Fitz (given name)

Fitz is a male given name and nickname which may refer to:

Given name

• Fitz Babbitt (1790–1815), United States Navy lieutenant in the War of 1812
• Fitz Boothby (1861–1889), Scottish golfer
• Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. (1923–2006), American educator, sportsman and philanthropist
• Fitz W. Guerin (1846–1903), American photographer and Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
• Fitz Hall (born 1980), English soccer player
• Fitz Jackson, Jamaican politician
• Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865), American painter and printmaker born Nathaniel Rogers Lane
• Fitz Lee (Medal of Honor) (1866–1899), African-American United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870), American author, journalist, and explorer, best known for his autobiographical book The Hasheesh Eater
• Fitz James O'Brien (1828–1862), Irish-born American writer
• Fitz John Porter (1822–1901), Union Army general in the American Civil War
• Fitz Remedios Santana de Souza (1929–2020), Kenyan lawyer and politician
• Fitz Steele (born 1965), American politician
• Fitz Henry Warren (1816–1878), American politician and Union Army general
• Fitz, American radio personality and host of Country Top 40 with Fitz

Nickname

• Fitzhugh L. Fulton (1925–2015), US Air Force retired lieutenant colonel and civilian research pilot
• Michael Fitzpatrick (musician) (born 1970), American singer-songwriter and frontman of Fitz and the Tantrums
• Fitz Hinds (1880–?), West Indian cricketer
• Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), Confederate Civil War general and Governor of Virginia, called Fitz by contemporaries
• Fitz Vanderpool (born 1967), Canadian professional boxer

See also

• The dictionary definition of Fitz- at Wiktionary
• Fitz (patronymic)
• Fitz (surname)
• John F. Fitzgerald (1863–1950), known as "Honey Fitz", American politician and grandfather of President John F. Kennedy