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]

Notable people with the surname include:

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, 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

• Alice White (1904–1983)
• Betty White (born 1922)
• Brian J. White (born 1975)
• Jaleel White (born 1976)
• Karen Malina White (born 1965)
• Liz White (actress) (born 1979)
• Ron White (born 1956)
• Sammy White (actor) (1894–1960)
• Sheila White (actress) (born 1950)
• Slappy White (1924–1995)
• Terri White (born 1948)

Sports

• Bill White (first baseman) (born 1934), American baseball player and baseball executive
• 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
• Dana White, President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Danny White (born 1952), American football player
• Devon White (baseball)
• Des White, New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Doc White, American baseball player
• Donny White, American college sports coach and administrator
• Erin White, Canadian softball first baseman
• Faye White (born 1978), English football player
• Frank White (baseball) (born 1950), American second baseman
• Fuzz White Major League Baseball right fielder
• Ian White (born June 4, 1984), 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
• James L. White (coach) (1893–1949), American college sports coach
• Jeff White (Australian footballer)
• Jeff White (ice hockey)
• 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
• Malcolm White (cricketer) (1924–2009), English cricketer
• 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) (born 1953), NFL defensive lineman and linebacker
• Reggie White (1961–2004), American football player
• Rodney White, American basketball player
• Rosie White (born 1993), New Zealand soccer player
• Royce White (born 1991), American 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
• Edmund White, Northants cricketer (1928–2004), English cricketer

Politics

• Alexander White (Alabama) (1816-1893), U.S. Congressman from Alabama
• Alexander White (Virginia) (1738-1804), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• 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
• Christian Streit White (1839–1917), West Virginia politician
• Compton I. White, US Representative from Idaho
• Compton I. White, Jr., US Representative from Idaho
• David Patillo White
• Denny White
• Edward Douglass White
• Francis White (Virginia) (1761–1826), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• 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 Baker White (Virginia) (1794–1862), Virginia court clerk and civil servant
• 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)
• Loren H. White (1863–1923), New York state senator
• Mark White American lawyer and politician from Texas
• Martha White
• Michael White (politician)
• Peter White (Canadian politician), Canadian parliamentarian
• Randy White (politician)
• Robert White (judge) (1759–1831), Virginia judge and politician
• Robert White (politician) (1833–1915), West Virginia Attorney General
• Roderick White (1814–1856), New York politician
• Rick White
• Samuel White (U.S. politician) American lawyer and politician
• Sandra White Scottish politician
• Thomas White (Australian 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, 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

Religion

• James Springer White, husband of Ellen G. White and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• James White (theologian), Consultant on the New American Standard Bible committee
• Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841), British poet and theologian
• Thomas White (1685–1690), Bishop of Peterborough
• Thomas White (1593–1676), Catholic philosopher
• Ellen G. White, Prophetess and major leader of the beginnings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Military

• Edward White (Medal of Honor), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Jack White, First World War Victoria Cross recipient
• James White (fighter pilot) (1893–1972), World War I Royal Naval Air Service fighter ace
• Thomas E. White, (born 1943), 18th United States Secretary of the Army
• George Stuart White, British general
• William Henry White, (1845–1913), civilian warship designer who principally worked for the British Admiralty

Explorers and pioneers

• Edward Higgins White (1930–1967), US astronaut
• James White (general) (1747–1821), founder of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
• John White (surveyor) (c. 1540 – c. 1618), Roanoke Colony governor
• Peregrine White (1620–1704), first child born to the Pilgrims in New England

Mayflower passengers

• William White (Mayflower passenger), signer of the Mayflower Compact
• Peregrine White (Mayflower passenger)
• Resolved White (Mayflower passenger)

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

• Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and documentary photographer
• Alfred Tredway White, American housing reformer
• Carrie C. White, American supercentenarian
• Dan White (1946–1985), American politician and assassin of Harvey Milk
• Douglas White, American anthropologist
• Ellen G. White (1827–1915), American Christian pioneer
• Erik White, American music director
• Franklin White, British ballet dancer
• Jamie White, radio host
• Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841), Spanish theologian
• Leslie White (1900–1975), American anthropologist
• Mary White (disambiguation)
• Onna White, choreographer and dancer
• Peter White (broadcaster), presenter on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Radio 4
• Randy White, porn actor
• Ryan White (1971–1990), American HIV/AIDS poster child, namesake of the Ryan White Care Act
• Sheila White (born 1988), American human trafficking victim
• Stanford White (1853–1906), American architect, 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

• Charmaine White Face

Fictional characters

• Cammy White, video game character from the Street Fighter series
• Carrie White, title character from the Stephen King novel and movie Carrie
• Frank White (fictional character), lead character, played by Christopher Walken, in the 1990 motion picture King of New York
• Perry White, supporting character in the Superman comics
• Snow White and the seven Dwarfs
• Kerwin White, former ring name of Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
• Mrs. White, one of six original Cluedo characters.
• Walter White – The protagonist of the television series Breaking Bad
• Redd White - CEO of Bluecorp. Character from the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Disambiguation

• Adam White (disambiguation)
• Al White (disambiguation)
• Alan White (disambiguation)
• Alex White (disambiguation)
• Alexander White (disambiguation)
• Andrew White (disambiguation)
• Andy White (disambiguation)
• Anthony White (disambiguation)
• Bill White (disambiguation)
• Brian White (disambiguation)
• Colin White (disambiguation)
• Dan White (disambiguation)
• David White (disambiguation)
• Edward White (disambiguation) (or Ed White)
• Francis White (disambiguation)
• Frank White (disambiguation)
• Gary White (disambiguation)
• Henry White (disambiguation)
• Jack White (disambiguation)
• James White (disambiguation)
• Joe White (disambiguation)
• John White (disambiguation)
• Lawrence White (disambiguation)
• Kevin White (disambiguation)
• Mark White (disambiguation)
• Michael White (disambiguation)
• Nancy White (disambiguation)
• Peter White (disambiguation)
• Randy White (disambiguation)
• Robert White (disambiguation)
• Sammy White (disambiguation)
• Steve White (disambiguation)
• Thomas White (disambiguation) (or Tom White)
• Tim White (disambiguation)
• Tony White (disambiguation)
• Warren White (disambiguation)
• William White (disambiguation)
• Willie White (disambiguation)

References

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