Witherspoon (surname)
Witherspoon (/ˈwɪðərspuːn/ WIDH-ər-spoon) is a Scottish surname, deriving from the elements wether, an archaic name for 'sheep' and spang, which means 'a narrow strip of land'. The name is found in the county of Lanarkshire.[1]
List
Notable people with the name include:
Athletics
- Ahkello Witherspoon (born 1995), American football player
- Brian Witherspoon (born 1985), American football player
- Chazz Witherspoon (born 1981), heavyweight boxer
- Derrick Witherspoon (born 1971), former American football and Canadian football player
- Devon Witherspoon (born 2000), American football player
- Jim Witherspoon (born 1951), retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Reggie Witherspoon (basketball), head coach of the University at Buffalo men's basketball team
- Reggie Witherspoon (sprinter) (born 1985), American sprinter
- Sophia Witherspoon (born 1969), former WNBA basketball player
- Tim Witherspoon (born 1957), American boxer twice recognized as Heavyweight Champion of the World
- Will Witherspoon (born 1980), American football player
Entertainers
- Cora Witherspoon (1890–1957), American actress
- Dane Witherspoon (1957–2014), American actor
- Herbert Witherspoon (1873–1935), American bass singer and opera manager
- Jimmy Witherspoon (1920–1997), American blues singer
- John Witherspoon (actor) (1942–2019), American comedy actor
- Lajon Witherspoon (born 1972), vocalist for the Atlanta-based alternative metal band Sevendust
- Reese Witherspoon (born 1976), American actress and film producer
Politicians
- Buddy Witherspoon, former National Executive Committeeman of the South Carolina Republican Party
- James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr., (1810–1865), Confederate States of America politician
- John Witherspoon (1723–1794) clergyman and signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
- Doctor John Witherspoon, a bronze sculpture in Washington D.C. by William Couper of John Witherspoon
- Robert Witherspoon (1767–1837), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (1855–1915), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
Others
- Frances M. Witherspoon, (1886–1973), American writer and activist
- Gary Witherspoon, Professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington
- Sarah Witherspoon, American mathematician
- Sharon Witherspoon, British statistician
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