White (surname)

See also: Whyte (surname) and Wight (surname)

White is a surname either of English[1] or of Scottish and Irish origin, the latter being an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGillebhàin, "Son of the fair gillie" and the Irish "Mac Faoitigh" or "de Faoite".[2][3][4] It is the seventeenth most common surname in England.[5] In the 1990 United States Census, "White" ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population.[6] By 2000, White had fallen to position 20 in the United States[7] and 22nd position by 2014[5]

Contents:

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Fictional
* References

Notable people with the surname include:

* White (Hampshire cricketer) (active 1789–1797, full name unknown), English cricketer
* White (Surrey cricketer) (active 1850, full name unknown), English cricketer

## A

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* Aaron White (basketball) (born 1992), American basketball player
* Adam White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Addison White (1824–1909), American politician
* Adlyn White (1929–2017), Jamaican educator and Christian minister
* Al White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alan White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Albert White (musician) (born 1942), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Alex White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alexander White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alfred Holmes White (1873–1953), American chemical engineering professor
* Alfred Tredway White (1846–1921), American housing reformer
* Alice White (1904–1983), American actress
* Allie White (1915–1996), American football player
* Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918), American diplomat and co-founder of Cornell University
* Andrew White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andy White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Anthony White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Austin White (born 1997), American professional wrestler known as Austin Theory
* Azellia White (1913–2019), American aviator

## B

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* Barclay White (1821–1906), Superintendent of Indian Affairs under President Grant
* Barry White (1944–2003), American soul and disco singer
* Bartow White (1776–1862), US Congressman from New York
* Benjamin White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Betty White (1922–2021), American actress
* Beverly White (1928–2021), American activist and politician
* Bill White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Blaire White (born 1993), American YouTuber and political commentator
* Bob White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Bodi White (born 1956), Louisiana politician
* Bree White (born 1981), Australian rules footballer
* Brendan White (born 1992), Australian association football player
* Brett White (executive), chief executive officer of the investment firm CBRE Group
* Brian White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Briana White (born 1992), streamer and voice actor of Aerith Gainsborough
* Brooke White (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and American Idol contestant
* Bruce A. White, American politician
* Bryan D. White (1936–2017), general secretary and CEO of Moose International in Great Britain
* Buck White (1930–2025), member of the American country music vocal group The Whites
* Bukka White (Booker T. Washington White) (1909–1977), American Delta blues guitarist and singer
* Byron White (1917–2002), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

## C

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* Cameron White (born 1983), Australian cricketer
* Cat White (born 1993), English actress, producer and author
* Charlie White (figure skater) (born 1987), American Olympic silver, bronze, and gold medalist ice dancer
* Charles White (writer) (1845–1922), Australian journalist and author
* Cr1TiKaL (Charles White Jr., born 1994), American YouTuber, Twitch streamer, podcaster, actor, musician, and businessman
* Charline White (1920–1959), Michigan politician
* Charlotte Price White, (1873–1932), Welsh suffragist and politician
* Charmaine White Face, American human rights activist
* Chel White (born 1959), American film director
* Cheryl White (born 1955), member of the American country music vocal group The Whites
* Chilton A. White (1826–1900), US Representative from Ohio
* Christian Streit White (1839–1917), West Virginia politician
* Christopher White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Clarence White (1944–1973), American bluegrass and country guitarist (Kentucky Colonels, The Byrds)
* Claude Porter White (1907–1975), American author and composer
* Coby White (born 2000), American basketball player
* Cody White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Colin White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Colton White (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
* Compton I. White (1877–1956), US Representative from Idaho
* Compton I. White, Jr. (1920–1998), US Representative from Idaho
* Curtis White (disambiguation), multiple people

## D

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* Dan White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Dana White (born 1969), American MMA promoter and president of UFC
* Danny White (born 1952), American football player
* Darren White (disambiguation), multiple people
* DaShaun White (born 2000), American football player
* Davellyn Whyte (born 1991), American basketball player
* David White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Davin White (born 1981), American basketball player
* Deacon White, aka James "Deacon" White, (1847–1939), baseball star
* DeMario White Jr. (born 1991), birth name of Moneybagg Yo, American rapper
* Denny White, Ohio politician
* Derrick White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Des White (1927–2023), New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Desmond White (footballer) (1911–1985), Scottish footballer
* Devin White (born 1998), American football player
* Devon White (baseball) (born 1962), Jamaican American baseball player
* Diamond White (born 1999), American singer and actress
* Doc White (1879–1969), American baseball player
* Donny White (1942–2021), American college sports coach and administrator
* Doris Pike White (1896–1987), American investment banker and civic leader
* Doug White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Douglas R. White (1942–2021), American anthropologist
* Duncan White (1918–1998), Sri Lankan Burgher athlete, first to win an Olympic medal for Sri Lanka

