Waite (name)
The following are notable people associated with the name Waite.
Surname
[edit]- Arthur Edward Waite, occultist and co-creator of the Rider-Waite tarot deck
- Arthur Waite (racing driver), Australian racing driver
- Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite, United States author, lawyer and women's suffrage activist.
- Charles Betts "C. B." Waite, American photographer
- Charles Burlingame Waite, American jurist and author
- David Waite, Australian rugby league coach
- Davis Hanson Waite (1825-1901), Populist governor of Colorado
- Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Australian zoologist
- Harold Roy Waite (1884-1978), American aviator
- Henry Chester Waite (1830-1912), American lawyer, banker, and politician
- Jamie Waite (born 1986), Thai footballer
- Jimmy Waite, ice hockey goaltender
- John Waite, British rock singer
- John Waite (cricketer), South African wicketkeeper–opening batsman
- John Musgrave Waite (1820-1884), Victorian fencing master
- Joseph Waite (alive in 1893 in England), a Latin and Greek scholar who edited the book Latin and Greek verse by Thomas Saunders Evans
- Keith Waite (1927–2014), New Zealand-born English editorial cartoonist
- Mitchell Waite (born 1946), author of books on electronics and computing
- Morrison Waite (1816-1888), U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1874–1888
- Norman Waite (1898–1970), English footballer
- Peter Waite (1834–1922), South Australian pastoralist, businessman, company director and philanthropist
- Ralph Waite (1928–2014), American actor, best known for the role of John Walton on the TV series The Waltons
- Reginald Waite, Royal Air Force officer
- Terry Waite, British humanitarian and author
- Thomas Waite (regicide), English Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I
- Thomas Waite (Under-Secretary for Ireland), 1747–1774
- Tommy Waite (born 1972), Northern Irish boxer of the 1990s and 2000s
Given name
[edit]- Waite Hoyt, American baseball player
- Waite Phillips, American Petroleum Businessman, Philanthropist
- Waite Stirling, First Anglican Bishop of the Falkland Islands.
Fictional characters
[edit]- Asenath Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep
- Ephraim Waite, character in H.P. Lovecraft's The Thing on the Doorstep
See also
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