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White (surname)

White is a surname either of English[1] or of Scottish and Irish origin, the latter being an anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic MacGillebhàin, "Son of the fair gillie" and the Irish "Mac Faoitigh" or "de Faoite".[2][3][4] It is the seventeenth most common surname in England.[5] In the 1990 United States Census, "White" ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population.[6] By 2000, White had fallen to position 20 in the United States[7] and 22nd position by 2014[5]

Notable people with the surname include:

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  • Oliver White (born 1995), British YouTube personality
  • Onna White (1922–2005), Canadian choreographer and dancer

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  • Vanessa White (born 1989), British singer and songwriter
  • Vanna White (born 1957), American television personality
  • Verdine White (born 1951), American musician, younger brother of Maurice White, bass guitarist in Earth, Wind & Fire

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Fictional characters

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  • Brad White, a character in 2001 psychological horror movie Frailty
  • Cammy White, from the Street Fighter video game series
  • Carrie White, title character from the Stephen King novel and movie Carrie
  • Frank White, lead character in the 1990 film King of New York
  • Helen White, the main character in 1949 American comedy movie Miss Grant Takes Richmond
  • Perry White, supporting character in the Superman comics
  • Snow White, protagonist of German fairy tales
  • Mrs. White, one of six original Cluedo characters
  • Redd White, from the video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
  • Walter White, protagonist of the American television series Breaking Bad
  • Trooper White, a minor character in the video game TimeSplitters 2

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