## E

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* E. B. White (1899–1985), American children's book author
* Ed White (astronaut) (1930–1967), American astronaut
* Eden White (born 1970), American singer-songwriter
* Edith White (1855–1946), American painter
* Edith Grace White (1890–1975), American zoologist
* Edmund White (1940–2025), American writer
* Edmund White (cricketer) (1928–2004), English cricketer
* Edward White (disambiguation) (or Ed White), multiple people
* Eg White (born 1966 as Francis White), British musician, songwriter and producer
* Eli White (born 1994), American baseball player
* Elizabeth Coleman White (1871–1954), pioneering American blueberry breeder and vendor
* Ellen White (footballer) (born 1989), English footballer
* Ellen G. White (1827–1915), American Christian pioneer
* Elsie Maud White (1889–1978), New Zealand miniaturist
* Erica White (born 1986), American basketball player
* Erica White (artist) (1904–1991), British sculptor
* Erik White, American music director
* Erik White (Canadian football) (born 1970), American football player of Canadian football
* Erin White (softball) (born 1977), Canadian softball first baseman
* Estelle White (1925–2011) British hymn composer
* Ethel Lina White (1876–1944), British crime writer
* Evan White (born 1996), American baseball player

## F

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* Faye White (born 1978), English football player
* Felix Harold White (1884–1945), English composer, music teacher and pianist
* Florence Mildred White (1874–1957), English policewoman
* Francis White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Frank White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Franklin White (dancer) (1923–2013), British ballet dancer
* Fred White (musician) (1955–2023), American musician, member of Earth, Wind & Fire
* Frederick D. White (1847–1918), Canadian politician
* Freeman White (born 1943), American football player
* Freeman White (politician) (1946–2022), Canadian politician
* Fuzz White (1916–2003), American Major League Baseball right fielder

## G

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* Gary White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Genevieve Beatrice White (1913–2009), also known as Genevieve Pezet, American-born French artist
* George White (British Army officer) (1835–1912), British general
* George White (Ohio politician) (1872–1953), governor of Ohio
* George Henry White (1852–1918), U.S. congressman from North Carolina
* George Montgomery White (1828–1860), member of the North Carolina House of Commons
* Gilbert F. White (1911–2006), American geographer
* Gilbert White (1720–1793), English naturalist
* Gillian White (disambiguation), multiple people

## H

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* Harold Albert White (1896–1970), British-Canadian wingman
* Harry Dexter White (1892–1948), American economist, US representative to the Bretton Woods Conference
* Henry White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Horace White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Horacio White (1927–2017), Argentine swimmer
* Howard White (footballer) (born 1954), English footballer
* Hugh White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hugo White (1939–2014), British royal navy admiral
* Harvey White (born 2001), British footballer for Stevenage F.C

## I

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* Ian White (darts player) (born 1970), English darts player
* Ian White (ice hockey) (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey defence man
* Ilka White, Australian textile artist
* Isobel Mary White (1912–1997), Australian anthropologist
* Israel Charles White (1848–1927), American geologist

## J

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* Jack White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jahiem White, American football player
* Jake White (born 1963), South African rugby union coach
* Jaleel White (born 1976), American actor
* Jalen White (born 2002), American football player
* James White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jamie White (born 1968), American radio host and actress
* Jan White (born 1948), American football player
* Javin White (born 1997), American football player
* Jay White (born 1992), New Zealand professional wrestler
* Jeff White (Australian footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
* Jeordie White aka Twiggy Ramirez (born 1971), American bassist and guitarist
* Jimmy White (born 1962), English professional snooker player
* Jock White (1897–1986), Scottish footballer
* Joe White (disambiguation), multiple people
* John White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jordan White (musician) (born 1982), American rock musician and singer-songwriter
* Jose White (American football) (born 1973), American football player
* Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841), Spanish theologian
* Joseph Leonard Maries White (1897–1925), Canadian flying ace
* Julian White (born 1973), English rugby union footballer
* JJ White, American musical duo consisting of Janice and Jayne White

## K

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* Karen Malina White (born 1965), American actress
* Karen White, English prisoner
* Karyn White (born 1965), American R&B singer during the late 1980s and early 1990s
* Katie White (born 1983), British singer in The Ting Tings
* Katie White (politician) (graduated 2003), British politician
* Keion White (born 1999), American football player
* Keith White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Keith White (yachtsman) (1940s–2019), disabled British solo yachtsman
* Kelli White, American sprinter
* Kerwin White, former ring name of American wrestler Chavo Guerrero, Jr.
* Kevin White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Kyzir White (born 1996), American football player

