Pitts may refer to:

People

* Allen Pitts, American born Canadian football player * Antony Pitts (1969), British composer *

Boozer Pitts John Emmett "Boozer" Pitts Sr. (November 25, 1893 – February 10, 1971) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1923 to 1924 and again for the final seven games of the 1927 season ...

, American college football coach * Byron Pitts, American reporter for CBS * Chester Pitts, American football player *

Charles Pitts Charles "Skip" Pitts (April 7, 1947 – May 1, 2012) was an American soul and blues guitarist. He is best known for his distinctive "wah-wah" style, prominently featured on Isaac Hayes' title track from the 1971 movie '' Shaft''. He is widely cons ...

, American soul/blues guitarist *

Chip Pitts Chip Pitts is a lecturer who has regularly taught at Stanford, Oxford, and as a Professor or Visiting Professor at other major universities in the West and Asia. Considered one of the world’s “top academics on corporate responsibility,” h ...

, American attorney *

Curtis Pitts Curtis Pitts (December 9, 1915 – June 10, 2005) of Stillmore, Georgia, was an American designer of a series of popular aerobatic biplanes, known as the Pitts Special. Career Pitts grew up in Americus, Georgia and his first airplane was a Wa ...

, designer of a series of aerobatic biplanes *

Denis Pitts Denis Pitts (6 January 1930 – 19 April 1994) was a journalist, filmmaker and novelist. Denis Pitts first became widely known for his reports on the Suez Crisis and his subsequent articles in the New Statesman. In Suez he made the acquaintance of ...

, English journalist *

Derrick Pitts Derrick Pitts (born January 22, 1955) is an American astronomer and science communicator. Pitts studied at St. Lawrence University and has been employed at the Franklin Institute since 1978 where he is chief astronomer and director of the instit ...

, American astronomer *

Earl Edwin Pitts :''This article describes Earl Pitts, the American spy. For the radio character, see Earl Pitts (radio character).'' Earl Edwin Pitts (born September 23, 1953) is a former FBI special agent who was convicted of espionage for selling information ...

, FBI agent and Soviet spy *

Edmund L. Pitts Edmund Levi Pitts (May 23, 1839 – July 11, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate. Early life and education Pitts was born in Yates, New York, the son of Joh ...

, American lawyer and politician *

Ernie Pitts Ernie Pitts (March 8, 1935 – September 24, 1970) was a Canadian Football League wide receiver and defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions in a 14-year career in the CFL from 1957 to 1970. He won four Grey Cups with Winnipe ...

, Canadian football player *

Eve Pitts Eve Pitts (née Sewell) is a British priest who was the first black woman to be ordained as a vicar in the Church of England. She is known for being outspoken against discrimination. She is a supporter of Emancipation Day. Personal life and ed ...

, British Anglican minister *

Fountain E. Pitts Fountain E. Pitts (July 4, 1808 – May 22, 1874) was an American Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain. He established Methodist missions in Brazil and Argentina in 1835–1836. During the American Civil War, he was a chaplain and colonel in ...

(1808-1874), American Methodist minister and Confederate chaplain *

Frank Pitts Frank H. Pitts (born November 12, 1943) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played ten seasons for the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs (1965–1969) ...

, American football player *

George Pitts (disambiguation) George Pitts may refer to: * George Pitts (Middlesex cricketer) (1878–1939), Canadian-born cricketer * George Pitts (cricketer, died 1847), English cricketer * George Pitts (journalist) (1925–1987), newspaper journalist, father of the photogr ...

* Helen Pitts (1838-1903), American suffragette and the second wife of Frederick Douglass * Jacob Pitts, American actor * James Pitts (disambiguation) * Jennifer Pitts, Miss Virginia 2005 *

Jesse R. Pitts Jesse Richard Pitts (1921–2003), was an American sociologist specializing in deviance and social control, family sociology, sociological theory, French society, and criminology. He is considered one of the leading disciples of Talcott Parsons, d ...

