DeWitt

DeWitt or Dewitt is a concatenated primarily American form of the Dutch surname De Witt or De Wit, both meaning "the white (one)", "the blond (one)". It also became a popular given name following the New York Governorship of DeWitt Clinton, whose mother Mary DeWitt was a descendant of the Dutch patrician De Witt family. People with the name include: Surname Bill DeWitt (1902–1982), American baseball executive Bill DeWitt III (born ca. 1968), American baseball executive Blake DeWitt (born 1985), American baseball player Bryce DeWitt (1923–2004), American physicist known for the Wheeler–DeWitt equation and the DeWitt notation, brother of Hugh Hamilton DeWitt Cali DeWitt (born 1973), American artist Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922–2017), French mathematician and physicist Charles DeWitt (1727–1787), delegate to the Continental Congress of United States Charles B. DeWitt (born 1950), American Director of the National Institute of Justice Charles G. DeWitt (1789–1839), U.S. Representative from New York Dale DeWitt (born 1950), Oklahoma politician David DeWitt, American computer science professor David M. De Witt (1837–1912), U.S. Representative from New York Doug DeWitt (born 1961), American boxer George DeWitt (1922–1979), American singer and comedian Green DeWitt (1787– 1835), American empresario in Mexican Texas Helen DeWitt (born 1957), American novelist Hugh Hamilton DeWitt (1933-1995) American ichthyologist, marine biologist and oceanographer, brother of Bryce DeWitt Jacob H. De Witt (1784–1857), U.S. Representative from New York Jason DeWitt, American poker player Jerry DeWitt (born 1969), American author and public speaker John DeWitt (athlete) (1881–1930), American track and field athlete John DeWitt (gridiron football) (born 1970), American arena football player John H. DeWitt Jr. (1906–1999), American radio broadcasting pioneer John L. DeWitt (1880–1962), American general Joyce DeWitt (born 1949), American actor Keegan DeWitt (born 1982), American film composer, singer-songwriter and actor L. G.