Witte

Witte (and de Witte) are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologer
• Carla Witte (1889–1943), German-Uruguayan painter, sculptor and teacher
• Dave Witte, American drummer
• Earl Witte (1906–1991), American football player
• Edwin E. Witte (1887–1960), American economist, "father of social security"
• Els Witte (born 1941), Belgian historian
• Erich Witte (1911–2008), German stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director
• George Witte (21st-century), American poet
• Helmut Witte (1915–2005), German U-boat commander
• Herman Witte (1909–1973), Dutch engineer and politician
• Jean Carlo Witte (born 1977), Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Jerry Witte (1915–2002), American baseball player
• Joe Witte (born 1943), American weatherman
• John Witte (1933–1993), American football player
• John Witte, Jr. (born 1959), Canadian-American legal scholar
• Karl Witte (1800–1883), German jurist and Dante Alighieri scholar
• Laura Witte (1869–1939), American-born suffragette active in Germany
• Les Witte (1911–1973), American college basketball player
• Luke Witte (born 1950), American basketball player
• Michael Witte (born 1944), American-born illustrator and cartoonist
• Otto Witte (1872–1958), German circus acrobat
• Philip Witte (born 1984), German field hockey player
• Russ Witte (1916–2016), American swimmer
• Sergei Witte (1849–1915), Russian policy-maker
• Terry L. Witte (born 1952), American attorney and politician
• William Witte FRSE (1907–1992), Slovak-British scholar of German language and literature
• William Henry Witte (1817–1876), American politician

As a given name

• Witte van Haemstede (c. 1281 – 1321), Dutch nobility, son of Floris V, Count of Holland
• Witte de With (1599–1658), Dutch naval officer

Other

• Witte Museum
• Witte Automotive

See also

• Witt (disambiguation)