Who knew there were so many famous people named Dwight in the world? Our list of celebrities named Dwight includes pictures and information about each person when available, so you can get to know them a little better if you don't know them. The famous Dwights below come from all walks of life, but all ended up achieving fame or notoriety in one way or another. This list includes singers named Dwight, actors named Dwight, and much more. Dwight Howard, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Dwight Gooden are only a few of the well-known people named Dwight on this list.
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Dwight Howard Dwight David Howard is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. Howard, who plays center, had an outstanding high ...more
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as ...more
Dwight Gooden Dwight Eugene "Doc" Gooden, nicknamed "Dr. K", is an American retired professional baseball player. A pitcher, Gooden played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, ...more
Dwight Freeney Dwight Jason Freeney is an American football Defensive End/linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football for Syracuse University, and earned unanimous All-American honors. ...more
Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than 21 albums ...more
Dwight Evans Dwight Michael Evans, nicknamed Dewey, is an American former professional baseball right fielder and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles in Major League ...more
Dwight Stephenson Dwight Eugene Stephenson is a former American football player and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 1998. He played for the Miami Dolphins from 1980 until 1987, when his left ...more
Dwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke CM is a Tobagonian former football player. He played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland. He was the assistant ...more
Dwight Schultz William Dwight Schultz is an American stage, television, film actor and voice artist. He is best known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the 1980s action series The ...more
Dwight White Dwight Lynn White was an American football defensive end who played for ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League and was a member of the famed Steel Curtain
Dwight Clark Dwight Edward Clark is a former American football wide receiver and executive. He played for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League from 1979 to 1987. With the 49ers, Clark ...more
Dwight F. Davis Dwight Filley Davis was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition.
Dwight Hicks Dwight Hicks is a former professional American football player who played safety for the Toronto Argonauts in 1978, the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to 1985, and for the Indianapolis Colts in
Dwight L. Moody Dwight Lyman Moody, also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, the Moody Bible ...more
Dwight Diller Dwight Diller is an American banjo and fiddle player and teacher. He is considered to be one of the most prominent exponents of the clawhammer banjo tradition. Diller lives in the town of ...more
Dwight Muhammad Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi is an American former boxer who won world titles the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.
Dwight York Dwight York, also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa Al Haadi Al Mahdi, Dr. York, et alii, is an American musician, writer, and leader of the Georgia-based Nuwaubian movement, currently imprisoned ...more
Dwight Frye Dwight Iliff Frye was an American stage and screen actor, remembered for his appearance as the tormented Renfield in the classic horror film Dracula.
Dwight Hemion Dwight Arlington Hemion was an American TV director known mainly for music-themed television programs of the 1960s and 1970s. He held the record for the most Emmy nominations, and won 18 times, ...more
Dwight Waldo Dwight Waldo was an American political scientist and is perhaps the defining figure in modern public administration. Waldo's career was often directed against a scientific/technical portrayal of ...more
Dwight Twilley Dwight Twilley is an American pop/rock singer and songwriter, best known for the Top 20 hit singles "I'm on Fire" and "Girls". Twilley and Phil Seymour performed as the ...more
Dwight Foster Dwight Foster was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives and the United States ...more
Dwight Pezzarossi Dwight Anthony Pezzarossi García born is a retired professional football forward who last played for Comunicaciones in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala. Target man Pezzarossi, nicknamed El ...more
Dwight D. Opperman Dwight D. Opperman was chairman of Key Investments, a privately held venture capital firm focusing on high-tech ventures. Previously, Opperman was the CEO of West Publishing Company in St. Paul, ...more
Dwight Macdonald Dwight Macdonald was a U.S. writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher, and political radical.
Dwight Buycks Dwight Buycks is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association.
Dwight Powell Dwight Harlan Powell is a Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for Stanford ...more
Dwight Jones Dwight Elmo Jones is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'10" forward/center, he was the leading scorer and rebounder on the 1972 Olympic team that lost the controversial ...more
Dwight H. Little Dwight Hubbard Little is an American film director, known for directing the films Marked for Death, Rapid Fire, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Murder at 1600 and Halloween 4. He has also ...more
Dwight Henry Dwight Henry is an American politician and radio personality. A Republican, he served one term in the Tennessee House of Representatives, and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of ...more
Dwight Eubanks Dwight Eubanks is an actor.
Dwight Lauderdale Dwight Lauderdale is a former TV news anchor. He was the first African American news anchor in South Florida and became one of the state's most watched and longest running anchors.
Dwight Ewell Dwight Ewell is an American actor known of his roles in films such as Chasing Amy, Amateur, Party Girl and The Guru.
Dwight Griswold Dwight Palmer Griswold was an American politician who served as the 25th Governor of Nebraska from 1940 to 1946 and U.S. Senator from 1952 until his death in office in 1954. He was a
Dwight Morrow Dwight Whitney Morrow was an American businessman, diplomat, and politician of Scots-Irish descent, best known as the U.S. ambassador who improved U.S.-Mexican relations, mediating the religious ...more
Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter, mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110 m hurdles.
Dwight B. Heath Dwight B. Heath is Research Professor of Anthropology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He has published extensively in many areas of anthropology, especially on the subject of ...more
Dwight H. Johnson Dwight Hal Johnson a native of Detroit, Michigan was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in January 1968 during the Vietnam War.
Dwight Deere Wiman Dwight Deere Wiman was an American silent movie actor, playwright and theatrical director. He is best known as a Broadway producer.
Dwight Basden Dwight Martin Basden is a Bermudian cricketer. He plays as a right-handed opening batsman and has represented Bermuda at One Day International Cricket.
Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an American former athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump. He was the 2004 Olympic champion in the event. His personal best of 8.74 meters, set in 2009, makes ...more
Dwight Stones Dwight Edwin Stones is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he ...more
Dwight Ross Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross, GC, CBE, CD was a Royal Canadian Air Force Base Commander of No. 62 Base, No. 6 Group RCAF in Yorkshire, England during the Second World War. A/C Ross received ...more
Dwight Takamine Dwight Y. Takamine is an Okinawan-American Hawaii state senator and state representative. A Democrat, he represents the first district on the island of Hawai'i.
Dwight E. Evans Dwight Evans is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 203rd District.
Dwight Lowery Dwight Larte Lowery is an American football safety for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He ...more
Dwight Eddleman Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman is generally considered the greatest athlete in the history of athletics at the University of Illinois. Eddleman participated on the University's ...more
Dwight Tiendalli Dwight Tiendalli is a Surinamese-born Dutch footballer who plays as a full back for Middlesbrough on loan from Swansea City. He is a former Dutch Under-21 international, and was part of the FC ...more
Dwight Smith Dwight L. Smith is an American former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for eight seasons. He played college football for the University ...more
