Armistead is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: * Bill Armistead (born 1944), American politician from Alabama *

George Armistead George Armistead (April 10, 1780 – April 25, 1818) was an American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Life and career Armistead was born on the Newmarket Plantat ...

(1780–1818), American military officer who served as the commander of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 * James Armistead, American slave and spy in the American Revolution * Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Army general *

Samuel G. Armistead Samuel Gordon Armistead (August 21, 1927 – August 7, 2013) was an American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian, literary critic and professor of Spanish. He is considered one of the most notable Hispanist scholars of the second h ...

(1927–2013), American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian and Hispanist *

Walker Keith Armistead Walker Keith Armistead (March 25, 1783 – October 13, 1845) was a military officer who served as Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Armistead was born in Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia, and served as an orde ...

, United States Army brigadier general * Wilson Armistead, (1819–1868) British merchant, anti-slavery abolitionist and author Given name: * Armistead Abraham Lilly (1878–1956), American lawyer, politician, and businessperson * Armistead Burt, U.S. Representative from South Carolina from 1843 to 1853 * Armistead Mason Dobie, legal educator and federal judge *

Armistead Maupin Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. ( ) (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer notable for ''Tales of the City'', a series of novels set in San Francisco. Early life Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Mau ...

, American writer * Armistead Burwell Smith IV, American musician, member of Pinback *

Armistead Thomson Mason Armistead Thomson Mason (August 4, 1787February 6, 1819), the son of Stevens Thomson Mason, was a U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817. Mason was also the second-youngest person to ever serve in the US Senate, at the age of 28 and 5 months ...

, U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1816 to 1817 * Armistead (c. 1820–1844), slave of US President John Tyler, killed in the USS ''Princeton'' disaster

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