, American author and educator * John Pitts, Catholic scholar and writer * John Michael Pitts, British composer * John Pitts (football player) (born 1945), American football defensive in the NFL * John E. Pitts, Jr., US Air Force brigadier general * Joseph R. Pitts, American politician from Pennsylvania * Justin Pitts, American basketball player * Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper * Kyle Pitts (born 2000), American football player * Leonard Pitts, American journalist and the 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner *

Lillian Louisa Pitts Lillian Louisa Pitts, (1872 – 1947) also known as L.L.P., was an Australian music teacher, artist and professional photographer. Pitts grew up with a love for music and the arts and made her living by teaching music classes and oil-painting. Her ...

(1872 – 1947), Australian photographer * Matthew Pitts, American television writer * Matthew Pitts, English football player *

Mike Pitts Michael Anthony Pitts (September 25, 1960 – November 4, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for twelve seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college footb ...

, American football player *

Milton Pitts Milton Pitts (4 July 1912 – 25 December 1994) was the White House barber for Republican U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. While Pitts was a staunch Republican, he always maintained that "my sc ...

, White House barber for Republican US presidents *

Priscilla Pitts Priscilla Pitts is a New Zealand writer and art curator. Biography Pitts was educated at the University of Auckland, gaining an MA in English and Art History. In the 1980s, Pitts co-founded the magazine ''Antic,'' which focused on literature a ...

, New Zealand writer and art curator *

Robert B. Pitts Robert Pitts (1909-1982) was the first African-American to serve as a Regional Administrator of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Significant Contributions Pitts was a long-term civil servant in the housing administration ...

, first black HUD Regional Administrator, west coast region *

R. C. Pitts Robert C. Pitts (June 23, 1919 – October 29, 2011) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Pitts played collegiately for the University of Arkansas, making All-Southwest Conference in 1942. He later p ...

, American basketball player * Rafi Pitts, Iranian film director *

Riley L. Pitts Riley Leroy Pitts (October 15, 1937 – October 31, 1967) was a United States Army captain and the first African-American officer to receive the Medal of Honor. (as transcribed i"Congressional Medal of Honor"sub-section o"Those Who Served"s ...

, US Army captain * Ron Pitts, American sportscaster *

Shirley Pitts Shirley Sally Pitts, later Shirley Sally Hawkins (24 November 1934 – 16 March 1992), was an English fraudster and thief known as the "queen of shoplifters". Born into poverty and crime, she began to steal as a child to feed her siblings. She was ...

(1934-1992), English fraudster and thief, the "Queen of shoplifters" * Tony Pitts, English actor * Trudy Pitts, soul jazz musician *

Valerie Pitts Ann Valerie, Lady Solti (née Pitts; 19 August 1937 – 31 March 2021) was a British television presenter who was one of the BBC's original team of presenters during the 1950s. She left the programme in 1960 to marry James Sargent who was stage ...

, British television presenter during the 1950s *

Victória Pitts Ana Victória Pitts (born 1991) is a Brazilian mezzo-soprano who has performed internationally. Career Pitts was born in Belém in 1991 and was first trained there. From 2008, she studied at the . She made her stage debut in Belém in 2010 a ...

, Brazilian mezzo-soprano *

Viola Pitts Viola Pitts (September 8, 1914 – April 15, 2004) was a Fort Worth community activist who advocated for her neighborhood of Como, located on Fort Worth's west side. Pitts was often described as a fiery and effective activist. Also known as " ...

, American community activist from Fort Worth * Walter Pitts, American logician * ZaSu Pitts, American actress

Places

Pitts, Georgia Pitts is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 252. Geography Pitts is located at (31.945270, -83.540004). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all lan ...

, United States * Pittsburgh

Other

* '' The Pitts'', an American television sitcom * The Pitts Special, a light aerobatics biplane designed by Curtis Pitts * Earl Pitts (character), a radio character created and voiced by Gary Burbank *

ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra The ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra was formed in San Francisco by Stephen Ashman, a bass-player. They released several LPs in the 1984-1987 time period and continue to be active. The Orchestra did not have any overt connection to ZaSu Pitts beyon ...

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