List of Famous people with last name White
Ted White
Theodore Richard White is an American businessman, songwriter, and producer. White is better known as the manager and first husband of soul singer Aretha Franklin. As a songwriter, White wrote or co-wrote numerous songs for Franklin, including "I Wonder ", "Lee Cross", "Dr. Feelgood", and "Think".
Charlie White
Charles Allen White Jr. is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2014 Olympic Champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Coby White
Alec Jacoby "Coby" White is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. White was a top high school player in North Carolina, finishing his career as the top prep scorer in state history. After being selected by the Bulls in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft with the seventh overall pick, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.
Derrick White
Derrick White is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three years of college basketball in Division II for the Colorado–Colorado Springs Mountain Lions before transferring to the Division I Colorado Buffaloes for his final season.
Jimmy White
James Warren "Jimmy" White, is an English senior snooker player who has won 3 seniors World titles, and is the reigning champion. Nicknamed "The Whirlwind" because of his fluid, attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion, 2009 Six-red World champion, 3 time World Seniors Champion, 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins.
Royce White
Royce Alexander White is a former American professional basketball player. During his tenure with the NBA, White struggled with mental health issues, mainly general anxiety triggered by his highly publicized fear of flying, and he has been an advocate for the National Basketball Association (NBA) to expand their mental health policy. White has since embarked on an Mixed Martial Arts career, beginning his training in 2018 with plans for a first fight in 2020.
Kidnapping of Carlina White
Carlina Renae White, also known as Nejdra "Netty" Nance, is an American woman who solved her own kidnapping case and was reunited with her biological parents 23 years after being abducted as an infant from the Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. The case represents the longest known gap in a non-parental abduction in which the victim was reunited with the family in the United States. For years, Carlina was living with a woman she thought was her mother, who was in fact her kidnapper. She was portrayed by Keke Palmer in the Lifetime film Abducted: The Carlina White Story.
Jarobi White
Jarobi White is an American hip hop artist, chef, and a founding member of alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, alongside members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. He left the group after the release of their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm in order to pursue culinary arts, before returning for their last album, 2016's We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. In the early 2010s, Jarobi formed evitaN with Dres, formerly of Black Sheep. Their first album, Speed of Life, was released in October 2012.
Meg White
Megan Martha White is an American former musician and singer best known for her work as the drummer of Detroit rock duo the White Stripes. Her music career began when, on a whim, she played on her future White Stripes bandmate Jack White's drums in 1997. Inspired by her minimalist and untrained drumming style, he decided to form a band with her and they began performing two months later. The band quickly became a Detroit underground favorite before achieving international fame. White has been nominated for various awards as a part of the White Stripes, receiving four Grammy Awards.
LenDale White
LenDale Anthony White is a former American football running back. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos. He played college football at the University of Southern California.