Kitching is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Kitching, British graphic designer
Alan Kitching (Typographic artist) (born 1940), British typographic artist
Arthur Kitching (politician) (1840–1919), English stockbroker and Liberal politician
Arthur Kitching (bishop) (1875–1960), Anglican missionary, bishop and author
Audrey Kitching (born 1985), American model and fashion designer
Belinda Kitching (born 1977), Australian footballer
Colin Kitching (born 1936), Australian soccer player
Colin Kitching, violinist for English band Centipede
Fat Kitching (fl. 1938), Australian soccer player
Gavin Kitching, British professor of international relations
George Kitching (1910–1999), Canadian World War II general
Harold Kitching (1885–1980), British rower
Harry Kitching (1905–?), English footballer
J. Howard Kitching (1838–1865), American Civil War Union Army officer
Jack Kitching (1921–?), British rugby league footballer
James Kitching (1922–2003), South African vertebrate palaeontologist
John Alwyne Kitching (1908–1996), British biologist
Mark Kitching (born 1995), English professional footballer
Nigel Kitching (born 1959), British comic book artist
Phil Kitching (born 1967), English professional footballer
Theodore Kitching (1866–1930), British officer of the Salvation Army
Wilfred Kitching (1893–1977), 7th General of the Salvation Army
William and Alfred Kitching, British locomotive builders