List of people known as the White explained

The epithet "the White" may refer to:

People

• Cleitus the White (died 318 BC), an officer of Alexander the Great
• Konrad X the White (1420–1492), Duke of Oleśnica, Koźle, Bytom and half of Ścinawa
• Leszek the White (c. 1186–1227), Prince of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland
• Olaf the White, a Viking sea-king of the latter half of the 9th century
• Otto III, Duke of Swabia (died 1057), also Margrave of the Nordgau
• Władysław the White (between 1327 and 1333–1388), Duke of Gniewkowo

Legendary and fictional characters

• Elyan the White, a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend
• Gaheris of Karaheu, another Knight of the Round Table
• Gandalf, in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Saruman, in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
• Tirant the White, protagonist of the Catalan romance Tirant lo Blanch, published in 1490

See also

• List of people known as the Black
• List of people known as the Red