Whittaker is a surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning the white acre, and given name, also spelled "Whitaker" and "Whitacre," and may refer to:
As a surnameAaron Whittaker, New Zealand rugby playerBill Whittaker (footballer), English footballerBill Whittaker (bowls), New Zealand lawn bowlerBob Whittaker U.S. CongressmanCharles Evans Whittaker (1901–1973), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court from 1957 to 1962David Whittaker (video game composer) (born 1957), computer game programmerDick Whittaker (1934–1998), Irish footballerE. T. Whittaker (1873–1956), English mathematicianEnos Whittaker, English footballerFrank Whittaker, Indian bishopGavin Whittaker, Canadian politicianGeorge Whittaker, Canadian PoliticianJack Whittaker (Canadian politician), Canadian politicianJack Whittaker (lottery winner) (born 1947), American US$315 million lottery winnerJames Whittaker, Shaker leaderJim Whittaker (born 1929), American mountaineer, first American to summit Mount Everest (1963), twin brother of LouJodie Whittaker, English actressJohn Whittaker (UKIP politician) (born 1945), British member of the European ParliamentJohn Avery Whittaker, fictional character in the Adventures in Odyssey radio seriesJohn Macnaughten Whittaker, English mathematicianJohnson Chesnut Whittaker, 19th century West Point student and victim of assaultJoseph Whittaker (botanist) (1813–1894), English botanist and collector of Australian plantsLeon "Pee Wee" Whittaker, U.S. blues musicianLou Whittaker (born 1929), American mountaineer, high-altitude and glacier-travel guide, twin brother of JimMaria Whittaker (born 1969), former English glamour modelRebecca Whittaker, Canadian politicianRed Whittaker, robot scientistRobert Whittaker (1920–1980), American vegetation ecologistRoger Whittaker (born 1936), Kenyan singer/songwriter and musician of British descentSally Whittaker (born 1963), British soap opera actressSammy Whittaker (1888–1952), English footballerSteven Whittaker (born 1984), Scottish footballerStuart Whittaker (born 1975) English football playerThomas Whittaker (martyr) English Catholic martyrThomas Palmer Whittaker, British politicianTom Whittaker (footballer) (1898–1956), English football player, trainer, and managerTom Whittaker (mountaineer) (born 1948), mountaineer, first disabled person to summit Mount EverestWalter Whittaker (1878 - 1917), English football goalkeeper with Newton Heath (Manchester United), Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers and Derby CountyVictor P. Whittaker (born 1919) a British biochemist who pioneered the studies on the subcellular fractionation of the brainWilliam G. Whittaker (1876–1944), English composer, pedagogue, conductor, musicologist, Bach scholar, publisher and writerAs a given nameWhittaker Chambers (1901–1961), American writer, witness in Alger Hiss espionage caseThe surname is well represented in Lanarkshire, Derbyshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire.
