White (surname)
This is a list of well-known people with the surname White (or Whyte) or its equivalent in other languages.
English (White)
Musicians
- Alan White - drummer from the band Yes.
- Barry White - soul and disco music singer
- Meg White - drummer from the duo The White Stripes
- Portia White - a Black Canadian singer
- Tony Joe White - a singer and songwriter
- Peter White (musician), born 1954 September 20
- John White (composer)
- James White (musician) - New York jazz-funk musician
- Jack White, a German producer of disco music, see also German article
- Jack White singer and guitarist of The White Stripes
Actors
- Alice White
- Betty White
- Brian White
- Jaleel White
- Karen Malina White
- Sammy White (1894 - 1960) a Hollywood actor
Sport
- Andy White
- Bill White (baseball)
- Bukka White
- Danny White
- Devon White
- Erin White
- Frank White (baseball)
- Jeff White
- Jimmy White
- Julian White
- Kevin White (coach)
- Leon White
- Reggie White
- Sammy White (born 1954) a NFL wide receiver
- Sammy White (1928 - 1991) a MLB catcher
- Randy White (football player)
- Todd White
- John White (squash player)
- John White (footballer), English football (soccer) player
- James White (basketball player) - US-American basketball player
- James "Deacon" White (1847-1939) - star baseball player of the 1870s and 1880s
- John (Jack) Cornish White, former England cricket captain
Politics
- Bill White (mayor)
- Bill White (activist)
- Brian White (British politician)
- Brian White (Canadian politician)
- Byron White
- David Patillo White
- Denny White
- Edward Douglass White
- Frank White (politician) (1847-1922), US Senator from Alabama
- Frank White (US Treasurer) (1856-1940), also American soldier & N. Dakota politician
- Frank White (MP) (fl. 1970s), British politician
- Frank Durward White (1933-2003), Arkansas governor
- Frederick D. White
- George White
- Harry Dexter White
- Harry White (Seattle mayor)
- Horace White
- Hugh L. White
- Kevin White
- Mark White
- Martha White
- Michael White (politician)
- Rick White
- Sandra White
- Walter Francis White
- William Henry White (politician)
- William Thomas White
- Randy White (politician)
- Peter White, Canadian parliamentarian.
- John White (Halton County) (1811-1897) Canadian politician
- John White (Hastings County) (1833-1894) Canadian politician
- John Franklin White (1863-1961) Canadian politician
- John White (Kentucky politician), (1802-1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- John White (Australian politician), member of the Tasmanian state parliament, (1986-1998)
- John White (administrator) (1946–), Commissioner of British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory, (1998–2001)
- John White (loyalist)
- James White (politician) (1749-1809) - Member of United States Congress
- James White (Scottish politician) MP for Glasgow, Pollok before 1987
- Jack White, anarchist and founder of the Irish Citizen's Army
Authors and Journalists
- Curtis White
- E. B. White
- Ethel Lina White
- Frank G. White (antiques) (fl. 1990s), American curator & writer
- Michael White (journalist)
- Patrick White
- Ted White
- Theodore White
- Timothy White
- James White (author) (1928-1999) - author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels
- T.H. White, author of The Once and Future King.
Religion
- Francis White
- Joseph Blanco White
- Thomas White (1593-1676), Catholic philosopher
- Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough (1685 to 1690)
- James White (Adventist) - husband of Ellen G. White and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- James White (theologian) - Consultant on the NASB committee
Military
- Frank G. White (general) (b. ca. 1916), American major general
- Thomas E. White, born 1943, 18th Secretary of the United States Army
- Jack White, First World War Victoria Cross recipient
- James White (fighter pilot) (1893-1972) - WW1 Royal Naval Air Service fighter ace
Explorers and Pioneers
- Edward Higgins White - Astronaut
- James White (general) (1747-1821), American pioneer who founded Knoxville, Tennessee
- John White (surveyor), (c.1540 - c.1618), governor of the first British colony in the Americas
Science and Medicine
- Francis Buchanan White, (1842-1894), American botanist & entomologist
- John White (surgeon), (1756 - 1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales
Fictional Characters
- Carrie White - Title Character from the Steven King novel and movie Carrie.
- Frank White (fictional character) - lead character, played by Christopher Walken, in the 1990 motion picture King of New York.
other
- Carrie C. White
- Dan White
- Ellen G. White
- Gilbert White
- Jamie White - radio host
- Joe White
- Leslie White
- Margaret Bourke-White
- Ryan White
- Stanford White
- Vanna White
- Warren White
- William Allen White
- William Henry White
- William Lindsay White
- Sir Thomas White, founder of St John's College, Oxford
- Randy White (porn star)
- Peter White (broadcaster), a presenter on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Radio 4.
- John H. White, African American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- Stanford White, an influential turn of the century architect and member of the firm McKim, Mead, and White.
English (Whyte)
- Alain Whyte
- Alexander Whyte
- Alison Whyte
- James Aitken Whyte
- William Pinkney Whyte
- William H. Whyte
- William Foote Whyte
- Jason Donald Whyte
French
- Erika Blanc
- Louis Blanc
- Mel Blanc
- Raymond Blanc
- Antoine le Blanc
- Hughes le Blanc
- Saint Jean le Blanc
- Matt le Blanc
German
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- Margaret Weis
- Aaron Weiss
- David Weiss
- Eric Weiss
- Erik Weiss
- George Weiss
- Hymie Weiss
- Jennifer Weiss
- Juleanna Glover Weiss
- Martin M. Weiss
- Nigel Weiss
- Paul Weiss
- Peter Weiss
- Rainer Weiss
- David Weiss Halivni