Witte (family name)
Witte is a German-speaking family name .
Origin and meaning
Witte: 1st takeover to mnd. wit ("white") after the hair or skin color of the first bearer of the name. 2. Occasionally to Witt . Borchardus Witte has been handed down in Hanover from 1309 .
Name bearer
A.
- Adrien De Witte (Adrien de Witte de Limminghe; 1850-1935), Belgian painter, draftsman and etcher
- Albert Witte (1923–2015), American lawyer, legal scholar, university professor and NCAA president
- Alfred Witte (1878–1941), German astrologer
- André de Witte (* 1944), Belgian clergyman, Bishop of Ruy Barbosa
- Andreas Witte (* 1955), German sports journalist and presenter
- Andreas Witte (drummer) (* 1961), German jazz musician
- August Witte (goldsmith) (1840–1883), German collegiate goldsmith in Aachen
- August Witte (politician) (1890–1968), German politician (DP)
B.
- Barthold C. Witte (1928–2018), head of department at the Foreign Office and author
- Beatrice Witte (* 1961), Swiss table tennis player
- Bernd Witte (* 1942), German Germanist, literary scholar and university professor
- Bernhard Witte (monk) († 1442), German religious, Abbot of Doberan
- Bernhard Witte (historian) (around 1475 – around 1520), German historian and clergyman
- Bernhard Witte (goldsmith) (1868–1947), German goldsmith
- Bernhard Heinrich Witte (1926–2015), German religious, bishop of La Rioja, then of Concepción
- Bertold Witte (* 1937), German geodesist and university professor
- Bodo Witte (1930–2015), German theater director
C.
- Carl Diedrich Witte (1782–1854), German businessman, Bremen senator
- Carmen Witte (* 1961), Swiss table tennis player
- Charlotte de Witte (* 1992), Belgian techno DJ
- Christian Gottlieb Friedrich Witte (1802–1873), Dutch organ builder
- Curt Witte (1882–1959), German painter
D.
- Daniela Witte , German journalist and television presenter
- Detlev Witte (* 1926), German film actor, voice actor and radio play director
- Dieter Witte (1937–2008), German industrial designer
E.
- Eberhard Witte (1928–2016), German economist
- Eberhard Witte (artist) (1921-2010), German painter
- Eduard Witte (manufacturer) (1839–?), Purveyor to the court and 1873 founder of the candy, chocolate, honey cake and sugar confectionery factory Eduard Witte's sons in Wittenberg
- Eduard Julius Hugo Witte (1810–1887), painter, major engineer, site manager and castle captain of Marienburg Castle and owner of the salt works
- Emanuel de Witte (1617–1692), Dutch painter
- Emil Witte (1905–1975), German politician (SPD)
- Emil Albert Witte (1864–1918), German journalist and translator
- Erich Witte (1911-2008), German singer (tenor)
- Ernst Witte (1829–1910), German lawyer and politician, MdR
- Eugen De Witte (1882–1952), Czechoslovak politician (DSAP)
F.
- Fabio Witte (* 1993), German floorball player
- Frans Witte (1950–2013), Dutch zoologist
- Franz Witte (1927–1971), German painter
- Frido Witte (1881–1965), German painter, etcher, architect and craftsman
- Friedrich Witte (entrepreneur) (1829–1893), German pharmacist, manufacturer and politician
- Friedrich Witte (engineer) (1900–1977), German railway engineer
- Friedrich Witte (actor) (* 1979), German actor
- Friedrich Carl Witte (1864–1938), German chemist
- Friedrich Ernst Witte (1803–1872), German administrative lawyer, geologist and paleontologist
- Fritz Witte (1876–1937), German theologian, priest and art historian
- Fritz Witte-Wild (1848–1930), German director, actor and theater director
G
- Gaston-François de Witte (1897–1980), Belgian zoologist
- Georg Witte (* 1952), German literary scholar and Slavist
- Georg Friedrich Witte (1799–1865), German administrative lawyer
- Georg Hendrik Witte (1843–1929), Dutch composer and university professor
- Gerd Witte (1927–2015), German church musician and university professor
- Gerhard Witte (* 1920), German soccer player
- Gudrun Witte (* 1962), German volleyball player
- Günter R. Witte (* 1933), German biologist
- Gunther Witte (1935–2018), German dramaturge, television editor, film producer and screenwriter
- Gustav Witte (firefighter) (1839–1888), German inventor and firefighter
- Gustav Witte (pilot) (1870–1912), German pilot
H
- Hans de Witte (1583–1630), Dutch merchant
- Hans Witte (1867–1945), German archivist and historian
- Hartmut Witte (* 1952), German art historian and photographer
- Heinrich Witte (Mayor) († 1523), German Mayor of Lübeck
- Heinrich Witte (botanist) (1825–1917), Dutch botanical gardener
- Heinrich Witte (historian) (1854–1903), German historian and high school teacher
- Heinrich Witte (actor) (1888–1933), German actor
- Heinz Witte (1880–1961), German painter
- Heinz Witte (soccer player) (1929–1958), German soccer player
- Helmut Witte (naval officer) (1915-2005), German naval officer
- Helmut Witte (soccer coach) (* 1941), German soccer coach
- Helmut Witte (chemist) (1909–2008), German chemist and university professor at TU Darmstadt
- Henning Witte (1634–1696), German-Baltic pedagogue and literary historian
- Herman Witte (1909–1973), Dutch politician
- Hermann Witte (clergyman) (1666–1728), German Baltic Evangelical clergyman, Bishop of Åbo
- Hermann Witte (lawyer) (1833–1876), German lawyer and university professor
- Hermann Witte (economist) (* 1947), German economist and university professor
- Hermann von Witte (1826–1891), Prussian lieutenant general
I.
