Whittaker
Encyclopedia
Whittaker is a surname and given name, and may refer to:
As a surname
As a given name
As a surname
- Aaron WhittakerAaron WhittakerAaron Whittaker is a former professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international representative halfback, he played club football in Australia, England and New Zealand.-Early years:...
, New Zealand rugby player - Bill WhittakerBill WhittakerWilliam Paul "Bill" Whittaker was a former professional footballer, who played for Charlton Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Crystal Palace and Cambridge United. He was born in Charlton.-References:...
, English footballer - Bill Whittaker (bowls)Bill Whittaker (bowls)Bill Whittaker is a former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.At the 1938 Commonwealth Games in Sydney he was part of the men's fours team that won the gold medal; with Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury and Alec Robertson.-References:...
, New Zealand lawn bowler - Bob WhittakerBob WhittakerRobert Russell "Bob" Whittaker was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Eureka, Kansas, Whittaker attended the Greenwood County public schools....
U.S. Congressman - Charles Evans WhittakerCharles Evans WhittakerCharles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962.-Early years:...
(1901–1973), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court from 1957 to 1962 - David Whittaker (born 1957), computer game programmer
- E. T. WhittakerE. T. WhittakerEdmund Taylor Whittaker FRS FRSE was an English mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions. He had a particular interest in numerical analysis, but also worked on celestial mechanics and the history of physics...
(1873–1956), English mathematician - Enos WhittakerEnos WhittakerEnos Whittaker was a footballer who played for Stoke before he returned to amateur football with Clapton Orient. He made 18 appearances for Stoke.-References:...
, English footballer - Frank Whittaker, Indian bishop
- Gavin Whittaker, Canadian politician
- George WhittakerGeorge WhittakerGeorge H. Whittaker was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an orchardist and farmer by career....
, Dubstep DJ - Jack Whittaker (Canadian politician)Jack Whittaker (Canadian politician)Jack Whittaker was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt riding in British Columbia from 1988-1993 for the New Democratic Party.-References:...
, Canadian politician - Jack Whittaker (lottery winner)Jack Whittaker (lottery winner)Andrew Jackson “Jack” Whittaker, Jr. is a West Virginia businessman who became famous when he won US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery. At the time it was the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery...
(born 1947), American US$315 million lottery winner - James WhittakerJames WhittakerJames Whittaker was the second leader of the Shakers. He became leader following the death of Mother Ann Lee.-References:...
, Shaker leader - Jim WhittakerJim WhittakerJames W. Whittaker, also known as Jim Whittaker is an American mountaineer.As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition 1963 led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He summited on May 1, 1963 with the Sherpa Nawang Gombu...
(born 1929), American mountaineer, first American to summit Mount Everest (1963), twin brother of Lou - Jodie WhittakerJodie WhittakerJodie Auckland Whittaker is an English actress, perhaps best known for her work in the film Venus . She also starred in the ITV1 series Marchlands playing the young Ruth who had lost her daughter Alice.-Career:...
, English actress - John Whittaker (UKIP politician) (born 1945), British member of the European Parliament
- John Avery Whittaker, fictional character in the Adventures in Odyssey radio series
- John Macnaughten Whittaker, English mathematician
- Johnson Chesnut WhittakerJohnson Chesnut WhittakerJohnson Chesnut Whittaker was one of the first black men to win an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. When at the academy, he was brutally assaulted and then expelled after being falsely accused and convicted of faking the incident...
, 19th century West Point student and victim of assault - Joseph Whittaker (botanist)Joseph Whittaker (botanist)Joseph Whittaker was a British Botanist who visited South Australia in 1839. Whittaker has 300 plants from that trip in Kew Gardens and 2,200 pressed British plants in Derby Museum and Art Gallery.-Early Days:...
(1813-1894), English botanist and collector of Australian plants - Leon "Pee Wee" WhittakerLeon "Pee Wee" WhittakerLeon "Pee Wee" Whittaker was an African American musician from the Mississippi River delta country of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas who was particularly known as a trombonist of jazz, blues, and rock music. From 1919 until his death, Whittaker performed with minstrel shows, carnival bands,...
, U.S. blues musician - Lou WhittakerLou WhittakerLou Whittaker is a mountaineer and glacier-travel guide.Whittaker and his twin brother Jim were born and raised in Seattle....
