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 Olde 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 swimmerAdrian Whitehead (born 1975), Australian rules footballerAlan Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleAlfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), British philosopher and mathematicianAlfred Whitehead (1887–1974), English composer, organist, choirmaster and music educator, active in CanadaMrs. Andrew Whitehead (died 1920), American blizzard victimAnnie Whitehead (born 1955), English jazz trombone playerAxle Whitehead (born 1980), Australian entertainerBarb Whitehead (born 1961), American golferBen Whitehead, English voice actorBob Whitehead, American game designer and programmerBob Whitehead (soccer) American soccer playerBruce Whitehead, American politician in ColoradoBud Whitehead (born 1939), American football playerBus Whitehead (1928–2010), American basketball playerBurgess Whitehead (1910–1993), American baseball playerCharles Whitehead (1804–1862), English poet, novelist and dramatistCharlie Whitehead (footballer) (born 1899), Australian rules footballerChris Whitehead (born 1986), English rugby union playerChristian Whitehead, Australian video game developerChryssie Whitehead American actress, singer and dancerClay T. Whitehead (1938–2008), United States government official in charge of telecommunicationsClive Whitehead (born 1955), English footballer - Bristol City and West Bromwich AlbionColson Whitehead (born 1969), American authorDavid Whitehead (1896–1992), Australian Army officerDean Whitehead (born 1982), English footballerDerek Whitehead, English rugby league footballerDonald S. Whitehead, American politician in IdahoEdward Whitehead (1908–1978), spokesman and later president of SchweppesEdgar Whitehead (1905–1971), Rhodesian politicianEdwin H. Whitehead (1925–2007), American lawyer and politician in WyomingElliott Whitehead (born 1989), English rugby league playerEnnis Whitehead (1895–1964), Lieutenant General U.S. Air ForceFrank Whitehead, Canadian politicianFrank Whitehead (mayor), American politician from FloridaFrederick Whitehead, (1853–1938), English landscape artist and illustratorFrederick Wilson Whitehead, (1863–1926), English organist, composer and music teacherGary Whitehead (born 1965), American poet and painterGeoffrey Whitehead (born 1939), English actorGeorge Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleGillian Whitehead (born 1941), New Zealand composerGraham Whitehead (1922–1981), British racing driverGregory Whitehead, American writer, radiomaker and audio artistGustave Whitehead (1874–1927), aviation pioneer, emigrated from Germany to U.S., first powered airplane flight in 1901Hal Whitehead, Canadian biologistHenry Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleHugh Whitehead (died 1551), prior of the Benedictine monastery at Durham, EnglandJ. Gordon Whitehead, Contributed to the death of HoudiniJ. H. C. Whitehead (1904–1960) (known as Henry), British mathematicianJames Whitehead (disambiguation) (including Jim and Jimmy), multiple peopleJason John Whitehead, Canadian stand-up comedian, active in BritainJay Whitehead (born 1959), American author and publisherJerome Whitehead (1956–2012), American basketball playerJohn Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleJonathan Whitehead, English composerJoseph Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleLees Whitehead (1864–1913), English cricketerLucky Whitehead (born 1992), American football playerLuke Whitehead (born 1981), American basketball playerLuther Whitehead (1869–1931), English cricketerMartha Whitehead, Texas State TreasurerMax Whitehead (1923–2010), Australian rugby league footballerMaxey Whitehead (born 1985), American voice actressMike Whitehead (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighterMilt Whitehead (1862–1901), Canadian baseball playerNeville Whitehead (bassist), New Zealand jazz bassist and luthierNick Whitehead (1933–2002), Welsh sprinterNikki Whitehead (1975–2010), American mother murdered by her twin daughters Jasmiyah and TasmiyahNicole Whitehead (born 1980), American model and Playboy PlaymateNorman Whitehead (1915–1983, English landscape painterO.Z. Whitehead (1911–1998), American actor and authorPaul Whitehead, British painter and graphic artistPaxton Whitehead (born 1937), British actorPeter Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peoplePhil Whitehead (born 1969), English footballerPhillip Whitehead (1937–2005), British politician, television producer and writerR. Whitehead (cricketer), English cricketer between 1785 and 1800Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead (1854–1929), founder of the "Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony", New YorkRex Whitehead (born 1948), Australian cricket umpireRichard Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleRichmal Oates-Whitehead (1970–2005), New Zealander who died in LondonRobert Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleRon Whitehead, American poetRowland Whitehead (disambiguation), multiple peopleStanley Whitehead (1911–1976), New Zealand politicianStanley Whitehead (physicist) (1902–1956), British physicistSteve Whitehead (born 1960), English photorealist painterStuart Whitehead (born 1976), English footballerTahir Whitehead (born 1990), American football playerTerrell Whitehead (born 1988), American football playerTerrence Whitehead (born 1983), American football playerThomas Whitehead (1825–1901), member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia (1873–1875)Thomas North Whitehead (1891-1969), American-British writer and educatorÞór Whitehead (Thor Whitehead) (born 1943), Icelandic historianTim Whitehead (ice hockey), American ice hockey coachTim Whitehead (rugby player) (born 1988), South African rugby union playerWilliam Whitehead (disambiguation) (including Willie), multiple people