White (surname)
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White is a surname
of English
origin. It is the sixteenth most common surname in the United Kingdom. In the 1990 United States Census, 'White' ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population.
A list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname 'White' is included below.
Surname
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of English
England
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origin. It is the sixteenth most common surname in the United Kingdom. In the 1990 United States Census, 'White' ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population.
A list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname 'White' is included below.
Musicians
- Alan White (Oasis drummer)Alan White (Oasis drummer)Alan White is an English drummer, best known as being the drummer of the English rock group Oasis between 1995 and 2004, performing on four studio albums, two compilation albums and one live album. He joined the band in May 1995 after the band's original drummer Tony McCarroll was removed from...
(born 1972), former drummer from the band Oasis - Alan White (Yes drummer)Alan White (Yes drummer)Alan White is an English rock drummer known for his work with the progressive rock band Yes. White was also a member of the Plastic Ono Band, playing live in 1969 at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, which was recorded and released three months later as Live Peace in Toronto 1969...
(born 1949), drummer from the band Yes - Barry WhiteBarry WhiteBarry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
(1944–2003), soul and disco singer - Brooke WhiteBrooke WhiteBrooke Elizabeth White is an American indie pop/folk-pop singer-songwriter and actress from Mesa, Arizona who was the fifth place finalist on the seventh season of American Idol. In 2005, White released her first studio album, called Songs from the Attic.White's first post-Idol album High Hopes &...
(born 1983), singer-songwriter and American Idol contestant - Bukka WhiteBukka WhiteBooker T. Washington White , better known as Bukka White, was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a phonetic misspelling of White's given name Booker, by his second record label .-Biography:Born between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, White was the...
delta blues guitarist and singer. - Eden WhiteEden WhiteEden White is a New York singer/songwriter. She is the daughter of Janice White and Dr. Allen White, both from Massachusetts. After graduating from Barnstable High School, she attended Tufts University near her home in Boston, Mass. In 1993, she started touring clubs in New York city and earned a...
, American singer-songwriter - Jack White (musician)Jack White (musician)Jack White , often credited as Jack White III, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and occasional actor...
(born 1975), singer and guitarist of The White Stripes - Jack White (producer)Jack White (producer)Jack White is a music composer and producer.- Musical work :White started out as a songwriter/producer for German singers in the early 70s and then developed an international style mainly as a producer...
(born 1940), German disco music producer - James ChanceJames ChanceJames Chance, also known as James White , is an American saxophonist, songwriter and singer....
, aka James White, American jazz-funk musician - Jeordie WhiteJeordie WhiteJeordie Osbourne White , better known by his pseudonym Twiggy Ramirez , is an American musician, who is best known for being the bassist and guitarist for Marilyn Manson. He was also the bassist for A Perfect Circle, and Nine Inch Nails...
, bassist for Marilyn Manson and A Perfect Circle - John White (composer)John White (composer)John White is an English composer and musical performer.-Life:White trained and taught at the London Royal College of Music...
- Jordan White (musician)Jordan White (musician)Jordan White is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:Born in Cranford, New Jersey, White was raised in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, part of the Lehigh Valley region of the state, where he learned to play guitar and classical piano...
, American rock musician - Karyn WhiteKaryn WhiteKaryn White was a new jack swing singer who became popular during the late 1980s.-Biography:White was born in Los Angeles,to the parentage of Vivian and Clarence White. She is the youngest of five children...
, 1980s-90s R&B singer - Katie WhiteKatie WhiteKatie Rebecca White is an English musician most famous for her work with pop group The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO supporting Steps and Atomic Kitten her father David White brought in Jules De Martino to write songs for TKO and Katie and Jules formed The Ting...
, singer for The Ting Tings - Maurice WhiteMaurice WhiteMaurice White is a Grammy Award–winning American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger. He is the older brother of Verdine White and Fred White and the leader and founder of the band Earth, Wind & Fire...
(born 1941), American musician; founder and leader of the band Earth, Wind & Fire - Meg WhiteMeg WhiteMegan Martha "Meg" White is an American drummer best known for her work in the Detroit rock duo The White Stripes.-Early life:...
, drummer from The White Stripes - Peter White (musician)Peter White (musician)Peter White is a smooth jazz and jazz fusion guitarist. He also plays the accordion and the piano. His brother, Danny White, was one of the original members who formed the UK based band Matt Bianco.-Career:...
, smooth jazz guitarist - Portia WhitePortia WhitePortia May White , was a singer who achieved international fame because of her voice and stage presence. As a Black Canadian, her popularity helped to open previously closed doors for talented blacks who followed....
, Black Canadian singer - Robert White (composer)Robert White (composer)Robert White probably born in Holborn, a district of London, was a catholic English composer whose liturgical music to Latin texts is considered particularly fine...
(c. 1538–1574), English composer - The WhitesThe WhitesThe Whites is an American country music vocal group consisting of lead singer Sharon White, her sister Cheryl , and their father Buck...
, 1980s country music vocal group - Snowy WhiteSnowy WhiteSnowy White is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy and with Pink Floyd and, more recently, for Roger Waters'...
, aka Terence Charles 'Snowy' White, guitarist - Tony Joe WhiteTony Joe WhiteTony Joe White is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie"; "Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970; and "Steamy Windows", a hit for Tina Turner in 1989...
, singer-songwriter - Vanessa WhiteVanessa WhiteVanessa Karen White is an English pop singer and songwriter. White was born to a Nigerian father and Spanish-Filipino mother. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of English/Irish girl-group The Saturdays. She is the youngest member of the band. White is noted for her extensive vocal range.-Early...
