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List of people with the surname Pitt

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

Brad Pitt William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. ...

(born 1963), American actor *

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 170811 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him Chatham or William Pitt the Elder to distinguish ...

(William Pitt the Elder) (1708–1778), Prime Minister of Great Britain (1766–1768) *

William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger (28 May 175923 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ire ...

(1759–1806), son of the above and 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 Andrew Pitt (born 19 February 1976 in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia) is a retired motorcycle racer. He is a double World Supersport Champion, and has also won a World Superbike race and competed in MotoGP. He lives in Peel on the Isle o ...

, motorcycle racer from New South Wales, Australia *

Angela Pitt Angela Pitt (born 1985) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Airdrie. She was elected under the banner of the Wildrose Party, w ...

(born 1981), Canadian provincial politician from Alberta * Bernard Pitt (1882-1916), British teacher, poet and army officer *

Christopher Pitt Christopher Pitt (1699 – 13 April 1748) was an English clergyman poet; he was also a translator whose performance was esteemed in his day. Family connections Christopher Pitt came from a family wide-spread in the West of England. Several o ...

(1699–1748), English poet and translator *

Courtney Pitt Courtney Leon Pitt (born 17 December 1981) is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He previously played for Portsmouth, Luton Town, Coventry City, Oxford United, Boston United, Cambridge United, York City, Weymouth and AFC ...

(born 1981), English footballer *

David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead (3 October 1913 – 18 December 1994) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician, general practitioner and political activist. Born in Grenada, in the Caribbean, he was the second peer of ...

(1913–1994), civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom * George Pitt (disambiguation), several people *

Harvey Pitt Harvey L. Pitt (born February 28, 1945) is an American lawyer who served as the 26th chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), from 2001 to 2003. History Pitt graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1961. He graduated fr ...

(born 1945), former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) *

Ingrid Pitt Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov; 21 November 193723 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress and writer best known for her work in horror films of the 1970s. Early life Ingoushka Petrov was born in Warsaw, Poland, one of two daughters ...

(1937–2010), Polish actress in horror films of the 1960s and 70s * John Pitt (disambiguation), several people *

Kalanimoku William Pitt Kalanimoku or Kalaimoku ( – February 7, 1827) was a High Chief who functioned similarly to a prime minister of the Hawaiian Kingdom during the reigns of Kamehameha I, Kamehameha II and the beginning of the reign of Kamehameha III. ...

(1768–1827), prominent Hawaiian official given the name William Pitt by visiting Europeans *

Malcolm Pitt Malcolm Upshur "Mac" Pitt (January 10, 1897 – September 16, 1985) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. At the University of Richmond he served as the head men's basketball coach from 1933 t ...

(1897–1985), American college sports coach *

Michael Pitt Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model, and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in ''Murder by Numbers'' (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003), Gus Van Sant's '' Last Days'' (2005), and M ...

(born 1981), American actor * Redding Pitt (1944–2016), attorney and chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party *

Thomas Pitt Thomas Pitt (5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) of Blandford St Mary in Dorset, later of Stratford in Wiltshire and of Boconnoc in Cornwall, known during life commonly as ''Governor Pitt'', as ''Captain Pitt'', or posthumously, as ''"Diamond" ...

(1653–1726), English merchant, grandfather of Pitt the Elder *

Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford (3 March 1737 – 19 January 1793) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 until 1784 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Camelford. He was an art connoisseur. Early life Pitt ...

(1737–1793), elder brother of Pitt the Elder *

Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (19 February 1775 – 10 March 1804) was a British peer, naval officer and wastrel, best known for wiktionary:bedevil, bedevilling George Vancouver during and after the latter's Vancouver Expedition, great voyage ...

(1775–1804), son of the 1st Baron Camelford *

Turia Pitt Turia Pitt (born 24 July 1987) is an Australian mining engineer, athlete, motivational speaker, and author. Accident and later life On 2 September 2011, Pitt was competing in an ultramarathon 100km through Western Australia's Kimberley regio ...

(1987-), Australian mining engineer, athlete, motivational speaker, and author *

William Pitt (architect) William Pitt (4 June 1855 – 25 May 1918) was an Australian architect and politician. Pitt is best known as one of the outstanding architects of the "boom" era of the 1880s in Melbourne, designing some of the city's most elaborate High Victoria ...

(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 William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt (born 2 January 1969) is an English equestrian who competes in eventing. His career highlights include winning three Olympic medals in the team event, with silver in 2004 and 2012, and bronze in 2008. At the World ...

(born 1969), British three-day eventing rider *

Bill Pitt (politician) William Henry Pitt (17 July 1937 – 17 November 2017) was a British politician. A Liberal Member of Parliament between 1981 and 1983, he was the first candidate elected to Parliament under the banner of the SDP–Liberal Alliance. Early life ...

(1937–2017), British politician; Liberal Member of Parliament, 1981–1983 *

William Rivers Pitt William Rivers Pitt (November 9, 1971 – September 26, 2022) was an American author, editor, and liberal political activist. Background William Rivers Pitt was born in Washington, D.C.; his father, Charles Redding Pitt, became chair of the A ...

(born 1971), leftist author and essayist

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