Armistead is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *

Bill Armistead Bill Armistead (born May 29, 1944) is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He served as the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party from 2011 to 2015. He served in the Alabama Senate from 1995 to 2003. Early life and education Bill A ...

(born 1944), American politician from Alabama *

George Armistead George Armistead (April 10, 1780 – April 25, 1818) was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Life and career Armistead was born on the Newmarket Plantat ...

(1780–1818), American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 *

James Armistead James Armistead Lafayette (born 1748 or 1760 – died 1830 or 1832) was an enslaved African American who served the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under the Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Marquis de Lafayette, ...

, American slave and spy in the American Revolution * Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Army general *

Samuel G. Armistead Samuel Gordon Armistead (August 21, 1927 – August 7, 2013) was an American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian, literary critic and professor of Spanish. He is considered one of the most notable Hispanist scholars of the second hal ...

(1927–2013), American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian and Hispanist *

Walker Keith Armistead Walker Keith Armistead (March 25, 1783 – October 13, 1845) was a military officer who served as Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Armistead was born in Upperville, Virginia, Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia, ...

, United States Army brigadier general *

Wilson Armistead Wilson Armistead (30 August 181918 February 1868) was a Quaker, businessman, abolitionist and writer from Leeds. He led the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association and wrote and edited anti-slavery texts. His best known work, '' A Tribute for the Negro' ...

, (1819–1868) British merchant, anti-slavery abolitionist and author Given name: *

Armistead Abraham Lilly Armistead Abraham "Cousin Abe" Lilly (March 25, 1878 – June 21, 1956) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessperson in the U.S. state of West Virginia. A Republican, Lilly served as the 16th Attorney General of West Virginia from Marc ...

(1878–1956), American lawyer, politician, and businessperson *

Armistead Burt Armistead Burt (November 13, 1802 – October 30, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Armistead Burt House - Abbeville, SC.jpgBorn at Clouds Creek, near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, Burt moved with his parents ...

, U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1843 to 1853 *

Armistead Mason Dobie Armistead Mason Dobie (April 15, 1881 – August 7, 1962) was a law professor, Dean of the University of Virginia School of Law, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and United States District J ...

, legal educator and federal judge *

Armistead Maupin Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. ( ) (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer notable for ''Tales of the City'', a series of novels set in San Francisco. Early life Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Maup ...

, American writer *

Armistead Burwell Smith IV Armistead Burwell Smith IV (also known as Zach Smith) is an American composer and musician. He has recorded with multiple bands, including most notably Pinback, as well on his own, under the name Systems Officer. Career Early playing Smith ...

, American musician, member of Pinback *

Armistead Thomson Mason Armistead Thomson Mason (August 4, 1787February 6, 1819), the son of Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817. Mason was also the second-youngest person to ever serve in the US Senate, at the age of 28 and 5 month ...

, U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817 * Armistead (c. 1820–1844), slave of US President John Tyler, killed in the USS ''Princeton'' disaster

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