Doolittle (surname) explained

Doolittle is a surname of English origin.^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Amos Doolittle (1754–1832), American engraver and silversmith
• Benjamin Doolittle (1825–1895), New York politician
• Bev Doolittle (born 1947), American painter
• Bill Doolittle (1923–2014), American football player and coach
• Charles Doolittle (1832–1903), American Civil War general
• Dorothy Doolittle (born 1946), American marathon runner
• Ducky DooLittle (born 1970), American sex educator and performer
• Dudley Doolittle (1881–1957), American congressman from Kansas
• Eliakim Doolittle (1772–1850), American composer
• Eliza Doolittle (singer) (born 1988), British singer
• Emily Doolittle (born 1972), Canadian composer
• Ford Doolittle (born 1941), American biochemist
• Franklin M. Doolittle (1893–1979), American radio pioneer
• Henry C. Doolittle (1850–1926), American judge
• Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), American poet and novelist known by her initials, H.D.
• Isaac Doolittle (1721–1800), American clockmaker
• James Rood Doolittle (1815–1897), American politician
• Jane Doolittle (1899–1990), American missionary
• Jimmy Doolittle (1896–1993), American aviation pioneer, general and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Joel Doolittle (1773–1841), American politician
• John Doolittle (born 1950), American congressman from California
• Justus Doolittle (1824–1880), American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary to Fuhchau, China
• Kristian Doolittle (born 1997), American basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Lucius Doolittle (1800–1862), American priest
• Lucy Salisbury Doolittle (1832-1908), American philanthropist
• Melinda Doolittle (born 1977), American singer
• Rilus Doolittle (1900–1983), American long-distance runner
• Robyn Doolittle (born 1984), Canadian reporter
• Russell Doolittle (born 1931), American biochemist
• Sean Doolittle (born 1986), American baseball player
• Sean Doolittle (author) (born 1971), American novelist
• Thomas Doolittle (c. 1632–1707), English nonconformist minister, tutor, and author
• Tilton E. Doolittle (1825–1896), politician and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
• William Doolittle

Fictional characters

• Eliza Doolittle, Cockney flower girl in the 1913 play Pygmalion and its 1956 musical adaptation My Fair Lady
• Doctor Dolittle, physician who speaks to animals in a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting, first appearing in 1920

Notes and References

1. Web site: Doolittle Name Meaning & Doolittle Family History at Ancestry.com® . Ancestry® . 2019-12-12 . 2023-01-11.