdine White (born 1951), American musician and younger brother of Maurice White; bass guitarist for Earth, Wind & Fire
- Vince White (born 1960), English guitarist who replaced Joe Strummer in The Clash
Actors
Sports
- Bill White (first baseman), former baseball player and National League president
- Brian White (hockey)
- Cameron White, Australian cricketer
- Charlie White (figure skater), American Olympic silver medalist ice dancer
- Colin White (ice hockey)
- Conor White, Australian ice hockey player
- Danny White, NFL football player
- Devon White (baseball)
- Des White, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Erin White, Canadian softball first baseman
- Faye White (born 1978), English football player
- Frank White (baseball)
- Fuzz White Major League Baseball right fielder
- Ian White (born June 4, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defense man
- Jake White (born 1963), South African rugby union coach
- James White (basketball), US basketball player
- Deacon White, aka James "Deacon" White, (1847–1939), baseball star
- Jeff White Australian rules footballer
- Jimmy White, English professional snooker player
- Jack White (cricketer) (1891–1961), English cricket captain
- Jock White, Scottish footballer
- John White (English footballer)
- John White (footballer born 1937), Scottish footballer
- John White (squash player)
- Julian White (born 1973), English rugby union footballer
- Kelli White former American sprinter
- Kevin White (athletic director)
- Leon White (born 1957), American professional wrestler better known as Big Van Vader or Vader
- Noel White, Australian rugby league footballer
- Pat White (football player), American football quarterback
- Percy White, Australian rugby league footballer
- Peter White (hockey)
- Randy White (basketball)
- Randy White (American football)
- Reggie White (1961–2004), NFL Hall of Famer
- Rodney White, US basketball player
- Sammy White (American football) (born 1954), NFL wide receiver
- Sammy White (baseball) (1928–1991), MLB catcher
- Shaun White (born 1986), American snowboarder and skateboarder
- Thomas White (Sussex cricketer) (1892-1979), English cricketer
- Tim White (wrestling) (born 1954), American professional wrestling referee
- Todd White, ice hockey player
- Wendy White (tennis player), former professional tennis player
Politics
- Andrew Dickson White, US diplomat and co-founder of Cornell University
- Barclay White (1821–1906), Superintendent of Indian Affairs under President Grant
- Bartow White (1776-1862), US Congressman from New York
- Benjamin White (Maine politician), US Representative from Maine
- Benjamin F. White (Montana politician), last governor of Montana Territory
- Bill White (politician)
- Bill White (neo-Nazi)
- Bodi White, Louisiana politician
- Brian White (British politician)
- Brian White (Canadian politician)
- Byron White, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Compton I. White, US Representative from Idaho
- Compton I. White, Jr., US Representative from Idaho
- David Patillo White
- Denny White
- Edward Douglass White
- Francis S. White (1847–1922), US Senator from Alabama
- Frank White (UK politician) (fl. 1970s), British politician
- Frank White (Governor) (1856–1940), American soldier and North Dakota politician
- Frank Durward White (1933–2003), Arkansas governor
- Frederick D. White Canadian politician
- George White (Ohio politician)
- George Henry White, North Carolina politician
- Harry Dexter White, Economist & US representative to the Bretton Woods Conference
- Horace White American lawyer and politician from New York
- Hugh L. White American politician from Mississippi
- Jack White (labor unionist), anarchist and founder of the Irish Citizen's Army
- James White (politician) (1749–1809) - Member of United States Congress
- James White (Scottish politician) MP for Glasgow, Pollok before 1987
- John Franklin White (1863–1961) Canadian politician
- John White (Halton County) (1811–1897) Canadian politician
- John White (Hastings County) (1833–1894) Canadian politician
- John White (Kentucky politician), (1802–1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- John White (Australian politician), member of the Parliament of Tasmania, (1986–1998)
- John White (loyalist)
- Kevin White (mayor)
- Mark White American lawyer and politician from Texas
- Martha White
- Michael White (politician)
- Peter White (Canadian politician), Canadian parliamentarian
- Randy White (politician)
- Rick White
- Samuel White (U.S. politician) American lawyer and politician
- Sandra White Scottish politician
- Walter Francis White
- William Henry White (politician)
- William Thomas White, Canadian politician and Cabinet minister
Authors and journalists
- Curtis White, American essayist
- Doug White (news anchor) (American) (1944–2006)
- E. B. White (1899–1985), American children's book author
- Edmund White (born 1940), American literary critic
- Ethel Lina White (1876–1944), British crime writer
- Horace White (writer) (1834–1916), American journalist and financial writer
- James White (author) (1928–1999), Northern Irish science fiction writer
- John H. White (photojournalist) (born 1945), Pulitzer Prize-winning African American journalist
- Michael White (journalist) (born 1945), British newspaper editor
- Patrick White (1912–1990), Australian author
- Stewart White (journalist), British newsreader & presenter
- T.H. White (1906–1964), English author, famous for The Once and Future King
- Ted White (author) (born 1938), American science fiction writer and music critic
- Theodore White, a disambiguation page
- Timothy White (photographer), American celebrity photographer
- Tim White (reporter) (born 1949), American news anchor and investigative reporter
- Timothy White (editor) (1952–2002), American rock music journalist
- William Allen White (1868–1944), American journalist & politician
- James Timothy White (born 1985), Author, Businessman, Entrepreneur
Religion
Military
Explorers and pioneers
Science and medicine
- Adam White (zoologist) (1817–1879), Scottish zoologist
- Alfred Holmes White (1873–1953), American chemical engineering professor
- Elizabeth Coleman White (1871–1954), pioneering blueberry breeder and vendor
- Francis Buchanan White (1842–1894), Scottish botanist and entomologist
- Gilbert White (1720–1793), English naturalist
- Gilbert F. White (1911–2006), American geographer
- Henry Luke White (1860–1927), Australian grazier and ornithologist
- Israel Charles White (1848–1927), American geologist
- John White (surgeon) (1756–1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales, Australia
- Paul Dudley White (1886–1973), American cardiologist
- Robert J. White (born 1925), American neurosurgeon
- Samuel Albert White (1870–1954), Australian ornithologist
- Simon White (born 1951), British astrophysicist
- Steven R. White (born 1959) American physicist
- Tim D. White (born 1950), American paleoanthropologist
- William Alanson White (1870–1937), American psychiatrist
Other
- Carrie C. White American supercentenarian
- Dan White
- Douglas White
- Ellen G. White (1827–1915), American Christian pioneer
- Erik White, American music director
- Jamie White, radio host
- Joseph Blanco White
- Leslie White
- Margaret Bourke-White American photographer and documentary photographer
- Onna White, choreographer and dancer
- Peter White (broadcaster), presenter on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Radio 4
- Randy White (porn star)
- Ryan White (1971–1990), American HIV/AIDS poster child, namesake of the Ryan White Care Act
- Stanford White (1853–1906), an influential architect at the turn of the 20th century and member of the firm McKim, Mead, and White
- Sir Thomas White (merchant), founder of St John's College, Oxford
- Timothy White, ship's chandler and pharmacist; founder of Timothy Whites
- Vanna White (born 1957), American television personality
- William Allen White (1868–1944), American newspaper editor, politician, and author
- William Lindsay White American journalist
- Minor White American photographer
Native American
Fictional characters
Disambiguation
See also
White in languages other than English
For surnames meaning White in other languages, see the following articles.
References