(born 1989), British singer - Verdine WhiteVerdine WhiteVerdine White is the bassist for Earth, Wind & Fire and the younger brother of fellow band member Maurice White. White is known for his high energy and dancing while playing his bass guitar during Earth, Wind & Fire concerts.-Early life:...
(born 1951), American musician and younger brother of Maurice White; bass guitarist for Earth, Wind & Fire - Vince WhiteVince WhiteGregory Stuart Lee White , better known as Vince White, was one of the guitarists recruited by The Clash to replace Mick Jones after he was fired from the band in 1983.-Biography:...
(born 1960), English guitarist who replaced Joe Strummer in The Clash
Actors
- Alice White (1904–1983)
- Betty WhiteBetty WhiteBetty White Ludden , better known as Betty White, is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and former game show personality. With a career spanning seven decades since 1939, she is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and...
(born 1922) - Brian J. WhiteBrian J. WhiteBrian Joseph White is an American actor, dancer, football player, lacrosse player, stock broker and youth activist.-Personal life:...
(born 1975) - Jaleel WhiteJaleel WhiteJaleel Ahmad White is an American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Steve Urkel from Family Matters and voicing the character of Sonic the Hedgehog and other characters for Sonic the Hedgehog media....
(born 1976) - Karen Malina WhiteKaren Malina WhiteKaren Malina White is an American film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Charmaine Brown on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, and its spin-off series A Different World...
(born 1965) - Liz White (actress)Liz White (actress)Liz White is an English actress, best known for her regular role as WPC/WDC Annie Cartwright in the BBC time travel drama Life on Mars, which began in January 2006...
(born 1979) - Ron WhiteRon WhiteRonald "Ron" White is an American stand up comedian and satirist who has had two Grammy Award-nominations, and is RIAA certified 10x Platinum for CD and DVD sales of over 10 million units...
(born 1956) - Sammy White (actor)Sammy White (actor)Sammy White was an American vaudeville song-and-dance comedian who appeared in a few films. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He appeared with Lew Clayton, as Clayton and White, in the Broadway show Schubert Gaieties of 1919.With his first wife, Eva Puck, White appeared in vaudeville as...
(1894–1960) - Sheila White (actress)Sheila White (actress)Sheila White is an English actress and West End musical star. She is married to the former theatre producer Richard M. Mills and lives in Kingston, Surrey.- Early life and career :White was born in London...
(born 1950) - Slappy WhiteSlappy WhiteSlappy White was an American comedian and actor. He worked with Redd Foxx on the Chitlin' circuit of stand-up comedy during the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared on the television shows Sanford and Son, That's My Mama, Blossom, and Cybill and in the films Mr...
(1924–1995) - Terri WhiteTerri WhiteTerri White is an American singer and actress, raised in Palo Alto, California.-Career:She has appeared in Ain't Misbehavin, Barnum, Welcome to the Club and Bubbling Brown Sugar. White has also performed frequently with Liza Minnelli...
(born 1948)
Sports
- Bill White (first baseman), former baseball player and National League president
- Brian White (hockey)Brian White (hockey)Brian White is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played two games in the National Hockey League with the Colorado Avalanche.-Playing career:...
- Cameron WhiteCameron WhiteCameron Leon White is an Australian cricketer and current Australian Twenty20 captain. A powerful middle order batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler, White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victorian Bushrangers as a bowling all-rounder...
, Australian cricketer - Charlie White (figure skater)Charlie White (figure skater)Charlie White is an American ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2011 World champion, 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2010 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, two-time Four Continents champion and three-time U.S...
, American Olympic silver medalist ice dancer - Colin White (ice hockey)
- Danny WhiteDanny WhiteWilford Daniel "Danny" White is a former quarterback and punter for the Dallas Cowboys, an American football coach in the Arena Football League and also occasionally appears as an analyst on broadcasts of college football games. He was named the head coach of the Arena Football League expansion...
, NFL football player - Devon White (baseball)
- Des WhiteDes WhiteDesmond Henry "Des" White is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of the 1950s. A record-breaking goal-kicking fullback, he was named amongst the country's finest players of the 20th century. His total for points scored in all matches for the Kiwis is a record 467...
, New Zealand rugby league footballer - Erin WhiteErin WhiteErin White is a Canadian softball first baseman. She is a graduate of Iowa State University, where she played catcher and at one point held the school's career home run record. She was a member of the Canadian Softball team that finished 5th at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
, Canadian softball first baseman - Faye WhiteFaye WhiteFaye Deborah White, MBE is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Super League and the England women's national football team as a central defender...
(born 1978), English football player - Frank White (baseball)
- Fuzz WhiteFuzz WhiteAlbert Eugene "Fuzz" White was a Major League Baseball right fielder who played for the St. Louis Browns and New York Giants . His career was unusual in that he went almost seven years between major league appearances.White made his first two major league appearances as a pinch-hitter, going...
Major League Baseball right fielder - Ian WhiteIan WhiteIan White may refer to:* Ian H. White, first Van Eck Professor of Engineering* Ian White , BBC presenter* Ian White , English darts player* Ian White , Canadian ice hockey player...
(born June 4, 1984) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defense man - Jake WhiteJake WhiteJake White is a rugby union coach and former coach of the South Africa national rugby union team, the Springboks. His most notable achievements as coach include leading the Springboks to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri Nations title...
(born 1963), South African rugby union coach - James White (basketball)James White (basketball)James William White IV is an American professional basketball player. He is a 6'7", 200 lb. guard/forward. He earned the nickname 'Flight 75' due to his leaping ability....
