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De Witt

E50699

Dutch-language surname human surname

De Witt is a Dutch surname most famously associated with Johan de Witt, a prominent 17th-century statesman of the Dutch Republic.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch-language surname → human → human → human → surname →
category	Dutch-language surnames → Surnames of Dutch origin →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic → Dutch Republic → United States →
countryOfOrigin	Netherlands →
etymology	from Dutch "de" meaning "the" and "Witt" related to "white" or a pale person →
familyName	De Witt → De Witt → De Witt →
hasNotableBearer	Ben de Witt → Bryan DeWitt → Calvin DeWitt → Cornelis de Witt → David M. De Witt NERFINISHED → Jacob de Witt → Jan de Witt → Johan de Witt → John L. DeWitt NERFINISHED → Katie DeWitt → Patrick DeWitt → Rick DeWitt → Robert De Witt → Simeon De Witt → Thomas De Witt → William De Witt →
hasToponymicUsageIn	place names in the United States →
hasVariant	De Wit → DeWitt → DeWitte →
influencedToponym	De Witt County, Illinois → DeWitt, New York →
languageOfOrigin	Dutch →
notableFor	leadership of the Dutch Republic during the First and Second Anglo-Dutch Wars →
occupation	cartographer → politician → statesman → surveyor →
positionHeld	Grand Pensionary of Holland →
sibling	Johan de Witt →
usedIn	Belgium → Netherlands → South Africa → United States →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andries de Witt ("de Witt") → Anna de Witt → Cornelis de Witt ("de Witt") → Cornelis de Witt → Jacob de Witt → Johan de Witt → Johan de Witt → Johan de Witt Jr. → Simeon De Witt →	familyName