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Whitfield is a surname of
Old English and
Anglo-Saxon origins deriving from hwit (white or chalky) and feld (open lands).
[1] It can also be an
Americanized or
Anglicised form of the German and
Ashkenazi Jewish surname Weissfeld, composed of the elements weiss 'white' and feld 'field'.
Persons with the surname include:
Allan George Williams Whitfield (1909–1987), English physician
Andrew Whitfield (politician) (born 1982), South African politician
Andrew Carnegie Whitfield (born 1910, disappeared 1938), nephew of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie who disappeared in New York in 1938
Andy Whitfield (1971–2011), Welsh-Australian actor
Anne Whitfield , American actress
Arthur Whitfield (1868–1947), English physician and professor of medicine
Barrence Whitfield (born 1955), American soul and R&B vocalist and bandleader
Bob Whitfield (born 1971), American football player
Brent Whitfield (born 1981), American soccer player
Charles Whitfield (disambiguation)
David Whitfield (1925–1980), British singer
Dre'chir Whitfield (1989), American Business Mogul
Dondré Whitfield (born 1969), American actor
Dwayne Whitfield (born 1972), American basketball player
Ed Whitfield (born 1943), American politician
Evan Whitfield (born 1977), American soccer player
Fred Whitfield (baseball) (1938–2013), American baseball player
Fred Whitfield (rodeo) (born 1967), American calf roper
Fredricka Whitfield (born 1965), American news anchor
Henry L. Whitfield (1868–1927), American politician and Mississippi governor
Jack Whitfield (1892–1927), Welsh rugby union player
James Whitfield (disambiguation)
John Whitfield (disambiguation)
June Whitfield (1925–2018), English comedy actress
Ken Whitfield (1930–1995), English footballer
Kermit Whitfield (born 1993), American football player
Lynn Whitfield (born 1953), American actress
Mark Whitfield (born 1967), American jazz guitarist
Martin Whitfield (born 1965), Scottish politician
Mal Whitfield (1924–2015), American track athlete
Mitchell Whitfield (born 1964), American actor
Norman Whitfield (1940–2008), American songwriter and producer
Norman Whitfield (footballer) (1896–1962), English footballer
Robert Parr Whitfield (1828-1910), American paleontologist
Shelby Whitfield (1935–2013), American sportscaster
Simon Whitfield (born 1975), Canadian triathlon athlete
Stephen Whitfield (disambiguation)
Thomas Whitfield (disambiguation)
Terry Whitfield (born 1953), American baseball player
Trent Whitfield (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
Vantile Whitfield (1930–2005), American arts administrator
Wesla Whitfield (1947–2018), American singer
Wilf Whitfield (1916–1995), English footballer
Havilyn Whitfield
(born, 2004), American Professional Graphic Artist