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'''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
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