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{{Family name
| name = Fitch
|image= Fitchcoatofarmsbest.png
|imagesize= 75px
|caption= Fitch family [[coat of arms]]
| pronunciation = Fitch
| meaning =
| region = [[Norman language|Norman]]
| origin = Norman
| related names = [[Fytche]], [[Ffytche]], [[Fitche]], [[Fitcher]], [[Fittje]], and [[Fitchy]]
| footnotes = <ref>[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html 1990 Census Name Files<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
}}
'''Fitch''' is an [[England|English]] surname, and may refer to several people, concepts and places:
== Family name==
* [[Alfred Fitch]], American Olympian
* [[Alison Fitch]], New Zealand Olympian
* [[Alva Revista Fitch]], U.S. Army Lieutenant General
* [[Anne Fitch]], illustrator of New Belgium Brewery's beer labels
* [[Aubrey Fitch]], U.S. Naval Admiral
* [[Asa Fitch]], American entomologist
* [[Bill Fitch]], basketball coach
* [[Brian T. Fitch]], French-Canadian nonfiction author
* [[Charles Fitch]], American preacher
* [[Clyde Fitch]], American playwright
* [[Dennis E. Fitch]], NASA safety consultant
* [[Ezra Fitch]], New York lawyer and cofounder of Abercrombie & Fitch, a clothing company
* [[Frederic Brenton Fitch]], American logician and inventor of Fitch-style calculus
* [[Frederick W. Fitch]], American barber and creator of Fitch's Dandruff Remover Shampoo
* [[George Fitch]], American author
* [[George Ashmore Fitch]], YMCA Administrative Director
* [[George B. Fitch]], American businessman, politician, and Olympic organizer
* [[Gerald Fitch]], U.S. basketball player
* [[Graham Fitch]], Pianist
* [[Graham N. Fitch]], United States Representative and Senator
* [[Hannah Fitch (Shaw)]], cofounder, Kappa Alpha Theta
* [[Henry Sheldon Fitch]], American herpetologist
* [[Horatio Fitch]], American Olympian
* [[Jabez W. Fitch]], Democratic lieutenant-governor of [[Ohio]] from 1878 to 1880
* [[James Marston Fitch]], historic preservationist
* [[James P. Fitch]], notable in the early history of the Boy Scouts of America
* [[Janet Fitch]], American author
* [[John Fitch (inventor)]], early American inventor, built the first steamboat in the United States in 1786
* [[John Fitch (settler)]], Massachusetts settler for whom [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]] is named
* John Fitch, [[List of historical gang members of New York City|historical gang member of New York City]] during a period from 1825 to 1920, a subject of Herbert Asbury's ''The Gangs of New York''
* [[John Fitch (driver)]], racetrack driver and inventor of innovative safety devices
* [[John A. Fitch]], writer and professor of labor relations
* [[John Knowles Fitch]], founder of Fitch Ratings, Ltd.
* [[Jon Fitch]], American mixed martial arts fighter
* [[Joyce Fitch]], Australian tennis player
* [[LeRoy Fitch]], officer during the American Civil War
* [[Nancy Fitch]], Professor of History, Cal State/Fullerton
* [[Noël Riley Fitch]], author
* [[Ralph Fitch]], British merchant-explorer of India and Burma
* [[R. Bruce Fitch]], Progressive Conservative New Brunswick Cabinet Minister
* [[Sheree Fitch]], Canadian children's author
* [[Thomas Fitch (governor)]], Governor of the Connecticut Colony 1754–1766
* [[Thomas Fitch (politician)]], Nevada politician
* [[Val Logsdon Fitch]], Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist
* [[W. Tecumseh Fitch]], evolutionary psychologist
* [[William Fitch Allen]], Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
* Fitch family, founders of the [[Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]]
== Place names ==
* [[Fitch, North Carolina]]
* [[Fitch's Covered Bridge]], Delhi, New York
* [[Fitch Township, Ohio]]
* [[Mount Fitch]], in Massachusetts, on the Appalachian Trail
* [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts]]
* [[Fitchburg, Michigan]]
* [[Fitchburg, Kentucky]]
* [[Fitchburg, Wisconsin]]
* [[Fitchville, Connecticut]]
* [[Fitch Senior High School]], Groton, Connecticut
* [[YMCA Camp Fitch, Lake Erie, Ohio]], a YMCA camp named after George Ashmore Fitch
* [[YMCA Camp Fitch, Springfield, Pennsylvania]] a YMCA camp named after John H. Fitch
* Fitche Square, former name for [[Mahabandoola]] Park in Rangoon
== Business names ==
* [[Abercrombie & Fitch]], clothiers
* [[Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery]], Chicago's oldest law firm
* [[Fitch Ratings]], Ltd., an international credit rating agency
* [[Fitchburg Railroad]], named for the Massachusetts town
==Ships==
* [[USS Fitch (DD-462)|USS ''Fitch'' (DD-462)]], a US Navy destroyer
* [[USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34)|USS ''Aubrey Fitch'' (FFG-34)]], a U.S. Naval ship
== Heraldry ==
* Fitch (or cross fitchy), a [[cross]] in heraldry where the lower part is shaped like a sword blade
== Animals and plants ==
* Fitch, the [[European polecat]] (''Mustela putorius''), a ferret-like predatory mammal
* Fitch, the spice kalonji, the seed of ''[[Nigella sativa]]'' (used in the King James's Version of the Bible)
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fitchfamily.com/ Fitch Family History and Genealogy]
*[http://rac.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/Books/FitchBooks/HOFF.HTM History of the Fitch Family 1400-1930]
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