Whitaker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You may also be looking for Whittaker
The name Whitaker may refer to:
- Whitaker, Pennsylvania
- Whitaker, Michigan, the name of an unincorporated village in Washtenaw County, Michigan
- Whitaker Foundation, an organization that supports biomedical engineering research and education.
- Whitaker and Baxter, an American political consulting firm
- Whitaker's Almanack, a British reference book
- William Whitaker's Words, a computer program that parses the inflection or conjugation of a Latin word
- Brad Whitaker, fictional character from The Living Daylights
[edit] People
Whitaker may also refer to:
- Alexander Whitaker (1585-1616), American religious leader
- Benjamin Whitaker, a retired British Labour Party politician
- Brian Whitaker, a journalist for the British newspaper The Guardian
- Carl Whitaker, a politician who was a candidate in the Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2006 and 2002
- Chico Whitaker, Brazilian social-justice advocate
- Chris Whitaker, Australian rugby union player
- Cuthbert Whitaker, editor of Whitaker's Almanack
- Damon Whitaker, American actor
- Danny Whitaker, an English Football midfielder who currently plays for Port Vale F.C.
- David Whitaker (1928-1980), British science fiction writer (Doctor Who)
- David Whitaker (composer), an English composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor
- Denis Whitaker, Canadian general
- Duane Whitaker, American actor
- Elsie Whitaker Martinez, the daughter of writer Herman Whitaker
- Evelyn Whitaker, British woman novelist, (1857 -1903)
- Ewen Whitaker, British-American astronomer
- Forest Whitaker (born 1961), U.S. actor
- Francis Whitaker, American blacksmith
- Frederick Whitaker, an English born New Zealand politician
- Herman Whitaker, a Californian writer
- Hugh Whitaker, the former drummer for the British indie rock band The Housemartins
- Jack Whitaker (sportscaster), an award-winning American sportscaster
- James Whitaker, a British journalist
- James Whitaker (cricketer), a former English cricketer
- Jamie Whitaker (born 2003), UK's first designer baby
- Jared Whitaker, a mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Jim Whitaker, the first American to climb Mt. Everest
- John Whitaker, a British equestrian and former Olympian
- John Whitaker Fairclough, a British computer designer, and later government policy advisor
- John Francis Whitaker Maitland, a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
- Johnny Whitaker (born 1959), U.S. child actor
- Joseph Whitaker, an English publisher
- Joseph Whitaker (Ornithologist), an English ornithologist and archaeologist
- Julian Whitaker, an American physician, author, and practitioner of alternative medicine
- Lance Whitaker, a heavyweight boxer
- Lang Whitaker, an American sportswriter
- Lou Whitaker (born 1957), U.S. baseball player
- Mark Whitaker, Corporate Editor of Newsweek
- Mary Whitaker Bono (born 1961), U.S. politician
- Matt Whitaker Ransom, a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895
- Matthew G. Whitaker, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
- Max Whitaker, an American actor
- Nelson E. Whitaker, the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County, served from 1897 to 1899
- Nick Whitaker, an American actor
- Norman Tweed Whitaker, an International Master of chess
- Pernell Whitaker (born 1964), U.S. boxer
- Robert Whitaker (author), an American author
- Robert Whitaker (photographer), a British photographer
- Robert Whitaker (rider), an international showjumper who rides for the British Team
- Rod Whitaker, probable identity of the writer Trevanian
- Rogers E. M. Whitaker, an editor of The New Yorker magazine
- Romulus Whitaker, herpetologist
- Ronyell Whitaker, an American football player, a cornerback, who plays for the Minnesota Vikings
- T.K. Whitaker (born 1916), Irish economist
- Timothy W. Whitaker, a Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- Uncas A. Whitaker, a prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist
- Whitaker Wright, an English mining company owner
- William Whitaker, an English geologist