Dwight is a masculine

first name First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...

that comes from an English surname which was in turn derived from the medieval feminine name Diot, a diminutive of

Dionysia The Dionysia (, , ; Greek: Διονύσια) was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central events of which were the theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies and, from 487 BC, comedies. It was the ...

, the feminine form of Dionysios. The name is mainly given in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

and Caribbean countries (see below).

Notable people

* Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890–1969), five-star general and 34th President of the United States *

Dwight B. LaDu Dwight B. La Du (April 27, 1876 Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York – August 17, 1954) was an American civil engineer and politician from New York. He was New York State Engineer and Surveyor from 1923 to 1924. Biography He was born on April 2 ...

, (1876-1954), American engineer and surveyor in New York * Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher *

W. Dwight Pierce William Dwight Pierce (November 16, 1881, Champaign, IllinoisApril 29, 1967, Los Angeles) was an American entomologist. He was one of the earliest students to graduate from the Department of Entomology and Ornithology at the University of Nebras ...

(1881-1967), American entomologist *

Dwight York Dwight D. York (born June 26, 1945),Philips, Abu Ameenah Bilal. ''The Ansar Cult in America,'' Tawheed Publications 1988, p. 1. Philips claims that in 1975 York's publications changed his declared birth year from 1935 to 1945, to coincide with ...

, American musician and imprisoned leader of the Nuwaubian movement ;Artists and entertainers * Dwight Schultz, American stage, television and film actor * Dwight Tosh, American state legislator * Dwight Twilley, American singer *

Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album ''Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.''. Yoakam had considerabl ...

, American country musician *

, stand-up comedian ;Athletes * Dwight Anderson, American professional basketball player * Dwight Anderson, Jamaican-born professional Canadian football player * Dwight Barnett, Jamaican footballer *

Dwight F. Davis Dwight Filley Davis Sr. (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. He is best remembered as the founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition. He was the Assistant Secretary of War from 1923 to ...

, American tennis player *

Dwight Ferguson Dwight K. Ferguson (born 16 May 1970) is a former World Class Sprinter that competed on the professional level nationally, Internationally and the European Circuit pre/post major international track and field championships. (running), sprint i ...

, Bahamian sprint athlete * Dwight Freeney, American football player *

Dwight Gooden Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964), nicknamed "Dr. K" and "Doc", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Gooden pitched from 1984 to 1994 and from 1996 to 2000 for the N ...

, American baseball player * Dwight Howard, American NBA professional basketball player * Dwight McDonald, American football player *

Dwight Peabody Dwight Van Dorn Peabody (January 26, 1894 – January 3, 1972) was an American football end who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Columbus Panhandles and Toledo Maroons. He played college football at Ohio State U ...

, American football player *

Dwight Qawi Dwight Muhammad Qawi (born Dwight Braxton; January 5, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1978 to 1998. He was a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC and ''Ring'' magazine light heavyweight title ...

, American boxer *

Dwight White Dwight Lynn White (July 30, 1949 – June 6, 2008) was an American football defensive end who played for ten seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL) and was a member of the famed Steel Curtain defense. Life and ...

, American football player *

Dwight Yorke Dwight Eversley Yorke CM (born 3 November 1971) is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian former professional footballer and current manager of Australian A-League club Macarthur FC. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester Uni ...

, Trinidad and Tobago footballer

Fictional characters

* Dwight, a character from ''The Walking Dead'' franchise *Dwight Enys, doctor in

Winston Graham Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist best known for the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall, though he also wrote numerous other works, including contemporary ...

’s Poldark novels, who debuts in its second book. *Dwight Fairfield, fictional character from the video game '' Dead by Daylight'' *

Dwight McCarthy Dwight McCarthy is one of the principal characters in Frank Miller's ''Sin City'' universe. He appears in '' A Dame to Kill For'', ''The Big Fat Kill'', '' Family Values'', '' The Babe Wore Red'' and ''That Yellow Bastard''. He is the character tha ...

, fictional character in ''Sin City'' * Dwight "Dewey" Riley, a lead character in the ''Scream'' (film series) *

Dwight Schrute Dwight Kurt Schrute III () is a fictional character on ''The Office (American TV series), The Office (U.S.)'' and is portrayed by American actor Rainn Wilson, Rainn Wilson. Dwight's character was a salesman and the assistant to the regional mana ...

, fictional character in the American TV show '' The Office'' *Dwight Hendrickson, in the TV series ''

Haven Haven or The Haven may refer to: * Harbor or haven, a sheltered body of water where ships can be docked Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Haven (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter), from the novel series * Haven (comics), from the ''X-Men ...

'' *Dwight Walker, birth name of Lucious Lyon, a fictional character from the television series ''

Empire An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...

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