The surname Whitman may refer to: Albery Allson Whitman, African-American poet, minister and orator Bernard Whitman, Democratic strategist and pollster Bertha Yerex Whitman, American architect Brian Whitman, American comedian and talk show host on 97.1 KLSX in Los Angeles Charles Whitman, American marine and spree killer who perpetrated the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting Charles Huntington Whitman, English professor Charles Otis Whitman, American zoologist Charles Seymour Whitman, American judge and Governor of New York Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey Governor, former head of the EPA Dane Whitman, fictional character from Marvel Comics Debra Whitman, fictional character from Spider-Man Edmund Burke Whitman, quartermaster during the American Civil War. Wikipedia