, US basketball player - Deacon WhiteDeacon WhiteJames Laurie "Deacon" White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era...
, aka James "Deacon" White, (1847–1939), baseball star - Jeff WhiteJeff WhiteJeffrey Newman "Jeff" White is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the Australian Football League spanning 14 years. He played most recently and notably for the Melbourne Football Club, following a move from the Fremantle Dockers at the end of 1997...
Australian rules footballer - Jimmy WhiteJimmy WhiteJames Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...
, English professional snooker player - Jack White (cricketer)Jack White (cricketer)John Cornish White, known as "Farmer" or "Jack", was an English cricketer who played for Somerset and England. White was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1929...
(1891–1961), English cricket captain - Jock WhiteJock WhiteJohn "Jock" White was a Scottish footballer. He played for Albion Rovers and Heart of Midlothian in his native country and Leeds United in England. He also gained two caps for the Scotland national team...
, Scottish footballer - John White (English footballer)
- John White (footballer born 1937), Scottish footballer
- John White (squash player)John White (squash player)John White is a former World No. 1 squash player.White finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open in 2002. He won the PSA Masters title in 2003 . He also won the British National Championships in 2004...
- Julian WhiteJulian WhiteJulian White MBE is an English rugby union footballer who plays prop for Leicester Tigers and England.White is regarded as one of the most powerful forwards in the game...
(born 1973), English rugby union footballer - Kelli WhiteKelli WhiteKelli White is an American former sprinter. She won two gold medals in the World Championships in Paris in 2003. However, on June 18, 2004, she was stripped of her medals, because she tested positive on a drug test. She admitted guilt and testified before the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
former American sprinter - Kevin White (athletic director)
- Leon White (born 1957), American professional wrestler better known as Big Van Vader or Vader
- Noel WhiteNoel White (rugby league)Noel White is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He is one of only seven players to have represented New South Wales, Queensland and Australia in a 12-month period....
, Australian rugby league footballer - Pat White (football player), American football quarterback
- Percy WhitePercy WhitePercy Rowett White was born in the Sydney city of Paddington in Australia. He was a rugby league player in the New South Wales Rugby League competition....
, Australian rugby league footballer - Peter White (hockey)Peter White (hockey)Peter White is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks.-Playing career:...
- Randy White (basketball)Randy White (basketball)Randy White is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'8", 240 pound power forward, White was a star at Louisiana Tech University, where he averaged 21.2 points and 10.5 rebounds as a senior and earned the nicknames "Mailman II" and "Mailkid"...
- Randy White (American football)Randy White (American football)Randall Lee "Randy" White is a former American football defensive lineman and linebacker. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971 to 1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975 to 1988. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame...
- Reggie WhiteReggie WhiteReginald Howard "Reggie" White was a professional American football player. He played 15 seasons as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history...
(1961–2004), NFL Hall of Famer - Rodney WhiteRodney WhiteRodney Charles White is an American professional basketball player currently playing in South Korea for the Anyang KGC Pro Basketball Club...
, US basketball player - Sammy White (American football)Sammy White (American football)Sammy White is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL.After attending Grambling State University, White played all ten seasons of his professional career as a wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings, winning the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year and UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of...
(born 1954), NFL wide receiver - Sammy White (baseball)Sammy White (baseball)Sammy Charles White was a Major League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox , Milwaukee Braves and Philadelphia Phillies .White was born in Wenatchee, Washington...
(1928–1991), MLB catcher - Shaun WhiteShaun WhiteShaun Roger White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.-Early life:Shaun White is an Irish American...
(born 1986), American snowboarder and skateboarder - Thomas White (Sussex cricketer)Thomas White (Sussex cricketer)Thomas Reginald White was an English cricketer. White was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Basingstoke, Hampshire....
(1892-1979), English cricketer - Tim White (wrestling)Tim White (wrestling)Timothy Rhys White is a former professional wrestling referee. He worked with World Wrestling Entertainment as a producer on the SmackDown! brand...
(born 1954), American professional wrestling referee - Todd WhiteTodd WhiteTodd White is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played junior hockey for the Kanata Valley Lazers of the CJHL before heading to Clarkson University on a scholarship. As a senior, he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award.-Playing career:Todd White signed as a free agent with...
, ice hockey player - Wendy White (tennis player), former professional tennis player
Politics
- Andrew Dickson WhiteAndrew Dickson WhiteAndrew Dickson White was a U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator, who was the co-founder of Cornell University.-Family and personal life:...
, US diplomat and co-founder of Cornell University - Barclay WhiteBarclay WhiteBarclay White was Superintendent of Indian Affairs during the administration of American president Ulysses S...
(1821–1906), Superintendent of Indian Affairs under President Grant - Bartow WhiteBartow WhiteBartow White was an American physician and politician from New York.-Life:...
(1776-1862), US Congressman from New York - Benjamin White (Maine politician), US Representative from Maine
- Benjamin F. White (Montana politician)Benjamin F. White (Montana politician)Benjamin Franklin White was an American lawyer, banker, and politician. He lived in California and Idaho Territory before moving to Montana Territory and founding the city of Dillon...
, last governor of Montana Territory - Bill White (politician)
- Bill White (neo-Nazi)Bill White (neo-Nazi)William Alexander "Bill" White is the leader of the internet-based American National Socialist Workers' Party, and former administrator of Overthrow.com, a now-defunct website dedicated to anti-communist thought, and far-right interpretations of anti-Zionist and anti-capitalist speech.White came...
- Bodi WhiteBodi WhiteMack A. White, Jr., known as Bodi White , is an incoming Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from Central City in East Baton Rouge Parish in south Louisiana. His District 6 includes parts of East Baton Rouge, Livingston, St...
, Louisiana politician - Brian White (British politician)Brian White (British politician)Brian Arthur Robert White is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for North East Milton Keynes from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...
- Brian White (Canadian politician)Brian White (Canadian politician)Brian White was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a pharmacist by career....
- Byron WhiteByron WhiteByron Raymond "Whizzer" White won fame both as a football halfback and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his retirement in 1993...
, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States - Compton I. WhiteCompton I. WhiteCompton Ignatius White, Sr. was a politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, who served in the United States House of Representatives, chairing a committee.-Biography:...
, US Representative from Idaho - Compton I. White, Jr.Compton I. White, Jr.Compton Ignatius White, Jr. was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. Most prominently, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967...
, US Representative from Idaho - David Patillo WhiteDavid Patillo WhiteDavid Patillo White was a shape note singing teacher, composer, and a co-issuer, with his father, of the 1870 Sacred Harp. He was the second child of Benjamin Franklin White and Thurza Melvina Golightly, whose other children were William Decatur, Robert H., Mary Caroline, Nancy Ogburn, Thurza...
- Denny WhiteDenny WhiteDennis L. White of Columbus, Ohio, was the chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, 2002-2005. He was chairman of the Ohio delegation to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, where he urged members of his delegation not to cross picket lines in the event of a labor dispute between...
- Edward Douglass WhiteEdward Douglass WhiteEdward Douglass White, Jr. , American politician and jurist, was a United States senator, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and the ninth Chief Justice of the United States. He was best known for formulating the Rule of Reason standard of antitrust law. He also sided with the...
- Francis S. WhiteFrancis S. WhiteFrancis Shelley "Frank" White was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. Born in Noxubee County, Mississippi, he became a lawyer and served in the Civil War. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives and then moved to Birmingham, Alabama to practice law. He was elected to fill...
(1847–1922), US Senator from Alabama - Frank White (UK politician)Frank White (UK politician)Frank Richard White is a British Labour Party politician. On his second attempt, he was elected at the October 1974 general election as Member of Parliament for the marginal Bury and Radcliffe constituency. He was an assistant government whip from 1976 to 1978.White's seat was abolished by...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1970s), British politician - Frank White (Governor)Frank White (Governor)Frank White was the eighth Governor of North Dakota. A Republican, White also served as Treasurer of the United States from 1921 to 1928.-Early life:...
(1856–1940), American soldier and North Dakota politician - Frank Durward White (1933–2003), Arkansas governor
- Frederick D. WhiteFrederick D. WhiteLieutenant-Colonel Frederick D. White was the first Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from August 24, 1905, to June 27, 1919 and former commander of the North-West Mounted Police.-Police career:...
Canadian politician - George White (Ohio politician)George White (Ohio politician)George White was the 52nd Governor of Ohio.Born in Elmira, New York, White attended Princeton College. After mining in the Klondike, White settled in Marietta, Ohio to drill for oil....
- George Henry WhiteGeorge Henry WhiteGeorge Henry White was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1897 and 1901. He is considered the last African American Congressman of the Reconstruction era, although his election came twenty years after the era's "official" end...
, North Carolina politician - Harry Dexter WhiteHarry Dexter WhiteHarry Dexter White was an American economist, and senior U.S. Treasury department official, participating in the Bretton Woods conference...
, Economist & US representative to the Bretton Woods Conference - Horace WhiteHorace WhiteHorace White was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was the 37th Governor of New York in 1910.-Life:...
American lawyer and politician from New York - Hugh L. WhiteHugh L. WhiteHugh Lawson White was an American politician from Mississippi and a member of the Democratic Party. He served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Mississippi .-Biography:...
American politician from Mississippi - Jack White (labor unionist), anarchist and founder of the Irish Citizen's Army
- James White (politician)James White (politician)James White was an American physician, lawyer, and politician. He was an early settler at Nashville, Tennessee and in Louisiana. He was a delegate for North Carolina in the Continental Congress and a non-voting member of the U.S. House for the Southwest Territory.White was born into a prosperous...
(1749–1809) - Member of United States Congress - James White (Scottish politician)James White (Scottish politician)James White was a British Labour Party politician. White was Member of Parliament for Glasgow Pollok from 1970 to 1987, when he retired. He served in the Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery during World War II...
MP for Glasgow, Pollok before 1987 - John Franklin WhiteJohn Franklin WhiteJohn Franklin White was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in London, Ontario and became an industrialist....
(1863–1961) Canadian politician - John White (Halton County) (1811–1897) Canadian politician
- John White (Hastings County) (1833–1894) Canadian politician
- John White (Kentucky politician)John White (Kentucky politician)John White was a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.White was a native of Kentucky and practiced law there. White was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1832...
, (1802–1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives - John White (Australian politician)John White (Australian politician)John Charles White was a Tasmanian Labor politician during the years 1986 to 1999. He is the son of Alfred White ....
, member of the Parliament of Tasmania, (1986–1998) - John White (loyalist)John White (loyalist)John White is a former leading loyalist in Northern Ireland. He was sometimes known by the nickname 'Coco'. White was a leading figure in the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association and, following a prison sentence for murder, entered politics as a central figure in the Ulster Democratic...
- Kevin White (mayor)
- Mark WhiteMark WhiteMark Wells White is an American lawyer, who served as the 43rd Governor of Texas from January 18,1983-January 20,1987.-Biography:...
American lawyer and politician from Texas - Martha WhiteMartha WhiteMartha White is a U.S. brand of flour, cornmeal, cornbread mixes, cake mixes, muffin mixes and similar products.The Martha White brand was established as the premium brand of Nashville, Tennessee-based Royal Flour Mills in 1899...
- Michael White (politician)
- Peter White (Canadian politician), Canadian parliamentarian
- Randy White (politician)Randy White (politician)Randy White is an accountant and former Canadian politician.White was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as theReform Party Member of Parliament for...
- Rick WhiteRick White (politician)Richard Alan White is an American politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented of Washington as a Republican, earning close ties with the Christian Coalition....
- Samuel White (U.S. politician) American lawyer and politician
- Sandra WhiteSandra WhiteSandra White is a Scottish politician, the Scottish National Party MSP for the Glasgow Kelvin constituency. She was previously a list MSP for the Glasgow electoral region from 1999....
Scottish politician - Walter Francis WhiteWalter Francis WhiteWalter Francis White was a civil rights activist who led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for almost a quarter of a century and directed a broad program of legal challenges to segregation and disfranchisement. He was also a journalist, novelist, and essayist...
- William Henry White (politician)William Henry White (politician)William Henry White was a farmer and a federal politician from northern Alberta, Canada.-External links:*...
- William Thomas WhiteWilliam Thomas WhiteSir William Thomas White, KCMG, PC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.-Biography:White worked as a reporter for the Toronto Evening Telegram in 1890, and subsequently worked for Toronto's Assessment Department...
, Canadian politician and Cabinet minister
Authors and journalists
- Curtis WhiteCurtis WhiteCurtis White is an American essayist and author. He serves as professor of English at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, and as President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Book Culture. Most of his career has been spent writing experimental fiction, but he has turned recently...
, American essayist - Doug White (news anchor)Doug White (news anchor)Doug White was an American news anchor.A native of Boston and an alumnus of Bates College, White's first work in television was at WGBH-TV while at Boston University on a work fellowship. White worked at WPRI-TV, located in Providence, Rhode Island for six years...
(American) (1944–2006) - E. B. WhiteE. B. WhiteElwyn Brooks White , usually known as E. B. White, was an American writer. A long-time contributor to The New Yorker magazine, he also wrote many famous books for both adults and children, such as the popular Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, and co-authored a widely used writing guide, The...
(1899–1985), American children's book author - Edmund WhiteEdmund WhiteEdmund Valentine White III is an American author and literary critic. He is a member of the faculty of Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing.- Life and work :...
(born 1940), American literary critic - Ethel Lina WhiteEthel Lina WhiteEthel Lina White was a British crime writer, best known for her novel, The Wheel Spins , on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Lady Vanishes , was based.-Early years:...
(1876–1944), British crime writer - Horace White (writer)Horace White (writer)Horace White was an United States journalist and financial expert, noted for his connection with the Chicago Tribune, the New York Evening Post and The Nation.-Biography:...
(1834–1916), American journalist and financial writer - James White (author)James White (author)James White was a Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. He was born in Belfast and returned there after spending his early years in Canada. After a few years in the clothing industry, he worked at Short Brothers Ltd. from 1965 until taking early retirement in...
(1928–1999), Northern Irish science fiction writer - John H. White (photojournalist) (born 1945), Pulitzer Prize-winning African American journalist
- Michael White (journalist)Michael White (journalist)Michael White is an associate editor and former political editor of The Guardian.-Early life:White was raised in Wadebridge, Cornwall...
(born 1945), British newspaper editor - Patrick WhitePatrick WhitePatrick Victor Martindale White , an Australian author, is widely regarded as an important English-language novelist of the 20th century. From 1935 until his death, he published 12 novels, two short-story collections and eight plays.White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative...
(1912–1990), Australian author - Stewart White (journalist)Stewart White (journalist)Stewart White is a British journalist, presenter and newsreader, most famous for presenting the East Anglian regional BBC News programme Look East. Beginning his career at several regional BBC Radio stations he later became a presenter and continuity announcer for Central Independent Television...
, British newsreader & presenter - T.H. White (1906–1964), English author, famous for The Once and Future King
- Ted White (author)Ted White (author)Ted White is a Hugo Award-winning American writer, known as a science fiction author and editor and fan, as well as a music critic...
(born 1938), American science fiction writer and music critic - Theodore White, a disambiguation page
- Timothy White (photographer)Timothy White (photographer)Timothy White is an American photographer of celebrities, ranging from Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage, Will Smith, Queen Latifah, and Julia Roberts to Eric Clapton, Outkast, and Keith Richards. He lives and works in New York City....
, American celebrity photographer - Tim White (reporter)Tim White (reporter)Tim White is an American Emmy Award - winning news anchor and investigative reporter known for his role as host of the popular FOX-TV / Sci Fi Channel / syndicated paranormal documentary series "Sightings" from 1992 to 1997...
(born 1949), American news anchor and investigative reporter - Timothy White (editor) (1952–2002), American rock music journalist
- William Allen WhiteWilliam Allen WhiteWilliam Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement...
(1868–1944), American journalist & politician - James Timothy WhiteJames T. WhiteJames Timothy White is a self-made millionaire, entrepreneur, author and was president and CEO of J & W Corporate, a multimillion dollar corporate structure that encompasses 5 businesses...
(born 1985), Author, Businessman, Entrepreneur
Religion
- James Springer WhiteJames Springer WhiteJames Springer White , also known as Elder White was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and husband of Ellen G. White...
, husband of Ellen G. WhiteEllen G. WhiteEllen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. She, along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, would form what is now known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Ellen White reported to her fellow believers her...
and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ... - James White (theologian)James White (theologian)James Robert White is the director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, an evangelical Reformed Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. He is the author of more than twenty books and has engaged in numerous moderated debates...
, Consultant on the New American Standard BibleNew American Standard BibleThe New American Standard Bible , also informally called New American Standard Version , is an English translation of the Bible....
committee - Joseph Blanco WhiteJoseph Blanco WhiteJoseph Blanco White, born José María Blanco Crespo , was a Spanish theologian and poet....
(1775–1841), British poet and theologian - Thomas WhiteThomas White (bishop)-Life:He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. Having been a vicar of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent since 1660, he was chosen bishop of Peterborough in 1685...
(1685–1690), Bishop of PeterboroughBishop of PeterboroughThe Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire... - Thomas White (1593–1676), Catholic philosopher
- Ellen G. WhiteEllen G. WhiteEllen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. She, along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, would form what is now known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Ellen White reported to her fellow believers her...
, Prophetess and major leader of the beginnings of the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchSeventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
Military
- Edward White (Medal of Honor)Edward White (Medal of Honor)Edward White was a private in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the Philippine-American War.He is buried in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.-Medal of Honor citation:...
, American Medal of Honor recipient - Jack White, First World War Victoria CrossVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
recipient - James White (fighter pilot)James White (fighter pilot)Captain James Butler White, DFC, RNAS was a World War I Royal Naval Air Service flying ace.White was born on Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada....
(1893–1972), World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
Royal Naval Air ServiceRoyal Naval Air ServiceThe Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service , the Royal Air Force...
fighter ace - Thomas E. WhiteThomas E. WhiteThomas E. White, Jr. is an American businessman and former United States Army officer who served as senior executive at the now collapsed Enron and as the United States Secretary of the Army from May 31, 2001 until April 25, 2003.-Military career and education:In 1963 White graduated from Cass...
, (born 1943), 18th United States Secretary of the ArmyUnited States Secretary of the ArmyThe Secretary of the Army is a civilian official within the Department of Defense of the United States of America with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and... - George Stuart White, British general
- William Henry WhiteWilliam Henry WhiteSir William Henry White was a prolific British warship designer and Chief Constructor at the Admiralty....
, (1845–1913), civilian warship designer who principally worked for the British Admiralty
Explorers and pioneers
- Edward Higgins WhiteEdward Higgins WhiteEdward Higgins White, II was an engineer, United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to "walk" in space. White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a pre-launch test for the first manned Apollo mission at...
(1930–1967), US astronaut - James White (general)James White (general)James White was an American pioneer and soldier who founded Knoxville, Tennessee, in the early 1790s. Born in Rowan County, North Carolina, White served as a captain in the county's militia during the American Revolutionary War...
(1747–1821), founder of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA - John White (surveyor)John White (surveyor)John White was an English artist, and an early pioneer of English efforts to settle the New World. He was among those who sailed with Richard Grenville to North Carolina in 1585, acting as artist and mapmaker to the expedition. During his time at Roanoke Island he made a number of watercolor...
(c. 1540 - c. 1618), Roanoke Colony governor - Peregrine WhitePeregrine WhitePeregrine White was the first English child born to the Pilgrims in the New World....
(1620–1704), first child born to the Pilgrims in New England
Science and medicine
- Adam White (zoologist)Adam White (zoologist)-Biography:White was born in Edinburgh. He became acquainted with John Edward Gray, Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum. At the age of eighteen, White obtained a post in the Museum in the Zoology Department....
(1817–1879), Scottish zoologist - Alfred Holmes WhiteAlfred Holmes WhiteAlfred Holmes White was a chemical engineer at the University of Michigan.-Biography:He was born in Peoria, Illinois to amuel Holmes White and Jennie McLaren...
(1873–1953), American chemical engineering professor - Elizabeth Coleman WhiteElizabeth Coleman WhiteElizabeth Coleman White was a New Jersey agricultural specialist who collaborated with Frank Coville to develop and commercialize a cultivated blueberry. -Biography:...
(1871–1954), pioneering blueberry breeder and vendor - Francis Buchanan WhiteFrancis Buchanan WhiteFrancis Buchanan White was a Scottish entomologist and botanist.He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After doing a Grand Tour in 1866, he settled in Perth where he would remain his entire life. His main area of interest was the Lepidoptera and the taxonomy of the Hemiptera...
(1842–1894), Scottish botanist and entomologist - Gilbert WhiteGilbert WhiteGilbert White FRS was a pioneering English naturalist and ornithologist.-Life:White was born in his grandfather's vicarage at Selborne in Hampshire. He was educated at the Holy Ghost School and by a private tutor in Basingstoke before going to Oriel College, Oxford...
(1720–1793), English naturalist - Gilbert F. WhiteGilbert F. WhiteGilbert Fowler White was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "leading environmental geographer of the 20th century"...
(1911–2006), American geographer - Henry Luke WhiteHenry Luke WhiteHenry Luke White was a wealthy grazier, and keen amateur ornithologist and oologist of Scone, New South Wales, Australia. He was a member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union to which he was a generous benefactor...
(1860–1927), Australian grazier and ornithologist - Israel Charles White (1848–1927), American geologist
- John White (surgeon)John White (surgeon)John White was an English surgeon and botanical collector.White was born in Sussex and entered the Royal Navy on 26 June 1778 as third surgeon's mate. He was promoted surgeon in 1780, and was the principal surgeon during the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia...
(1756–1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales, Australia - Paul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley WhitePaul Dudley White , American physician and cardiologist, was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Herbert Warren White and Elizabeth Abigail Dudley. White's interest in medicine was sparked early in life, when he accompanied his father, a family practitioner, on rounds and house calls in a...
(1886–1973), American cardiologist - Robert J. WhiteRobert J. WhiteRobert Joseph White was an American surgeon, best known for his head transplants on monkeys.-Biography:...
(born 1925), American neurosurgeon - Samuel Albert WhiteSamuel Albert WhiteCaptain Samuel Albert White was a wealthy Australian racehorse owner, soldier, explorer, conservationist and amateur ornithologist. He was born in Fulham, South Australia and eventually died there. He fought in the South African War 1900-1903, reaching the rank of Captain, which title he...
(1870–1954), Australian ornithologist - Simon WhiteSimon WhiteProfessor Simon David Manton White, FRS is a British astrophysicist. He is one of four directors at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.- Life :...
(born 1951), British astrophysicist - Steven R. WhiteSteven R. WhiteSteven R. White is the professor of physics at the University of California at Irvine. He graduated from University of California at San Diego; he then received his Ph.D. at Cornell University. He is most known for inventing the Density Matrix Renormalization Group in 1992...
(born 1959) American physicist - Tim D. White (born 1950), American paleoanthropologist
- William Alanson WhiteWilliam Alanson WhiteWilliam Alanson White was an American neurologist and psychiatrist.-Biography:He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., studied at Cornell from 1885 to 1889, and two years later graduated from the Long Island College Hospital. For nine years he was an assistant physician at the Binghamton William Alanson...
(1870–1937), American psychiatrist
Other
- Carrie C. White American supercentenarianSupercentenarianA supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....
- Dan WhiteDan WhiteDaniel James "Dan" White was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall...
- Douglas White
- Ellen G. WhiteEllen G. WhiteEllen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. She, along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, would form what is now known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Ellen White reported to her fellow believers her...
(1827–1915), American Christian pioneer - Erik WhiteErik WhiteErik White is an American director, primarily with music videos. He directed the 2010 comedy film Lottery Ticket, starring rappers Ice Cube and Bow Wow. White is also the nephew of music video director Hype Williams....
, American music director - Jamie WhiteJamie WhiteJamie White is an American radio personality and actress who is most notable for having hosted mornings on KYSR Star 98.7 in Los Angeles for nearly nine years...
, radio host - Joseph Blanco WhiteJoseph Blanco WhiteJoseph Blanco White, born José María Blanco Crespo , was a Spanish theologian and poet....
- Leslie WhiteLeslie WhiteLeslie Alvin White was an American anthropologist known for his advocacy of theories of cultural evolution, sociocultural evolution, and especially neoevolutionism, and for his role in creating the department of anthropology at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor...
- Margaret Bourke-WhiteMargaret Bourke-WhiteMargaret Bourke-White was an American photographer and documentary photographer. She is best known as the first foreign photographer permitted to take pictures of Soviet Industry, the first female war correspondent and the first female photographer for Henry Luce's Life magazine, where her...
American photographer and documentary photographer - Onna WhiteOnna WhiteOnna White was a Canadian choreographer and dancer nominated for eight Tony Awards.-Career:Born in Inverness, Nova Scotia, White began taking dance lessons at the age of twelve, and eventually her studies took her to the famed San Francisco Ballet Company, where she danced in the first full-length...
, choreographer and dancer - Peter White (broadcaster)Peter White (broadcaster)Peter White MBE is a British broadcast journalist and DJ.-Career:Blind since birth , he attended New College Worcester, which was then known as the Worcester College for the Blind...
, presenter on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Radio 4 - Randy White (porn star)Randy White (porn star)Randy White is a pornographic actor who has appeared in more than one hundred gay pornographic movies. He has also directed gay porn movies, including 4 Alarm Stud.-Awards and nominations:...
- Ryan WhiteRyan WhiteRyan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States, after being expelled from middle school because of his infection. A hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment and, when diagnosed...
(1971–1990), American HIV/AIDS poster child, namesake of the Ryan White Care Act - Stanford WhiteStanford WhiteStanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...
(1853–1906), an influential architect at the turn of the 20th century and member of the firm McKim, Mead, and White - Sir Thomas White (merchant)Thomas White (merchant)Sir Thomas White was an English cloth merchant, civic benefactor and founder of St John's College, Oxford.He was born in Reading, Berkshire, the son of William White, a clothier of Reading, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Kibblewhite of South Fawley, also in Berkshire. He was brought up in...
, founder of St John's College, Oxford - Timothy White, ship's chandler and pharmacist; founder of Timothy WhitesTimothy WhitesTimothy Whites was a British chain of dispensing chemist and houseware stores.The origin of Timothy Whites was a ships' chandler and general store in Portsmouth, started in 1848 by Timothy White. White himself qualified as a pharmacist in 1869. By 1890 White's was one of four British pharmacists...
- Vanna WhiteVanna WhiteVanna White is an American television personality and film actress best known as the hostess of Wheel of Fortune since 1982.-Early life:...
(born 1957), American television personality - William Allen WhiteWilliam Allen WhiteWilliam Allen White was a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement...
(1868–1944), American newspaper editor, politician, and author - William Lindsay WhiteWilliam Lindsay WhiteWilliam Lindsay White , American journalist, was the son of newspaper editor William Allen White. White grew up in Emporia, Kansas, went to the nearby University of Kansas, and then transferred to and graduated from Harvard College. After completing his course of studies at Harvard, he succeeded...