## L

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* Lari White (1965–2018), American country music singer
* Laura White (actress) (born 1996), British actress
* Laura Rosamond White (1844–1922), American author
* Lavelle White (born 1929), American Texas blues and soul blues singer and songwriter
* Lawrence White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Lee White (actor) (1888–1949), American actor of the stage, screen and radio
* Lee White (American football) (born 1946), American football player
* Lee C. White (1923–2013), advisor to President Kennedy and President Johnson
* Leo White (1882–1948), English-American film and stage actor who appeared in many Charlie Chaplin films
* Leo White (judoka) (born 1957), member of the US Olympic judo team
* Leon White (1955–2018), American professional wrestler better known as Big Van Vader or Vader
* Leslie White (1900–1975), American anthropologist
* Lily White (photographer) (1866–1944), American photographer
* Linda White (Alpha Kappa Alpha) (1942–2010), American sorority president
* Linda White (politician) (1959/1960–2024), Australian politician
* Liz White (actress) (born 1979), British actress
* Loren H. White (1863–1923), New York state senator
* Lulu Belle Madison White (1900–1957), American teacher and civil rights activist
* Lynn White (musician) (born 1953), American soul blues singer

## M

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* Malcolm White (cricketer) (1924–2009), English cricketer
* Malinda Brumfield White (born 1967), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
* Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), American photographer and documentary photographer
* Margaret Matilda White (1868–1910), New Zealand photographer
* Marion Ballantyne White (1871–1958), American mathematician and university professor
* Mark White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Marquez White (born 1994), American football player
* Mary White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mary Louisa White (1866–1935) British composer, educator and pianist
* Maureen White, Canadian theatre director, actor, and playwright
* Maurice White (1941–2016), American musician, founder and leader of the band Earth, Wind & Fire
* Meg White (born 1974), American musician, drummer in The White Stripes
* Michael White (disambiguation), multiple people, includes Mike White
* Minor White (1908–1976), American photographer
* Mitchell White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Molly White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Morgan White (gymnast) (born 1983), American gymnast
* Morgan White (radio DJ) (1924–2010), American radio disc jockey and actor

## N

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* Nancy White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nathaniel White (born 1960), American serial killer
* Nettie L. White (c. 1850–1921), American suffragist and stenographer
* Nicholas White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Noel White (rugby league) (1923–2019), Australian rugby league footballer

## O

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* Oliver White (born 1995), British YouTube personality
* Onna White (1922–2005), Canadian choreographer and dancer

## P

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* Pat White (American football) (born 1986), American football quarterback
* Pat White (politician) (1948–2024), American politician for West Virginia
* Patrick White (1912–1990), Australian author
* Paul Dudley White (1886–1973), American cardiologist
* Percy White (1888–1918), Australian rugby league footballer
* Peregrine White (1620–1704), first child born to the Pilgrims in New England
* Peter White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Portia White (1911–1968), Canadian operatic contralto

## Q

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* Quavian White (born 2000), American football player

## R

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* Rachaad White (born 1999), American football player
* Rachel White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Randy White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Raoul White (born 1972), Dutch politician
* Ray White (politician), Canadian politician
* Reggie White (1961–2004), American football player
* Reggie White (defensive lineman, born 1970), American football player
* Reggie White (running back) (born 1979), American football player
* Rex White (1929–2025), American Hall of Fame racing driver
* Rick White (politician) (born 1953), American politician from Washington
* Ricky White III (born 2002), American football player
* Robert White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Roddy White (born 1981), American football player
* Roderick White (1814–1856), New York politician
* Romello White (born 1998), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Rodney White (born 1980), American basketball player
* Ron White (born 1956), American comedian
* Rosie White (born 1993), New Zealand soccer player
* Royce White (born 1991), American basketball player
* Ruth White (fencer) (born 1951), American Olympic fencer
* Ryan White (1971–1990), American HIV/AIDS poster child, namesake of the Ryan White Care Act
* Resolved White (17th century), passenger on the Pilgrim ship Mayflower

