Whiting (given name)

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Whiting is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Almon Whiting Babbitt (1812–1856), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• George Whiting Badman (1886–1953), South Australian business man, horse breeder and owner
• Carl Whiting Bishop (1881–1942), American archeologist specializing in East Asian civilizations
• Richard Whiting Blue (1841–1907), U.S. Representative from Kansas
• William Whiting Boardman (1794–1871), politician and United States Representative from Connecticut
• William Whiting Borden (1887–1913), philanthropist and millionaire Christian missionary candidate
• George Whiting Flagg (1816–1897), was an American painter of historical scenes and genre pictures
• Whiting Griswold (1814–1874), American abolitionist, lawyer and politician
• Francis Whiting Halsey (1851–1919), American journalist, editor and historian
• Gerry Whiting Hazelton (1829–1920), American lawyer and Republican politician
• Caroline Lee Whiting Hentz (1800–1856), American novelist and author
• Luther Whiting Mason (1818–1896), American music educator hired by the Meiji period government of Japan
• Christine Whiting Parmenter (1877–1953), American author
• Rex Whiting Pearson (1905–1961), Australian politician
• Lucien Whiting Powell (1846–1930), landscape painter who gave the village of Airmont, Virginia its name
• Barbara Whiting Smith (1931–2004), actress in movies and on radio and television
• Joseph Whiting Stock (1815–1855), American painter of portraits, miniatures, and landscape paintings
• Walker Whiting Vick (1878–1926), aide to Woodrow Wilson in 1912, officer of the Democratic National Committee
• Whiting Willauer (1906–1962), American ambassador to Costa Rica and Honduras
• Whiting Williams (1878–1975), author, co-founder of the Welfare Federation of Cleveland
• Charles Whiting Wooster, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy