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 Old English pre–7th century word "hwit" meaning white, plus "heafod", a head, combined to form a descriptive nickname for someone with white hair.

Notable people with the surname include:

* Adam Whitehead (born 1980), British swimmer * Adrian Whitehead (born 1975), Australian rules footballer * Agathe Whitehead (1891–1922), British heiress, first wife of Georg von Trapp of the Trapp Family Singers * 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 * Annie Whitehead (born 1955), English jazz trombone player * Axle Whitehead (born 1980), Australian entertainer * Barb Whitehead (born 1961), American golfer * Ben Whitehead (born 1977), English voice actor * Bob Whitehead (born 1953), American game designer and programmer * Bob Whitehead (soccer), 20th century American soccer player * Bruce Whitehead, American politician * 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) (1899-1972), Australian rules footballer * Chris Whitehead (born 1986), English rugby union player * Christian Whitehead, Australian video game developer * Chryssie Whitehead American actress, singer and dancer * Cindy Whitehead (born 1962), American skateboarder * 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 (disambiguation), multiple people * Dean Whitehead (born 1982), English footballer * Derek Whitehead (born 1944), English rugby league footballer * Don Whitehead (1908–1981), American journalist * Donald R. Whitehead (1938–1990), American entomologist * Donald S. Whitehead (1888-1957), American politician from Idaho * Edward Whitehead (1908–1978), spokesman and later president of Schweppes * E. T. Whitehead (1890–1956), British political activist * Edgar Whitehead (1905–1971), Rhodesian politician * Elliott Whitehead (born 1989), English rugby league player * Emily Whitehead (born 2000), Australian artistic gymnast * Ennis Whitehead (1895–1964), Lieutenant General U.S. Air Force * Fionn Whitehead (born 1996/1997), English actor * Frances Whitehead (1925–2019), British secretary and personal assistant to John Stott * Frank Whitehead (Canadian politician), Canadian politician * Frank Whitehead (mayor) (1892–1976), 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 who claimed to have made the first powered airplane flight * Hal Whitehead, Canadian biologist * Henry Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people * Hugh Whitehead (died 1551), prior of the Benedictine monastery at Durham, England * Ian Whitehead (born 1946), Scottish footballer and manager * J. Gordon Whitehead (1895–1954), a man who punched Houdini before the magician could brace himself, which is speculated to have caused Houdini's death * J. H. C. Whitehead (1904–1960), British mathematician * Jamal Whitehead, American lawyer * 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 * Jef "Wrest" Whitehead (born 1989), American Metal Musician & Tattoo artist * Jennifer Whitehead (born 1977), American volleyball player and coach * Jermaine Whitehead (born 1993), American football player * Jerome Whitehead (1956–2012), American basketball player * John Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people * Jonathan Whitehead (1960–2020), English composer * Jordan Whitehead (born 1997), American football player * 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 (1937–2023), 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 (1948–2014), Australian cricket umpire * Richard Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple people * 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 (disambiguation), multiple people * Þór Whitehead (Thor Whitehead) (born 1943), Icelandic historian * Thora Whitehead (1936–2021), Australian shell collector and malacologist * Tim Whitehead (ice hockey) (born 1961), American ice hockey coach * Tim Whitehead (rugby player) (born 1988), South African rugby union player * William Whitehead (disambiguation) (including Willie), multiple people * Walter Whitehead (1840–1913), English surgeon Provided by Wikipedia