Bolitho is a surname of Cornish origin, derived from Bolitho in west Cornwall. Notable people with the surname include:
Bob Bolitho, Canadian soccer playerEdward Bolitho, British Army officerHarold Bolitho, Australian academic and expert on Japan at Harvard UniversityHector Bolitho, New Zealand author and novelistJohn Bolitho, bard of the Cornish GorseddRichard Bolitho, fictional naval officer created by Alexander KentThomas Bedford Bolitho (1835-1915), Liberal Unionist MP for St Ives, 1887 to 1900William Bolitho Ryall (1891-1930), South African writer and biographer, who published under the name of William BolithoBolitho, Cornwall#Bolitho family, Cornish family