Pitt (surname) explained

See also: Pitt (disambiguation).

Pitt is a surname of English origin.^[1]

List of people with the surname Pitt

Used as a surname, Pitt most commonly refers to the following people:

• Brad Pitt (born 1963), American actor
• Members of the Pitt family, particularly William Pitt the Elder, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1766 - 1768) and William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783 - 1801) and of the United Kingdom (1801 and 1804 - 1806)

Pitt may also refer to the following people:

• Andrew Pitt, motorcycle racer from New South Wales, Australia
• Angela Pitt (born 1981), Canadian provincial politician from Alberta
• Bernard Pitt (1882–1916), British teacher, poet and army officer
• Christopher Pitt (1699–1748), English poet and translator
• Courtney Pitt (born 1981), English footballer
• David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead (1913–1994), civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom
• George Pitt (disambiguation), several people
• Harvey Pitt (1945–2023), former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
• Ingrid Pitt (1937–2010), Polish actress in horror films of the 1960s and 70s
• John Pitt (disambiguation), several people
• Kalanimoku (1768–1827), prominent Hawaiian official given the name William Pitt by visiting Europeans
• Malcolm Pitt (1897–1985), American college sports coach
• Michael Pitt (born 1981), American actor
• Redding Pitt (1944–2016), attorney and chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party
• Thomas Pitt (1653–1726), English merchant, grandfather of Pitt the Elder
• Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford (1737–1793), elder brother of Pitt the Elder
• Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (1775–1804), son of the 1st Baron Camelford
• Turia Pitt (born 1987), Australian mining engineer, athlete, motivational speaker, and author
• William Pitt (architect) (1855–1918), architect working in Melbourne, Australia
• William Pitt (engineer) (1840–1909), of New Brunswick, Canada, inventor of the underwater cable ferry in the early 1900s
• William Fox-Pitt (born 1969), British three-day eventing rider
• Bill Pitt (politician) (1937–2017), British politician; Liberal Member of Parliament, 1981 - 1983
• William Rivers Pitt (born 1971), American author and essayist

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitt Surname Meaning. forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2014