(born 1929), American mountaineer, high-altitude and glacier-travel guide, twin brother of Jim - Maria WhittakerMaria WhittakerMaria Whittaker is a former English glamour model and Page Three girl.-Modelling career:Whittaker made her début as a Page Three girl in British newspaper The Sun in 1985, at the age of 16...
(born 1969), former English glamour model - Rebecca Whittaker, Canadian politician
- Red Whittaker, robot scientist
- Robert Harding WhittakerRobert WhittakerRobert Harding Whittaker was a distinguished American plant ecologist, active in the 1950s to the 1970s.Born in Wichita, Kansas, he obtained a B.A. at Washburn Municipal College in Topeka, Kansas, and, following military service, his Ph.D...
(1920–1980), American vegetation ecologist - Roger WhittakerRoger WhittakerRoger Whittaker is an Anglo-Kenyan singer-songwriter and musician with worldwide record sales of over 55 million. His music can be described as easy listening. He is best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability...
(born 1936), British-born Kenyan singer/songwriter and musician - Sally WhittakerSally WhittakerSally Dynevor is an English soap opera actress.-Early life and career:...
(born 1963), British soap opera actress - Steven WhittakerSteven WhittakerSteven Gordon Whittaker is a Scottish association footballer who currently plays as a right back for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and the Scotland national side....
(born 1984), Scottish footballer - Thomas Whittaker (martyr) English Catholic martyr
- Thomas Palmer WhittakerThomas Palmer WhittakerSir Thomas Palmer Whittaker PC MP was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician. -Early life:...
, British politician - Tom Whittaker (footballer)Tom Whittaker (footballer)Thomas James "Tom" Whittaker MBE was an English football player, trainer and manager, chiefly associated with Arsenal Football Club...
(1898–1956), English football player, trainer, and manager - Tom Whittaker (mountaineer)Tom Whittaker (mountaineer)Tom Whittaker was the first disabled person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.Whittaker's right foot needed to be amputated following a car accident in 1979. Following this serious accident, he regained his strength and continued climbing.In 1981 he founded the Cooperative Wilderness...
(born 1948), mountaineer, first disabled person to summit Mount Everest - Walter WhittakerWalter WhittakerWalter Whittaker was an English footballer. His regular position was as a goalkeeper. He was born in Manchester. He played for several clubs, including Manchester United, Grimsby Town, Reading, Blackburn Rovers, Derby County, Exeter City and Swansea Town.He was the first manager of Swansea Town ...
(1878 - 1917), English football goalkeeper with Newton Heath (Manchester United), Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers and Derby County
As a given name
- Whittaker ChambersWhittaker ChambersWhittaker Chambers was born Jay Vivian Chambers and also known as David Whittaker Chambers , was an American writer and editor. After being a Communist Party USA member and Soviet spy, he later renounced communism and became an outspoken opponent later testifying in the perjury and espionage trial...
(1901–1961), American writer, witness in Alger Hiss espionage case
See also
- Whittaker'sWhittaker'sJ.H. Whittaker & Sons, Ltd is a confectionery manufacturer specialising in chocolate and based in Porirua, New Zealand. Whittaker's is the second-biggest chocolate brand in New Zealand, behind Cadbury. The company controls its entire manufacturing process, calling itself a "bean-to-bar"...
, a chocolate and sweets producer - Whittaker's sundew, a carnivorous plant
- Whittaker and WatsonWhittaker and WatsonWhittaker and Watson is the informal name of a book formally titled A Course of Modern Analysis, written by E. T. Whittaker and G. N. Watson, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1902...
, a mathematics book, A Course of Modern Analysis - Whittaker modelWhittaker modelIn representation theory, a branch of mathematics, the Whittaker model is a realization of a representation of a reductive algebraic group such as GL2 over a finite or local or global field on a space of functions on the group. It is named after E. T...
and Whittaker functionWhittaker functionIn mathematics, a Whittaker function is a special solution of Whittaker's equation, a modified form of the confluent hypergeometric equation introduced by to make the formulas involving the solutions more symmetric...
, mathematical spatial principles - Whitacre (disambiguation)
- Whitaker (disambiguation)