Hitchens

Hitchens is a surname of early medieval English origin.[1] Notable people with the surname include:

* Alfred Hitchens (1861–1942), English painter
* Anthony Hitchens (born 1992), American football linebacker
* Bob Hitchens (1952–2020), American college football player
* Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011), British-American author, journalist and broadcaster
* Dolores Hitchens (1907–1973), American mystery novelist
* Gerry Hitchens (1934–1983), English footballer
* Ivon Hitchens (1893–1979), English painter
* John Hitchens (born 1940), English painter
* Keith Hitchins (1931–2020), American historian
* Peter Hitchens (born 1951), British author, journalist and broadcaster
* Robert Hichens (disambiguation), various people
* Robert Smythe Hichens (1864–1950), English writer, known as Robert Hichens
* Robert Hichens (RMS Titanic) (1882–1940), quartermaster on the RMS Titanic
* Robert Peverell Hichens (1909–1943), RNVR officer in the Second World War
* Tim Hitchens (born 1962), British diplomat

Characters

* Grace Hitchens, character in Glee

## Others

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* Hitchens's razor, an epistemological razor asserting that the burden of proof regarding the truthfulness of a claim lies with the one who makes the claim, and if this burden is not met, the claim is unfounded, and its opponents need not argue further to dismiss it; introduced by and named after Christopher Hitchens
* Hitchens Pond, pond located east of Barber Point, New York

## References

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1. ^ "Surname Database: Hitchens Last Name Origin".

## See also

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* 57901 Hitchens
* Hitchen
* Hitchins

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Hitchens.
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