American journalist - Minor WhiteMinor WhiteMinor Martin White was an American photographer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.White earned a degree in botany with a minor in English from the University of Minnesota in 1933. His first creative efforts were in poetry, as he took five years thereafter to complete a sequence of 100 sonnets while...
American photographer
Fictional characters
- Cammy WhiteCammy Whiteis a video game character in the Street Fighter fighting game series. She first debuted in Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, which was released for the arcades in 1993, as one of the "New Challengers", the four new characters introduced in that title...
, video game character from the Street FighterStreet Fighter, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
series - Carrie WhiteCarrie (novel)Carrie is American author Stephen King's first published novel, released in 1974. It revolves around the eponymous Carrie, a shy high-school girl, who uses her newly discovered telekinetic powers to exact revenge on those who tease her...
, title character from the Stephen KingStephen KingStephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
and movie Carrie. - Frank White (fictional character), lead character, played by Christopher WalkenChristopher WalkenChristopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...
, in the 1990 motion picture King of New YorkKing of New YorkKing of New York is a 1990 American crime drama film, starring Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Victor Argo, and Giancarlo Esposito. It was directed by independent filmmaker Abel Ferrara and written by Nicholas St... - Perry WhitePerry WhitePerry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics. White is the Editor-in-Chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet.White maintains very high ethical and journalistic standards...
, supporting character in the SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
comics - Snow WhiteSnow White"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
and the seven Dwarfs - Kerwin White, former ring name of Chavo Guerrero, Jr.Chavo Guerrero, Jr.Salvador "Chavo" Guerrero IV also known as Chavo Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero, Jr., is a third generation Mexican-American professional wrestler and member of the famed Guerrero wrestling family who was well known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling...
- Mrs. White, one of six original CluedoCluedoCluedo is a popular murder/mystery-themed deduction board game originally published by Waddingtons in Leeds, England in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a solicitor's clerk from Birmingham, England. It is now published by the United States game and toy company Hasbro, which acquired its U.S...
characters. - Walter White - The protagonist of the television series Breaking BadBreaking BadBreaking Bad is an American television drama series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White , a struggling high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer at the beginning of the series...
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Disambiguation
- Alan White (disambiguation)
- Andrew White (disambiguation)
- Bill White (disambiguation)
- Brian White (disambiguation)
- Colin White (disambiguation)
- Dan White (disambiguation)Dan White (disambiguation)Daniel White, Dan White, or Danny White may refer to:*Dan White , former member of San Francisco Board of Supervisor who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk...
- Francis White (disambiguation)
- Frank White (disambiguation)Frank White (disambiguation)Frank White may refer to:* Frank White , American Major League Baseball player* Frank White , current Assistant Bishop of Newcastle and former Bishop of Brixworth in the Church of England...
- Gary White (disambiguation)
- Henry White (disambiguation)
- Jack White (disambiguation)
- James White (disambiguation)
- Joe White (disambiguation)
- John White (disambiguation)
- Kevin White (disambiguation)
- Michael White (disambiguation)
- Peter White (disambiguation)Peter White (disambiguation)-Entertainment:*Peter White , American actor*Peter White , British broadcast journalist and radio presenter*Peter White , British smooth jazz guitarist...
- Randy White (disambiguation)
- Sammy White (disambiguation)
- Steve White (disambiguation)Steve White (disambiguation)Steve White may refer to:*Steve White , drummer for several British bands*Steve White , American actor*Steve White , comic writer*Steve White , former English footballer and manager...
- Tim White (disambiguation)
- Warren White (disambiguation)
- William White (disambiguation)
- Willie White (disambiguation)
White in languages other than English
For surnames meaning White in other languages, see the following articles.- Dutch: Witt, De Witt, DeWitt
- French: Blanc, Leblanc
- German/Yiddish: WeissWeiss (surname)Weiss or Weiß, also written Weisz is a German surname meaning 'white'. Persons with that name include:-A:* Al Weiss, president of worldwide operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts* Alan R...
, WeiszWeiszWeisz is a surname and may refer to:* Berthold Weisz , Hungarian deputy* Erik Weisz , Hungarian-born American magician best known by the stage name "Harry Houdini"* Ezra Weisz , American voice actor...
, WeisWeis (disambiguation)Weis may refer to:* Weis, a major Australian frozen food company* Weis Markets, supermarket chain* WEIS , a radio station licensed to Centre, Alabama, USA* Weis Manufacturing Company, a NRHP in Monroe, Michigan... - Hungarian: FehérFehér (surname)Feher, or more properly Fehér, is a surname of Hungarian origin, meaning white. Bearers of the name include the following:*Csaba Fehér , Hungarian footballer*Emily Feher , American water polo player...
- Italian: BiancoBianco (surname)Bianco, or occasionally Lo Bianco, is a surname of Italian origin, meaning White. Bearers of the name include the following.* Andrea Bianco, Italian sailor and cartographer of the 15th century...
, Bianchi, Bianchini - Korean: BaekBaekBaek, also often spelled Paek, Baik or Paik, is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 351,275 people by this surname in South Korea.苩, 白 is Korea native's surname from Baekje, Mahan, Silla.-苩, 百, 白:...
, Paek, Paik (백/白) - Mandarin: BaiBai (surname)Bai is a common Mandarin Chinese surname, mostly found in the Mongolia region. With its variants, Bai was ranked 79th within the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 70th in 1990....
(白) - Portuguese: Branco
- Romanian: AlbuAlbu (surname)Albu is a Romanian surname:* Albu Baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom** Sir George Albu, 1st Baronet , mining magnate in the diamond and gold industries of South Africa...
- Spanish: Blanco
- Welsh: Gwyn