## S

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* Sallie Joy White (1847–1909), American journalist
* Sammy White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Sandra White (born 1951), Scottish politician
* Sharon White, lead singer of American country music group The Whites
* Shaun White (born 1986), American snowboarder and skateboarder
* Sheila White (abolitionist) (born 1988), American abolitionist and human trafficking victim
* Sheila White (actress) (1948–2018), British film, television and stage actress
* Simon White (born 1951), British astrophysicist
* Slappy White (1924–1995), American comedian and actor
* Snowy White (Terence Charles 'Snowy' White) (born 1948), English guitarist
* Spencer White (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
* Stanford White (1853–1906), American architect, member of the firm McKim, Mead, and White
* Stephen White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Steve White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Steven White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Stewart White (journalist) (born 1947), British television newsreader and presenter
* Stewart Edward White (1873–1946), American novelist and outdoorsman

## T

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* T. H. White (1906–1964), English author, known for The Once and Future King
* Ted White (author) (born 1938), American science fiction writer and music critic
* Terri White (born 1948), American singer and actress
* The Whites, American country music vocal group
* Theodore H. White (1915–1986), American journalist
* Thomas White (disambiguation) (or Tom White)
* Timothy White (disambiguation) (or Tim White)
* Todd White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tony White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tony Joe White (1943–2018), American singer-songwriter
* Tre'Davious White (born 1995), American football player
* Trey White (born 2004), American football player
* Tyler White (born 1990), American baseball player

## V

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* Vanessa White (born 1989), British singer and songwriter
* Vanna White (born 1957), American television personality
* Verdine White (born 1951), American musician, younger brother of Maurice White, bass guitarist in Earth, Wind & Fire

* Victor White (aviator) (1895–1967), British World War I flying ace

* Victor White (priest) (1902–1960), Dominican priest
* Vince White (born 1960), English guitarist who replaced Joe Strummer in The Clash
* Violetta Susan White (1875–1949), American mycologist

## W

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* Walker White (born 2005), American football player
* Walter Francis White (1893–1955), American civil rights activist
* Warren White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Webster White (1860–1923), American politician from Maryland
* Wendy White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Wendy Tan White (born 1970), British technology company executive
* Wilbert White (1889–1918), American military aviator
* Sir Willard White (born 1946), Jamaican-born British operatic bass-baritone
* William White (disambiguation), multiple people
* Willie White (disambiguation), multiple people

## Z

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* Zamir White (born 1999), American football player

## Fictional characters

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* Brad White, a character in 2001 psychological horror movie Frailty
* Cammy White, from the Street Fighter video game series
* Carrie White, title character from the Stephen King novel and movie Carrie
* Frank White, lead character in the 1990 film King of New York
* Helen White, the main character in 1949 American comedy movie Miss Grant Takes Richmond
* Perry White, supporting character in the Superman comics
* Snow White, protagonist of German fairy tales
* Mrs. White, one of six original Cluedo characters
* Redd White, from the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
* Walter White, protagonist of the American television series Breaking Bad
* Trooper White, a minor character in the video game TimeSplitters 2

## References

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1. ^ White Meaning at Forebears
2. ^ "White Family History". Ancestry.com.
3. ^ "Irish Surname – White".
4. ^ Scottish Clans and their Tartans (1958), W. and A. K. Johnson, p. 22
5. ^ a b White Distribution at Forebears
6. ^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). 1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1–100). Retrieved on 4 July 2008.
7. ^ Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000

Surname list

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Surnames derived from the color White

English|

* White/Whyte
* Wight

Celtic|

* McElwain/McElwaine
* McIlwain, McIlwaine
* Gwyn/Gwynn/Gwynne
* Le Guen

German/Yiddish|

* Weiss, Weiß , Weisse, Wyss
* Weisz (Hungarian spelling, from Austria-Hungary times)

Other Germanic|

* Hvid
* Hvide
* Hvidt
* Vitt
* Witt
* De Witt
* DeWitt
* de Wit
* Whitt
* Witte
* De Witte

Romance|

* Alba
* Albu
* Albus
* Bianchi, Bianki (Russified), Biancini, Bianchini, Bianco
* Blanc, LaBianca, le Blanc, Leblanc, LoBianco
* Blanchard
* Blanco
* Branco
* Blank

Slavic|

* Belić, Bijelić, Bilić
* Belik
* Belikov
* Belov
* Belsky
* Belenky
* Bely
* Belyaev, Belyakov, Belykh
* Białas, Białek, Białecki, Bialik, Białkowski, Biały
* Bielak/Bielák/Belyak, Bielski, Bielecki/Beletsky, Bielawski
* Bílek, Bílý
* Biletsky
* Bilski
* Bilyi
* Bilyk
* Byelik, Belik

Other|

* Baek (Paek, Baik, Paik)
* Bai
* Fehér
* Valge

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