Whitelaw is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, politician
Billie Whitelaw, actress
David Whitelaw, writer
Paul Whitelaw, cricketer
Sonny Whitelaw, novelist, photographer and freelance journalist
Vicki Whitelaw (born 1977), Australian road cyclist
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, politician
Whitelaw Reid, newspaper publisher and politician