De Witt is a surname of Dutch origin meaning "the

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". In America, the name is usually concatenated to DeWitt. Notable people with the surname include: *

De Witt (family) De Witt (also: De Wit, De Witte and De With) is the name of an old Dutch Patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician and regenten family. Originally from Dordrecht, the genealogy of the family begins with Jan de Witte, a patrician who lived around 1 ...

, a patrician family from the Dutch Golden Age **

Andries de Witt Andries de Witt (16 June 1573, in Dordrecht – 26 November 1637, in Dordrecht) was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1619 and 1621. Biography Andries de Witt was a member of the old Dutch patrician family De Witt. He was the oldest son of C ...

(1573–1637), Grand Pensionary of Holland **

Jacob de Witt Jacob de Witt, '' heer van Manezee, Melissant and Comstryen''http://www.herenvanholland.nl/eigenaar.cfm?eigenaarnummer=1701 www.herenvanholland.nl (7 February 1589 – 10 January 1674) was a burgomaster of Dordrecht and the son of a timber merch ...

(1589–1674), burgomaster of Dordrecht **

Cornelis de Witt Cornelis de Witt (; 15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch politician and naval commendant of the Golden Age. During the First Stadtholderless Period De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was in opposition to th ...

(1623–1672), Dutch politician, brother of Johan **

Johan de Witt Johan de Witt (; 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), ''lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere'', was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the Fi ...

(1625–1672), Grand Pensionary of Holland ** Johan de Witt Jr. (1662–1701), Dutch bibliophile and politician, son of Johan *

Alexander De Witt Alexander De Witt (April 2, 1798 – January 13, 1879) was a 19th-century American politician from the state of Massachusetts. Born in New Braintree, Massachusetts, De Witt worked in textile manufacturing in Oxford, Massachusetts. Active in pol ...

(1798–1879), American politician * (1824–1909), French politician * (1828–1889), French politician * David M. De Witt (1837–1912), American politician *

Elmo De Witt Elmo De Witt (d 2011) was a South African filmmaker, who worked as a director and a producer. His films include ''Debbie Debbie (or Debby or Deb) is a feminine given name, commonly but not always short for Deborah (or Debra and related variants ...

(died 2011), South African filmmaker *

Francis B. De Witt Francis Byron De Witt (March 11, 1849 – March 21, 1929) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born in Jackson County, Indiana, De Witt moved with his parents in ...

(1849–1929), American politician *

Henriette Guizot de Witt Henriette Guizot de Witt (August 6, 1829 in Paris – 1908 in Paris) was a French writer who wrote under the name Mme de Witt, née Guizot. Family Henriette Guizot de Witt was the daughter of the historian and politician François Guizot and ...

(1829–1908), French writer *

Jacob De Witt Jacob de Witt, '' heer van Manezee, Melissant and Comstryen''http://www.herenvanholland.nl/eigenaar.cfm?eigenaarnummer=1701 www.herenvanholland.nl (7 February 1589 – 10 January 1674) was a burgomaster of Dordrecht and the son of a timber merch ...

(1785–1859), Canadian politician * Jacob H. De Witt (1784–1867), American politician * Marguerite de Witt (1853–1924), French activist, daughter of Conrad and Henriette * Pauline de Witt (1831–1874), French historian *

Simeon De Witt Simeon De Witt (December 25, 1756 – December 3, 1834) was Geographer and Surveyor General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and Surveyor General of the State of New York for the fifty years from 1784 until his death. Life ...

(1756–1834), American cartographer

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