Pitt 524789 217962821 2008-06-08T14:51:43Z DH85868993 2824367 fix link '''Pitt''' is a [[surname]]. Used on its own, in Europe or History it most commonly refers to one of two British statesmen: *[[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt the Elder]] (1708–1778), British Prime Minister & 1st Earl of Chatham 1766–1768 *[[William Pitt the Younger]], British Prime Minister 1783–1801 and 1804–1806, son of Pitt the Elder In the U.S. mainly in education or sports it most commonly refers to: *[[University of Pittsburgh]]: **[[Pitt Panthers]] athletics teams **[[The Pitt News]], student-managed newspaper **[[Pitt Poetry Series]], large published list of contemporary American poetry **[[Pitt Band]], the varsity marching band **[[Pitt Stadium]], now demolished **[[William Pitt Union]], the student union **[[William Pitt Debating Union]], the student debating club **[[Hail to Pitt]], athletic slogan and school fight song **Pitt Alumni Association, and other constitutive regional alumni Pitt Clubs In American popular culture it commonly refers to: *[[Brad Pitt]] (born in 1963), an American actor It may also refer to the following people: *[[Andrew Pitt (motorcycle racer)|Andrew Pitt]], a motorcycle racer from New South Wales, Australia *[[Charles Redding Pitt]] (born 1944), attorney and current chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party (2003-2007) *[[David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead]], (1913-1994), civil rights campaigner and Labour politician in the United Kingdom *[[Harvey Pitt]], former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) *[[Ingrid Pitt]] (born 1937 in Poland), actress in horror films of the 1960s and 70s *[[Karnail Pitts]], former D-12 artist *[[Michael Pitt|Michael Carmen Pitt]] (born 1981), an American actor *[[Thomas Pitt]] (1653–1726), English merchant, grandfather of Pitt the Elder *[[William Pitt (architect)]] (1855-1918), architect working in Melbourne, Australia *[[William Pitt (Canada)]] of New Brunswick, Canada, inventor of the underwater cable ferry in the early 1900s *[[William Fox-Pitt]] (born 1969), British three-day eventing rider *[[Bill Pitt|William Henry Pitt]] (known as Bill Pitt) (born 1937), British politician; was Liberal Member of Parliament 1981-1983 *[[William Rivers Pitt]], leftist author and essayist '''Pitt''' also refers to: * Pitt, a hamlet between [[Winchester]] and [[Hursley]] in [[Hampshire]], England *[[Pitt Bank]], a wholly submerged atoll structure in the Chagos Archipelago *[[Pitt Club]], founded 1835, an exclusive club at the University of Cambridge, England *[[Pitt County, North Carolina]], county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina *[[Fort Pitt]] (historical) and the [[Fort Pitt Tunnel]] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *[[Fort Pitt]] in Kent, England *[[Pitt Island]] or Rangiauria, the second largest island in the Chatham Islands *[[Pitt Lake]], second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada *[[Pitt Meadows]], a District Municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada *[[Pitt Rivers Museum]] in the University of Oxford, England founded in 1884 by Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), English army officer, ethnologist, and archaeologist *[[Pitt Street, Sydney]] a major street in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *[[Pitt Street (disambiguation)]] lists streets with the same name in other places *[[Pitt Town, New South Wales]], historic town in New South Wales, Australia ==Fiction== *[[Pitt (comics)]], a comic book published by Full Bleed Studios *[[The Pitt (Marvel Comics)]], a single issue comic book published in 1987 by Marvel Comics *[[Dirk Pitt]], protagonist of a series of bestselling adventure novels written by Clive Cussler {{disambig}} [[de:Pitt]] [[es:Pitt]] [[eo:Pitt]] [[fr:Pitt]] [[it:Pitt]] [[pl:Pitt]] [[ru:Питт]] [[sv:Pitt]]