Whit (given name)

Whit is a given name and nickname which may refer to:

People:

• Whitner Whit Bissell (1909–1996), American actor
• Whit Burnett (1900–1972), American writer
• John Whitfield Whit Canale (1941–2011) American football player
• Whitfield Crane (born 1968), a founding member and lead singer of the rock band Ugly Kid Joe
• Whit Cunliffe (1876–1966), English singer
• Whit Dickey (born 1954), American jazz drummer
• Whitfield Diffie (born 1944), American cryptographer and one of the pioneers of public-key cryptography
• Whitney Whit Haydn (born 1949), American magician
• Whit Hertford (born 1978), American actor
• Whit Holcomb-Faye (born 1984), American basketball player
• Whitney Whit Johnson, American television journalist
• Whit Marshall (born 1973), American football player
• Whit Merrifield (born 1989), American baseball player
• John Whitney Whit Stillman (born 1952), American writer
• Whit Taylor (American football) (born 1960), American football player
• Whit Taylor (cartoonist), American cartoonist
• Whitman Whit Tucker, Canadian football player
• Whit Watson (born 1971), American sportscaster
• Whit Williams (born 1973), American saxophonist
• Whit Wyatt (1907–1999), American baseball player

Fictional characters and pen names:

• Whit Masterson, pen name of a partnership of American authors Robert Allison "Bob" Wade and H. Bill Miller
• Whit Sterling, a main character in the 1947 film noir Out of the Past, played by Kirk Douglas

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