Whitehead (surname)
Whitehead is a surname. Recorded in a number of spellings including Whithead, Whitehed, Whithed, and Whitsed, this surname is of English origins. It usually derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "hwit" meaning white, plus "heafod", a head, combined to form a descriptive nickname for someone with white hair.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Whitehead (born 1980), British swimmer
- Adrian Whitehead (born 1975), Australian rules footballer
- Alan Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), British philosopher and mathematician
- Alfred Whitehead (1887–1974), English composer, organist, choirmaster and music educator, active in Canada
- Mrs. Andrew Whitehead (died 1920), American blizzard victim
- Annie Whitehead (born 1955), English jazz trombone player
- Axle Whitehead (born 1980), Australian entertainer
- Barb Whitehead (born 1961), American golfer
- Ben Whitehead, English voice actor
- Bob Whitehead, American game designer and programmer
- Bob Whitehead (soccer) American soccer player
- Bruce Whitehead, American politician in Colorado
- Bud Whitehead (born 1939), American football player
- Bus Whitehead (1928–2010), American basketball player
- Burgess Whitehead (1910–1993), American baseball player
- Charles Whitehead (1804–1862), English poet, novelist and dramatist
- Charlie Whitehead (footballer) (born 1899), Australian rules footballer
- Chris Whitehead (born 1986), English rugby union player
- Christian Whitehead, Australian video game developer
- Chryssie Whitehead American actress, singer and dancer
- Clay T. Whitehead (1938–2008), United States government official in charge of telecommunications
- Clive Whitehead (born 1955), English footballer - Bristol City and West Bromwich Albion
- Colson Whitehead (born 1969), American author
- David Whitehead (1896–1992), Australian Army officer
- Dean Whitehead (born 1982), English footballer
- Derek Whitehead, English rugby league footballer
- Donald S. Whitehead, American politician in Idaho
- Edward Whitehead (1908–1978), spokesman and later president of Schweppes
- Edgar Whitehead (1905–1971), Rhodesian politician
- Edwin H. Whitehead (1925–2007), American lawyer and politician in Wyoming
- Elliott Whitehead (born 1989), English rugby league player
- Ennis Whitehead (1895–1964), Lieutenant General U.S. Air Force
- Frank Whitehead, Canadian politician
- Frank Whitehead (mayor), American politician from Florida
- Frederick Whitehead, (1853–1938), English landscape artist and illustrator
- Frederick Wilson Whitehead, (1863–1926), English organist, composer and music teacher
- Gary Whitehead (born 1965), American poet and painter
- Geoffrey Whitehead (born 1939), English actor
- George Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Gillian Whitehead (born 1941), New Zealand composer
- Graham Whitehead (1922–1981), British racing driver
- Gregory Whitehead, American writer, radiomaker and audio artist
- Gustave Whitehead (1874–1927), aviation pioneer, emigrated from Germany to U.S., first powered airplane flight in 1901
- Hal Whitehead, Canadian biologist
- Henry Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Hugh Whitehead (died 1551), prior of the Benedictine monastery at Durham, England
- J. Gordon Whitehead, Contributed to the death of Houdini
- J. H. C. Whitehead (1904–1960) (known as Henry), British mathematician
- James Whitehead (disambiguation) (including Jim and Jimmy), multiple people
- Jason John Whitehead, Canadian stand-up comedian, active in Britain
- Jay Whitehead (born 1959), American author and publisher
- Jerome Whitehead (1956–2012), American basketball player
- John Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Whitehead, English composer
- Joseph Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Lees Whitehead (1864–1913), English cricketer
- Lucky Whitehead (born 1992), American football player
- Luke Whitehead (born 1981), American basketball player
- Luther Whitehead (1869–1931), English cricketer
- Martha Whitehead, Texas State Treasurer
- Max Whitehead (1923–2010), Australian rugby league footballer
- Maxey Whitehead (born 1985), American voice actress
- Mike Whitehead (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Milt Whitehead (1862–1901), Canadian baseball player
- Neville Whitehead (bassist), New Zealand jazz bassist and luthier
- Nick Whitehead (1933–2002), Welsh sprinter
- Nikki Whitehead (1975–2010), American mother murdered by her twin daughters Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah
- Nicole Whitehead (born 1980), American model and Playboy Playmate
- Norman Whitehead (1915–1983, English landscape painter
- O.Z. Whitehead (1911–1998), American actor and author
- Paul Whitehead, British painter and graphic artist
- Paxton Whitehead (born 1937), British actor
- Peter Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Phil Whitehead (born 1969), English footballer
- Phillip Whitehead (1937–2005), British politician, television producer and writer
- R. Whitehead (cricketer), English cricketer between 1785 and 1800
- Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead (1854–1929), founder of the "Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony", New York
- Rex Whitehead (born 1948), Australian cricket umpire
- Richard Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Richmal Oates-Whitehead (1970–2005), New Zealander who died in London
- Robert Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ron Whitehead, American poet
- Rowland Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people
- Stanley Whitehead (1911–1976), New Zealand politician
- Stanley Whitehead (physicist) (1902–1956), British physicist
- Steve Whitehead (born 1960), English photorealist painter
- Stuart Whitehead (born 1976), English footballer
- Tahir Whitehead (born 1990), American football player
- Terrell Whitehead (born 1988), American football player
- Terrence Whitehead (born 1983), American football player
- Thomas Whitehead (1825–1901), member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia (1873–1875)
- Þór Whitehead (Thor Whitehead) (born 1943), Icelandic historian
- Tim Whitehead (ice hockey), American ice hockey coach
- Tim Whitehead (rugby player) (born 1988), South African rugby union player
- William Whitehead (disambiguation) (including Willie), multiple people
See also
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- Whitehead baronets
- Whitehead (disambiguation)
- Weißhaupt, surname
- Weißkopf, surname
References
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