Fitch
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 Fitch family coat of arms |
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| Region of origin | Norman |
| Related names | Fytche, Ffytche, Fitche, Fitcher, Fittje, and Fitchy |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Fitch |
Fitch is an English surname, and may refer to several people, concepts and places:
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[edit] 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, 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Ships
- USS Fitch (DD-462), a US Navy destroyer
- USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG-34), a U.S. Naval ship
[edit] Heraldry
- Fitch (or cross fitchy), a cross in heraldry where the lower part is shaped like a sword blade
[edit] 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)
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