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
- Dave Witte, American metal and hardcore punk drummer
- David Witte, (1948-2003), Israeli actor
- 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 tenor
- 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
- 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 (born 1916/7), American swimmer
- Samuel Witte (1745-1815, German writer
- Sergei Witte (1849–1915), Russian policy-maker
- Terry L. Witte (born 1952), American attorney and politician
- William Henry Witte (1817–1876), American politician
De Witte
- The noble family "de Witte" (from Antwerpen)
- André de Witte (born 1944), Belgian bishop in Brazil
- Bruno de Witte (born 1955), Belgian legal scholar
- Emanuel de Witte (1617–1691), Dutch perspective painter
- Gaspar de Witte (1624–1681), Flemish painter of the Baroque period
- Gaston-François de Witte (1897-1980), Belgian herpetologist
- Hans de Witte (1583-1630), German financier
- Jacob Eduard de Witte, Dutch architect, author of the fortification project of Tallinn
- Jacomina de Witte (1582-1661), Dutch woman central in a famous corruption case
- Jan de Witte (1709–1785), Dutch-Polish military engineer and architect
- Jean de Witte (1808-1889), Belgian archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist
- Lieven de Witte (15th century), Flemish painter
- Lodewijk De Witte (born 1954), Belgian politician, governor of Flemish Brabant
- Ludo De Witte (born 1956), Belgian writer
- Peter de Witte III (1671-1667), Flemish Baroque painter
- Pieter de Witte (c. 1548–1628), Flemish Mannerist painter and architect
- Ronald De Witte (born 1946), Belgian road bicycle racer
- Seth de Witte (born 1987), Belgian footballer
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
- Witte Wartena (born 1976), Dutch artist
See also
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