- Irene M. Witte (1894–1976), German economist
J
- Jan de Witte (1709–1785), Polish architect and lieutenant general
- Jan de Witte (banker) , Dutch banker and finance manager
- Jan Witte-Kropius (* 1959), German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Jean-Joseph-Antoine-Marie de Witte (1808–1889), French classical archaeologist, epigraphist and numismatist
- Jens Witte (1941–2003), German surgeon
- Jessica Witte-Winter (* 1972), German presenter
- Joachim Witte (* 1921), German radio play director, screenwriter and radio play author
- Johan Frederik Witte (1840–1902), Dutch organ builder
- Johann Witte (archivist) (1614–1657), city archivist in Riga
- Johann Heinrich Witte (1846–1908), German philologist and educator
- Johannes Witte (1877–1945), German theologian and missiologist
- Jörg Witte (* 1964), German actor
K
- Kai-Erik Witte , German zoologist
- Karin Witte (* 1939), German visual artist, painter and graphic artist
- Karl Witte or Carl (o) Witte , see Johann Heinrich Friedrich Karl Witte (1800–1883), German lawyer, writer and Dante researcher
- Karl Witte (Bishop) (1893–1966), German Protestant theologian
- Karl Heinrich Gottfried Witte (1767–1845), German educator and writer
- Karsten Witte (1944–1995), German film scholar
- Klaus-Jürgen Witte (1939–2013), German laser physicist
- Kurt Witte (1885–1950), German classical philologist
L.
- Laura Witte (1869–1939), German women's rights activist
- Laura de Witte (* 1995), Dutch athlete
- Lisanne de Witte (* 1992), Dutch athlete
- Lotte Witte (1918–1940), German high wire artist, see Camilla Mayer
- Louis J. Witte (1894–1975), American film technician
- Ludolf Witte († 1636), German sculptor
- Ludwig Witte (* 1936), German confectioner and entrepreneur
M.
- Marianne Witte (patron) (1923–2012), German patron
- Marianne Witte (writer) (* 1951), Dutch writer
- Markus Witte (* 1964), German Protestant theologian
- Martin Witte (1896–1930), German architect
- Martina Witte (* 1960), German theater director
- Max Witte (1909–1955), German pastor
- Michael Witte (* 1957), German actor
N
- Nicolaus Witte and Witte von Lilienau (1618–1688), German-Baltic physician, city physician in Riga
- Norbert Witte (* 1955), Hamburg showman
O
- Otto Witte (showman) (1872–1958), German showman and impostor
- Otto Witte (politician) (1884–1963), German politician (SPD), MdR
- Otto Witte (educator) (1903–1997), German educator
- Otto Johann Witte (1615–1677), German politician
- Owen N. Witte (* 1949), American molecular biologist and cancer researcher
P
- Paul Witte (1866–1930), German local politician and mayor
- Paul Maria Witte (1883 – after 1922), German singer
- Peter de Witte (alias Peter Candid) (around 1548–1628), Flemish painter and graphic artist
- Peter Witte (bailiff) (1641–1713), German merchant and bailiff
- Peter Witte (politician) (1822–1902), German farmer and politician
- Peter Witte (writer) (1876-1949), German writer
- Peter Witte (musician) (1930–2007), German jazz bassist
- Peter Witte (composer) (* 1955), German musician, band leader and composer
- Philip Witte (* 1984), German hockey player
R.
- Ralf Witte (* 1964), German tram driver and victim of a miscarriage of justice, see miscarriage of justice around Ralf Witte
- Reiner Witte (* 1955), German lawyer, handball player and official
- Rudolf Witte (1889–1965), German engineer and hydraulic engineer
S.
- Samuel Simon Witte (1738–1802), German theologian and philosopher
- Sergei Juljewitsch Witte (1849–1915), Russian statesman and entrepreneur
- Siegfried Witte (1897–1961), German politician
T
- Tania Witte , German writer
- Theodor Witte (lawyer) (1811–1879), German administrative lawyer and politician
- Theodor von Witte (around 1815–1885), German actor and theater director
- Thomas Witte (business IT specialist) (* 1943), German business IT specialist and university professor
- Thomas Witte (actor) (* 1959), German actor
U
- Udo Witte (* 1952), German director
- Ursulina Schüler-Witte (* 1933), German architect, see Ralf Schüler and Ursulina Schüler-Witte
V
- Vincenz Philipp de Witte de Limminghe († 1799), German politician, mayor of Aachen
- Volker Witte (* 1951), German painter
W.
- Walter Witte (* 1928), German lawyer, violist and founder of the foundation
- Werner Witte (1953–2015), German engineer and business manager
- Wilhelm Witte (Mayor) (before 1224 – after 1261), German politician, Mayor of Lübeck
- Wilhelm Witte (architect) , German architect and construction officer
- Wilhelm Witte (mining engineer) (1891–1974), German mining engineer
- Wilhelm Witte (psychologist) (1915–1985), German psychologist
- Wilhelm Witte (Manager) (1919–2015), German insurance manager
- Willi Witte (writer) (1891–1955), German writer and singer (bass)
- Willi Witte (politician) (* 1930), German politician (SPD)
- Willi Witte (musician) , drummer
- William Henry Witte (1817–1876), American politician
- Willy Witte (1908–1998), German actor
- Wolfgang Witte (* 1945), German microbiologist
See also
- Witte (noble family) , Prussian noble family
Individual evidence
- ↑ DUDEN, family name. Dudenverlag, Mannheim / Leipzig / Vienna / Zurich 2005, p. 728.