Witte and "de Witte" are Dutch and Low German surnames meaning "(the) white one". Witte can also be a patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologerDave Witte, American metal and hardcore punk drummerDavid Witte, (1948-2003), Israeli actorEarl Witte (1906-1991), American football playerEdwin E. Witte (1887–1960), American economist, "father of social security"Els Witte (born 1941), Belgian historianErich Witte (1911–2008), German tenorGeorge Witte (21st-century), American poetHelmut Witte (1915-2005), German U-boat commanderHerman Witte (1909-1973), Dutch engineer and politicianJean Carlo Witte (born 1977), Brazilian football (soccer) playerJerry Witte (1915-2002), American baseball playerJoe Witte (born 1943), American weathermanJohn Witte (1933-1993), American football playerJohn Witte, Jr. (born 1959), Canadian-American legal scholarKarl Witte (1800-1883), German jurist and Dante Alighieri scholarLes Witte (1911-1973), American college basketball playerLuke Witte (born 1950), American basketball playerMichael Witte (born 1944), American-born illustrator and cartoonistOtto Witte (1872–1958), German circus acrobatPhilip Witte (born 1984), German field hockey playerRuss Witte (born 1916/7), American swimmerSamuel Witte (1745-1815, German writerSergei Witte (1849–1915), Russian policy-makerTerry L. Witte (born 1952), American attorney and politicianWilliam Henry Witte (1817–1876), American politician The noble family "de Witte" (from Antwerpen)André de Witte (born 1944), Belgian bishop in BrazilBruno de Witte (born 1955), Belgian legal scholarEmanuel de Witte (1617–1691), Dutch perspective painterGaspar de Witte (1624–1681), Flemish painter of the Baroque periodGaston-François de Witte (1897-1980), Belgian herpetologistHans de Witte (1583-1630), German financierJacob Eduard de Witte, Dutch architect, author of the fortification project of TallinnJacomina de Witte (1582-1661), Dutch woman central in a famous corruption caseJan de Witte (1709–1785), Dutch-Polish military engineer and architectJean de Witte (1808-1889), Belgian archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatistLieven de Witte (15th century), Flemish painterLodewijk De Witte (born 1954), Belgian politician, governor of Flemish BrabantLudo De Witte (born 1956), Belgian writerPeter de Witte III (1671-1667), Flemish Baroque painterPieter de Witte (c. 1548–1628), Flemish Mannerist painter and architectRonald De Witte (born 1946), Belgian road bicycle racerSeth de Witte (born 1987), Belgian footballerWitte van Haemstede (c. 1281-1321), Dutch nobility, son of Floris V, Count of HollandWitte de With (1599-1658), Dutch naval officerWitte Wartena (born 1976), Dutch artistWitte Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA